diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index db0366ff221..7b8c8e1bcc9 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -8788,12 +8788,6 @@
             <sha256 value="a4a95d16f952e25cbf288ef0c7bcd6cba45a4465fcc484292bc3d651248fbf1a" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="org.eclipse.aether" name="aether-impl" version="1.0.2.v20150114">
-         <artifact name="aether-impl-1.0.2.v20150114.jar">
-            <md5 value="90c5812e3e05a2419b47edd075920c3b" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-            <sha256 value="9a84f5863407acf2bf9cf280cd02f5a518952a386de61df3b8c5db8cfdec725d" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-         </artifact>
-      </component>
       <component group="org.eclipse.aether" name="aether-impl" version="1.1.0">
          <artifact name="aether-impl-1.1.0.jar">
             <md5 value="35f73c191555140e9707c9147cbfb992" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
diff --git a/libraries/scripting/dependencies-maven/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/scripting/dependencies-maven/build.gradle.kts
index e047fb2c5ce..1a9b2b48ac6 100644
--- a/libraries/scripting/dependencies-maven/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/scripting/dependencies-maven/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ plugins {
 
 jvmTarget = "1.6"
 
+configurations.compile {
+    /**
+     * Files with the same FQNs may exist both in these excluded artifacts and in dependencies of
+     * `org.apache.maven:maven-core`. If these classes fall into classpath together, it
+     * may lead to unpredictable errors, especially if these classes have different APIs.
+     *
+     * Example. Class `org.eclipse.aether.repository.RemoteRepository` is presented in both
+     * `maven-resolver-api-1.6.2` (which is resolved transitively from `maven-core`)
+     * and `aether-api-1.1.0` artifacts. One of the implementations has `isBlocked()`
+     * method, and another one lacks it. It leads to `NoSuchMethodError` in runtime.
+     */
+    exclude("org.eclipse.aether", "aether-api")
+    exclude("org.eclipse.aether", "aether-util")
+    exclude("org.eclipse.aether", "aether-spi")
+}
+
 dependencies {
     compile(kotlinStdlib())
     compile(project(":kotlin-scripting-dependencies"))
@@ -12,9 +28,6 @@ dependencies {
     compile("org.eclipse.aether:aether-transport-wagon:1.1.0")
     compile("org.eclipse.aether:aether-transport-file:1.1.0")
     compile("org.apache.maven:maven-core:3.8.1")
-    compile("org.apache.maven:maven-settings-builder:3.8.1")
-    compile("org.apache.maven:maven-aether-provider:3.3.9")
-    compile("org.apache.maven.wagon:wagon-provider-api:3.4.3")
     compile("org.apache.maven.wagon:wagon-http:3.4.3")
     testCompile(projectTests(":kotlin-scripting-dependencies"))
     testCompile(commonDep("junit"))