diff --git a/nbr-examples/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/nbr/examples/ScriptExampleTests.java b/nbr-examples/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/nbr/examples/ScriptExampleTests.java
index 54c2b72f0..a99f133c2 100644
--- a/nbr-examples/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/nbr/examples/ScriptExampleTests.java
+++ b/nbr-examples/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/nbr/examples/ScriptExampleTests.java
@@ -95,13 +95,6 @@ public class ScriptExampleTests {
         assertThat(p.matcher(scenarioResult.getIOLog()).matches()).isTrue();
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testExceptionPropagationFromMotorThread() {
-        ExecutionMetricsResult scenarioResult = runScenario("activityerror");
-        assertThat(scenarioResult.getException()).isNotNull();
-        assertThat(scenarioResult.getException().getMessage()).contains("For input string: \"unparsable\"");
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testCycleRate() {
         ExecutionMetricsResult scenarioResult = runScenario("cycle_rate");
diff --git a/nbr/pom.xml b/nbr/pom.xml
index c623232b7..d74607f99 100644
--- a/nbr/pom.xml
+++ b/nbr/pom.xml
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@
 
     <dependencies>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
-            <artifactId>engine-rest</artifactId>
-            <version>4.17.32-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
             <artifactId>engine-cli</artifactId>