diff --git a/project/Project.scala b/project/Project.scala
index 7b6bf82..361f888 100644
--- a/project/Project.scala
+++ b/project/Project.scala
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ object ScalabootBuild extends Build {
     "clojars.org" at "http://clojars.org/repo")
 
   val hadoopDeps = Seq(
-    "com.twitter" %% "scalding-core" % "0.10.0",
-    "com.twitter" %% "scalding-avro" % "0.10.0",
     "com.twitter" %% "scalding-commons" % "0.10.0"
     // "org.apache.hadoop" % "hadoop-core" % "2.3.0-mr1-cdh5.0.1" % "provided",
   )
@@ -63,46 +61,44 @@ object ScalabootBuild extends Build {
 
   import sbtassembly.Plugin._
   import AssemblyKeys._
-  import sbtavro.SbtAvro._
 
-  lazy val hadoopSettings = defaultSettings ++ assemblySettings ++ avroSettings ++ Seq(
-    resolvers ++= hadoopResolvers,
-    libraryDependencies ++= hadoopDeps,
-
-    version in avroConfig := "1.7.5", // remove this if you want cdh5 avro to be
-                                      // pulled in
-    stringType in avroConfig := "String",
+  lazy val hadoopSettings = defaultSettings ++
+    assemblySettings ++
+    sbtAvro.settings ++
+    Seq(
+      resolvers ++= hadoopResolvers,
+      libraryDependencies ++= hadoopDeps,
 
-    // Slightly cleaner jar name
-    jarName in assembly := { name.value + "-" + version.value + ".jar" },
-    test in assembly := {}, // ignore tests
-    mainClass in assembly := Some(HADOOP_JOBRUNNER),
-    // NOTE: specifying the main class for Compile,run is currently somewhat
-    // buggy because of this
-    // [[https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/850][bug]]. it's also not really
-    // needed but adding here for completeness
-    mainClass in (Compile, run) := Some(HADOOP_JOBRUNNER),
-    // Drop these jars
-    excludedJars in assembly <<= (fullClasspath in assembly) map { cp =>
-      val excludes: Set[String] = Set(
-        "minlog-1.2.jar" // Otherwise causes conflicts with Kryo (which bundles it)
-        , "commons-beanutils-core-1.8.0.jar" // Clash with each other and with commons-collections
-        , "commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar" // "
-        , "asm-3.1.jar" // there's already asm-4.0
-        , "jsp-2.1-6.1.14.jar"
-      )
-      cp filter { jar => excludes(jar.data.getName) }
-    },
+      // Slightly cleaner jar name
+      jarName in assembly := { name.value + "-" + version.value + ".jar" },
+      test in assembly := {}, // ignore tests
+      mainClass in assembly := Some(HADOOP_JOBRUNNER),
+      // NOTE: specifying the main class for Compile,run is currently somewhat
+      // buggy because of this
+      // [[https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/850][bug]]. it's also not really
+      // needed but adding here for completeness
+      mainClass in (Compile, run) := Some(HADOOP_JOBRUNNER),
+      // Drop these jars
+      excludedJars in assembly <<= (fullClasspath in assembly) map { cp =>
+        val excludes: Set[String] = Set(
+          "minlog-1.2.jar" // Otherwise causes conflicts with Kryo (which bundles it)
+          , "commons-beanutils-core-1.8.0.jar" // Clash with each other and with commons-collections
+          , "commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar" // "
+          , "asm-3.1.jar" // there's already asm-4.0
+          , "jsp-2.1-6.1.14.jar"
+        )
+        cp filter { jar => excludes(jar.data.getName) }
+      },
 
-    mergeStrategy in assembly <<= (mergeStrategy in assembly) {
-      (old) =>
-        {
-          case PathList("javax", "servlet", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.first
-          case PathList(ps @ _*) if ps.last endsWith ".html" => MergeStrategy.first
-          case "project.clj" => MergeStrategy.discard // Leiningen build files
-          case x => old(x)
-        }
-    })
+      mergeStrategy in assembly <<= (mergeStrategy in assembly) {
+        (old) =>
+          {
+            case PathList("javax", "servlet", xs @ _*) => MergeStrategy.first
+            case PathList(ps @ _*) if ps.last endsWith ".html" => MergeStrategy.first
+            case "project.clj" => MergeStrategy.discard // Leiningen build files
+            case x => old(x)
+          }
+      })
 
   lazy val root = Project(PROJECT_NAME, file("."))
     .configs(IntegrationTest)
diff --git a/project/sbt-avro-plugin.sbt b/project/sbtAvro.sbt
similarity index 100%
rename from project/sbt-avro-plugin.sbt
rename to project/sbtAvro.sbt
diff --git a/project/sbtAvro.scala b/project/sbtAvro.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0abee1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/sbtAvro.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+object sbtAvro {
+  import sbt._
+  import sbtavro.SbtAvro._
+
+  private lazy val deps = Seq(
+    "com.twitter" %% "scalding-core" % "0.10.0"
+    , "com.twitter" %% "scalding-avro" % "0.10.0"
+    )
+
+
+  lazy val settings = avroSettings ++ Seq(
+    Keys.resolvers += "sbt-plugin-releases" at
+      "http://repo.scala-sbt.org/scalasbt/sbt-plugin-releases"
+    , Keys.libraryDependencies ++= deps
+    , Keys.version in avroConfig := "1.7.5" // remove this if you want cdh5 avro
+                                            // to be pulled in
+    , stringType in avroConfig := "String"
+    )
+}