diff --git a/docs/dev/batch/connectors.md b/docs/dev/batch/connectors.md
index 388b59925f3c1..23917448f39c7 100644
--- a/docs/dev/batch/connectors.md
+++ b/docs/dev/batch/connectors.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Also, the serialization framework of Flink is able to handle classes generated f
 ~~~xml
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-  <artifactId>flink-avro{{ site.scala_version_suffix }}</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
   <version>{{site.version }}</version>
 </dependency>
 ~~~
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml
index 12a151ee8f9ee..7efe68e8cf24b 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-filesystem/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<!-- Projects depending on this project, won't depend on flink-avro. -->
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml
index 33575912a60f8..a01431abd5390 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.10/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<!-- Projects depending on this project, won't depend on flink-avro. -->
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml
index 4f6be1dce27b0..f66a31dbda9e9 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.11/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<!-- Projects depending on this project, won't depend on flink-avro. -->
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml
index b96274a47bc32..c9a177009299a 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.8/pom.xml
@@ -75,21 +75,13 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<!-- Projects depending on this project, won't depend on flink-avro. -->
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-			<type>test-jar</type>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
@@ -144,6 +136,14 @@ under the License.
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+			<type>test-jar</type>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
 			<artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml
index c711c5fbc56a3..ed322d3f053f5 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-0.9/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<!-- Projects depending on this project, won't depend on flink-avro. -->
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml
index 4f2fb45cebd66..9743a0181bc88 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka-base/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<!-- Projects depending on this project, won't depend on flink-avro. -->
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 			<scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/flink-dist/pom.xml b/flink-dist/pom.xml
index 29f28ff10a75a..b2af9e8a898b9 100644
--- a/flink-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-dist/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ under the License.
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml
index 5080b8262773a..8732a2178e59e 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-avro/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ under the License.
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
-	<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+	<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 	<name>flink-avro</name>
 
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-streaming-java_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
 			<artifactId>avro</artifactId>
@@ -67,28 +60,16 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-test-utils_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
+		<!-- To avoid having to have the 'flink-avro' project dependent on a particular
+			Scala version, we hard-refer the flink-test-utils_2.11 here -->
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-clients_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-test-utils_2.11</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-streaming-java_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<type>test-jar</type>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
 			<artifactId>flink-core</artifactId>
@@ -158,6 +139,7 @@ under the License.
 					</filesets>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
+
 			<!-- Generate Test class from avro schema -->
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml b/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml
index 446d167eb8473..3ac62dff589e2 100644
--- a/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-fs-tests/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ under the License.
 		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-			<artifactId>flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>flink-avro</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 740e64a2fb899..34e2abbfe8956 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-java/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ under the License.
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-runtime_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-optimizer_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-clients_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
-									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-avro</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-examples-batch_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-examples-streaming_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-streaming-java_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
diff --git a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index e5f682132a4eb..d705e8c137da9 100644
--- a/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-quickstart/flink-quickstart-scala/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ under the License.
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-runtime_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-optimizer_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-clients_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
-									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-avro_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
+									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-avro</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-examples-batch_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-examples-streaming_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>
 									<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-streaming-java_${scala.binary.version}</exclude>