diff --git a/h2o-hadoop-2/assemblyjar.gradle b/h2o-hadoop-2/assemblyjar.gradle
index 973231889b58..6b69dce78b85 100644
--- a/h2o-hadoop-2/assemblyjar.gradle
+++ b/h2o-hadoop-2/assemblyjar.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 targetCompatibility = 1.8
 
 ext {
-  parquetVersion = "1.8.1"
+  defaultParquetVersion = "1.8.1"
 }
 
 def hasCustomHdfsDep = ext.has("hdfsDependency") && (ext.get("hdfsDependency") != defaultHdfsDependency)
@@ -56,10 +56,7 @@ dependencies {
   api(project(":h2o-ext-krbstandalone")) {
     transitive = false // we just need hadoop-auth which is provided by the hadoop-client dependency
   }
-  api("org.apache.parquet:parquet-avro:${parquetVersion}") // required by h2o-hive
-  api("org.apache.parquet:parquet-hadoop:${parquetVersion}") { // required by h2o-parquet-parser
-    force = true
-  }
+  api("org.apache.parquet:parquet-avro:${defaultParquetVersion}") // required by h2o-hive
 
   // For standalone mode to work with MapR, this extra library needs to be
   // included, and it's not pulled in by the dependency stuff;  this must
@@ -78,9 +75,13 @@ dependencies {
       transitive = false
     }
   }
-  api(project(":h2o-parquet-parser"))
+  api(project(":h2o-parquet-parser")) {
+    transitive = false
+  }
 }
 
+apply from: "${rootDir}/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/parquet_dependencies.gradle"
+
 //
 // Bundle optional modules
 // The process is defined by convention. There are two flags:
diff --git a/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar_common.gradle b/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar_common.gradle
index d02252c5ff53..ce5b3fc8c039 100644
--- a/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar_common.gradle
+++ b/h2o-hadoop-3/assemblyjar_common.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ext {
-    parquetVersion = "1.8.1"
+    defaultParquetVersion = "1.8.1"
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@ dependencies {
     api(project(":h2o-ext-krbstandalone")) {
         transitive = false // we just need hadoop-auth which is provided by the hadoop-client dependency
     }
-    api("org.apache.parquet:parquet-avro:${parquetVersion}") // required by h2o-hive
-    api("org.apache.parquet:parquet-hadoop:${parquetVersion}") { // required by h2o-parquet-parser
-        force = true
-    }
-
+    api("org.apache.parquet:parquet-avro:${defaultParquetVersion}") // required by h2o-hive
     // For standalone mode to work with MapR, this extra library needs to be
     // included, and it's not pulled in by the dependency stuff;  this must
     // be a bug in MapR's packaging process.
@@ -41,9 +37,14 @@ dependencies {
             transitive = false
         }
     }
-    api(project(":h2o-parquet-parser"))
+    api(project(":h2o-parquet-parser")) {
+        transitive = false
+    }
+    
 }
 
+apply from: "${rootDir}/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/parquet_dependencies.gradle"
+
 //
 // Bundle optional modules
 // The process is defined by convention. There are two flags:
diff --git a/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/build.gradle b/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/build.gradle
index a7fdb8829c84..79d171bd5b5a 100644
--- a/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/build.gradle
+++ b/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/build.gradle
@@ -3,46 +3,13 @@
 //
 description = "H2O Parquet Parser"
 
-def parquetHadoopVersion = binding.variables.get("hadoopVersion") ?
-  binding.variables.get("hadoopVersion") : defaultHadoopVersion
-
-configurations{
-    // Configuration used to get all transitive dependencies for org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common
-    hadoopCommonExclude
-}
-
 dependencies {
-  hadoopCommonExclude("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:${parquetHadoopVersion}")
-
-  api project(":h2o-core")
-  api(project(":h2o-persist-hdfs")) {
-    exclude group: 'ai.h2o', module: 'h2o-core'
-    exclude group: 'net.java.dev.jets3t', module: 'jets3t'
-    exclude group: 'org.apache.hadoop', module: 'hadoop-client'
-    exclude group: 'org.apache.hadoop', module: 'hadoop-aws'
-  }
-
-  // Parquet support
-  api("org.apache.parquet:parquet-hadoop:${defaultParquetVersion}")
-
-
-  api("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:${parquetHadoopVersion}") {
-    // we can't use transitive=false so we need to exclude the dependencies manually
-    configurations.hadoopCommonExclude.getResolvedConfiguration().getResolvedArtifacts().each {
-      if (it.moduleVersion.id.group != "org.apache.hadoop" && it.moduleVersion.id.module.name != "hadoop-common") {
-        exclude group: it.moduleVersion.id.group, module: it.moduleVersion.id.module.name
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  implementation("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mapreduce-client-core:${parquetHadoopVersion}") {
-    transitive = false
-  }
-  
   testImplementation project(":h2o-test-support")
   testImplementation project(":h2o-parquet-parser-tests")
   testRuntimeOnly project(":${defaultWebserverModule}")
 }
 
+apply from: "${rootDir}/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/parquet_dependencies.gradle"
 apply from: "${rootDir}/gradle/dataCheck.gradle"
 
 test {
diff --git a/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/parquet_dependencies.gradle b/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/parquet_dependencies.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4abb69601464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/h2o-parsers/h2o-parquet-parser/parquet_dependencies.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+def parquetHadoopVersion = binding.variables.get("hadoopVersion") ?
+        binding.variables.get("hadoopVersion") : defaultHadoopVersion
+
+configurations{
+    // Configuration used to get all transitive dependencies for org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common
+    hadoopCommonExclude
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    hadoopCommonExclude("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:${parquetHadoopVersion}")
+
+    api project(":h2o-core")
+    api(project(":h2o-persist-hdfs")) {
+        exclude group: 'ai.h2o', module: 'h2o-core'
+        exclude group: 'net.java.dev.jets3t', module: 'jets3t'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.hadoop', module: 'hadoop-client'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.hadoop', module: 'hadoop-aws'
+    }
+
+    // Parquet support
+    api("org.apache.parquet:parquet-hadoop:${defaultParquetVersion}")
+
+
+    api("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:${parquetHadoopVersion}") {
+        // we can't use transitive=false so we need to exclude the dependencies manually
+        configurations.hadoopCommonExclude.getResolvedConfiguration().getResolvedArtifacts().each {
+            if (it.moduleVersion.id.group != "org.apache.hadoop" && it.moduleVersion.id.module.name != "hadoop-common") {
+                exclude group: it.moduleVersion.id.group, module: it.moduleVersion.id.module.name
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    implementation("org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-mapreduce-client-core:${parquetHadoopVersion}") {
+        transitive = false
+    }
+}