diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index f3de538036..111f3de2e6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2.1.18
  * Log stacktrace of uncaught exceptions (CASSANDRA-13108)
+ * Remove unused repositories (CASSANDRA-13278)
 
 2.1.17
  * Use portable stderr for java error in startup (CASSANDRA-13211)
diff --git a/build.properties.default b/build.properties.default
index ff6aea0a80..45d65d9388 100644
--- a/build.properties.default
+++ b/build.properties.default
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # Maven2 Repository Locations (you can override these in "build.properties" to point to a local proxy, e.g. Nexus)
 artifact.remoteRepository.central:     http://repo1.maven.org/maven2
-artifact.remoteRepository.java.net2:   http://download.java.net/maven/2
 artifact.remoteRepository.apache:      https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/releases
-artifact.remoteRepository.jclouds:     http://jclouds.googlecode.com/svn/repo
-artifact.remoteRepository.oauth:       http://oauth.googlecode.com/svn/code/maven
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 94b1ed5649..da42975e9d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@
 
       <!-- define the remote repositories we use -->
       <artifact:remoteRepository id="central"   url="${artifact.remoteRepository.central}"/>
-      <artifact:remoteRepository id="java.net2" url="${artifact.remoteRepository.java.net2}"/>
       <artifact:remoteRepository id="apache"    url="${artifact.remoteRepository.apache}"/>
 
       <macrodef name="install">
@@ -572,7 +571,6 @@
                              dependencyRefsBuildFile="${build.dir}/build-dependencies.xml">
           <remoteRepository refid="central"/>
           <remoteRepository refid="apache"/>
-          <remoteRepository refid="java.net2"/>
       </artifact:dependencies>
       <artifact:dependencies pomRefId="coverage-deps-pom"
                              pathId="cobertura.classpath">
@@ -597,7 +595,6 @@
                              dependencyRefsBuildFile="${build.dir}/test-dependencies.xml">
         <remoteRepository refid="apache"/>
         <remoteRepository refid="central"/>
-        <remoteRepository refid="oauth"/>
       </artifact:dependencies>
       <copy todir="${test.lib}/jars">
         <fileset refid="test-dependency-jars"/>
@@ -617,7 +614,6 @@
                              dependencyRefsBuildFile="${build.dir}/test-dependencies.xml">
         <remoteRepository refid="apache"/>
         <remoteRepository refid="central"/>
-        <remoteRepository refid="java.net2"/>
       </artifact:dependencies>
       <copy todir="${build.dir.lib}/jars">
         <fileset refid="test-dependency-jars"/>