diff --git a/scala/pom.xml b/scala/pom.xml
index bf27d48..8ee39a0 100644
--- a/scala/pom.xml
+++ b/scala/pom.xml
@@ -65,11 +65,15 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
           <artifactId>spark-core_2.10</artifactId>
           <version>${spark.version}</version>
+          <!--the following is placeholder for building uber package. Please keep as-is-->
+          <!--<scope>provided</scope>-->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
           <artifactId>spark-streaming_2.10</artifactId>
           <version>${spark.version}</version>
+          <!--the following is placeholder for building uber package. Please keep as-is-->
+          <!--<scope>provided</scope>-->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
@@ -80,6 +84,8 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
           <artifactId>spark-sql_2.10</artifactId>
           <version>${spark.version}</version>
+          <!--the following is placeholder for building uber package. Please keep as-is-->
+          <!--<scope>provided</scope>-->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>com.databricks</groupId>
@@ -159,8 +165,8 @@
               </execution>
           </executions>
           </plugin>
-          <!--The comment below is used by build.cmd to add shade-plugin and others. Please don't modify-->
-	  <!--OTHER PLUGINS-->
+          <!--The comment below is the placeholder by build.cmd to add shade-plugin and others. Please keep as-is-->
+          <!--OTHER PLUGINS-->
       </plugins>
   </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/scripts/addotherplugin.ps1 b/scripts/addotherplugin.ps1
index 69f89bc..db9bac3 100644
--- a/scripts/addotherplugin.ps1
+++ b/scripts/addotherplugin.ps1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function Get-ScriptDirectory
 #
 function Replace-VariableInFile($variable, $value, $sourceFile, $targetFile)
 {
-    Write-Output "[addotherplugin.Replace-VariableInFile] variable=$variable, value=$value, sourceFile=$sourceFile, targetFile=$targetFile"
+    Write-Output "[addotherplugin.Replace-VariableInFile] variable=$variable, sourceFile=$sourceFile, targetFile=$targetFile"
     if (!(test-path $sourceFile))
     {
         Write-Output "[addotherplugin.Replace-VariableInFile] [WARNING] $sourceFile does not exist. Abort."
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ function Replace-VariableInFile($variable, $value, $sourceFile, $targetFile)
 #
 if (!(test-path $targetPom))
 {
-	Write-Output "[addotherplugin.ps1] [WARNING] $targetPom does not exist. Abort."
+    Write-Output "[addotherplugin.ps1] [WARNING] $targetPom does not exist. Abort."
     Print-Usage
     return
 }
 
 if (!(test-path $sourcePom))
 {
-	Write-Output "[addotherplugin.ps1] [WARNING] $sourcePom does not exist. Abort."
+    Write-Output "[addotherplugin.ps1] [WARNING] $sourcePom does not exist. Abort."
     Print-Usage
     return
 }
@@ -84,7 +84,14 @@ $otherPlugin = [Io.File]::ReadAllText($sourcePom)
 $tempPom = "$temp\$targetPom"
 
 Replace-VariableInFile $variable $otherPlugin $targetPom $tempPom
-Copy-Item $tempPom $targetPom -force
+
+#
+# enable "<scope>provided</scope>" to exclude run-time spark packages from uber package
+#
+$content = (Get-Content $tempPom)
+$content = $content -replace '<!--\s*<scope>provided</scope>\s*-->', '<scope>provided</scope>'
+
+$content | Out-File $targetPom -force
 
 Write-Output "[addotherplugin.ps1] updated $targetPom"