diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/Dep.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/Dep.scala
index f67eed0387c..bd7fce4fb1e 100644
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/Dep.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/Dep.scala
@@ -3,20 +3,6 @@ import mill.util.JsonFormatters._
 import upickle.default.{macroRW, ReadWriter => RW}
 sealed trait Dep {
   def configure(attributes: coursier.Attributes): Dep
-  def exclude(exclusions: (String, String)*): Dep =
-    this match {
-      case dep : Dep.Java => dep.copy(dep = dep.dep.copy(exclusions = dep.dep.exclusions ++ exclusions))
-      case dep : Dep.Scala => dep.copy(dep = dep.dep.copy(exclusions = dep.dep.exclusions ++ exclusions))
-      case dep : Dep.Point => dep.copy(dep = dep.dep.copy(exclusions = dep.dep.exclusions ++ exclusions))
-    }
-  def excludeOrg(organizations: String*): Dep = exclude(organizations.map(_ -> "*"): _*)
-  def excludeName(names: String*): Dep = exclude(names.map("*" -> _): _*)
-  def withConfiguration(configuration: String): Dep =
-    this match {
-      case dep : Dep.Java => dep.copy(dep = dep.dep.copy(configuration = configuration))
-      case dep : Dep.Scala => dep.copy(dep = dep.dep.copy(configuration = configuration))
-      case dep : Dep.Point => dep.copy(dep = dep.dep.copy(configuration = configuration))
-    }
 }
 object Dep{
 
diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/Ivy.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/Ivy.scala
index 3b271fa8e11..644e2c53099 100644
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/Ivy.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/Ivy.scala
@@ -41,12 +41,8 @@ object Ivy {
   }
 
   private def renderDependency(dep: Dependency) = {
-    if (dep.exclusions.isEmpty)
-      <dependency org={dep.artifact.group} name={dep.artifact.id} rev={dep.artifact.version} conf={s"${dep.scope}->default(${dep.configuration.getOrElse("compile")})"} />
-    else
-      <dependency org={dep.artifact.group} name={dep.artifact.id} rev={dep.artifact.version} conf={s"${dep.scope}->default(${dep.configuration.getOrElse("compile")})"}>
-        {dep.exclusions.map(ex => <exclude org={ex._1} name={ex._2} matcher="exact"/>).toSeq}
-      </dependency>
+    val scope = scopeToConf(dep.scope)
+    <dependency org={dep.artifact.group} name={dep.artifact.id} rev={dep.artifact.version} conf={s"$scope->default(compile)"}></dependency>
   }
 
   private def scopeToConf(s: Scope): String = s match {
diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/Pom.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/Pom.scala
index 3c8ba4dc798..1a86e7de79e 100644
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/Pom.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/Pom.scala
@@ -90,28 +90,12 @@ object Pom {
       case Scope.Test     => <scope>test</scope>
       case Scope.Runtime  => <scope>runtime</scope>
     }
-    if (d.exclusions.isEmpty)
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>{d.artifact.group}</groupId>
-        <artifactId>{d.artifact.id}</artifactId>
-        <version>{d.artifact.version}</version>
-        {scope}
-      </dependency>
-    else
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>{d.artifact.group}</groupId>
-        <artifactId>{d.artifact.id}</artifactId>
-        <version>{d.artifact.version}</version>
-        <exclusions>
-          {d.exclusions.map(ex =>
-            <exclude>
-              <groupId>{ex._1}</groupId>
-              <artifactId>{ex._2}</artifactId>
-            </exclude>
-          )}.toSeq
-        </exclusions>
-        {scope}
-      </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>{d.artifact.group}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>{d.artifact.id}</artifactId>
+      <version>{d.artifact.version}</version>
+      {scope}
+    </dependency>
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/settings.scala b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/settings.scala
index 34f7e7ad728..1076fb41b79 100644
--- a/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/settings.scala
+++ b/scalalib/src/mill/scalalib/publish/settings.scala
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ object Artifact {
       case Dep.Java(dep, cross) =>
         Dependency(
           Artifact(dep.module.organization, dep.module.name, dep.version),
-          Scope.Compile,
-          if (dep.configuration == "" ) None else Some(dep.configuration),
-          dep.exclusions.toList
+          Scope.Compile
         )
       case Dep.Scala(dep, cross) =>
         Dependency(
@@ -26,9 +24,7 @@ object Artifact {
             s"${dep.module.name}_${scalaBin}",
             dep.version
           ),
-          Scope.Compile,
-          if (dep.configuration == "") None else Some(dep.configuration),
-          dep.exclusions.toList
+          Scope.Compile
         )
       case Dep.Point(dep, cross) =>
         Dependency(
@@ -37,9 +33,7 @@ object Artifact {
             s"${dep.module.name}_${scalaFull}",
             dep.version
           ),
-          Scope.Compile,
-          if (dep.configuration == "") None else Some(dep.configuration),
-          dep.exclusions.toList
+          Scope.Compile
         )
     }
   }
@@ -55,9 +49,7 @@ object Scope {
 
 case class Dependency(
     artifact: Artifact,
-    scope: Scope,
-    configuration: Option[String] = None,
-    exclusions: Seq[(String, String)] = Nil
+    scope: Scope
 )
 
 case class Developer(
diff --git a/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/ResolveDepsTests.scala b/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/ResolveDepsTests.scala
index 861fa3129c5..97fcbd505e7 100644
--- a/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/ResolveDepsTests.scala
+++ b/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/ResolveDepsTests.scala
@@ -34,24 +34,6 @@ object ResolveDepsTests extends TestSuite {
       assert(paths.exists(_.path.toString.contains("byte-buddy")))
     }
 
-    'excludeTransitiveDeps - {
-      val deps = Agg(ivy"com.lihaoyi::pprint:0.5.3".exclude("com.lihaoyi" -> "fansi_2.12"))
-      val Success(paths) = evalDeps(deps)
-      assert(!paths.exists(_.path.toString.contains("fansi_2.12")))
-    }
-
-    'excludeTransitiveDepsByOrg - {
-      val deps = Agg(ivy"com.lihaoyi::pprint:0.5.3".excludeOrg("com.lihaoyi"))
-      val Success(paths) = evalDeps(deps)
-      assert(!paths.exists(path => path.path.toString.contains("com/lihaoyi") && !path.path.toString.contains("pprint_2.12")))
-    }
-
-    'excludeTransitiveDepsByName - {
-      val deps = Agg(ivy"com.lihaoyi::pprint:0.5.3".excludeName("fansi_2.12"))
-      val Success(paths) = evalDeps(deps)
-      assert(!paths.exists(_.path.toString.contains("fansi_2.12")))
-    }
-
     'errOnInvalidOrgDeps - {
       val deps = Agg(ivy"xxx.yyy.invalid::pprint:0.5.3")
       val Failure(errMsg, _) = evalDeps(deps)
diff --git a/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/publish/IvyTests.scala b/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/publish/IvyTests.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f275dd98a8..00000000000
--- a/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/publish/IvyTests.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-package mill.scalalib.publish
-
-import utest._
-import mill._
-
-import scala.xml.{Node, NodeSeq, XML}
-
-object IvyTests extends TestSuite {
-
-  def tests: Tests = Tests {
-    val artifactId = "mill-scalalib_2.12"
-    val artifact =
-      Artifact("com.lihaoyi", "mill-scalalib_2.12", "0.0.1")
-    val deps = Agg(
-      Dependency(Artifact("com.lihaoyi", "mill-main_2.12", "0.1.4"),
-        Scope.Compile),
-      Dependency(Artifact("org.scala-sbt", "test-interface", "1.0"),
-        Scope.Compile),
-      Dependency(Artifact("com.lihaoyi", "pprint_2.12", "0.5.3"),
-        Scope.Compile, exclusions = List("com.lihaoyi" -> "fansi_2.12", "*" -> "sourcecode_2.12"))
-    )
-
-    'fullIvy - {
-      val fullIvy = XML.loadString(Ivy(artifact, deps))
-
-      'topLevel - {
-        val info = singleNode(fullIvy \ "info")
-        assert(
-          singleAttr(info, "organisation") == artifact.group
-        , singleAttr(info, "module") == artifact.id
-        , singleAttr(info, "revision") == artifact.version
-        )
-      }
-
-      'dependencies - {
-        val dependencies = fullIvy \ "dependencies" \ "dependency"
-        val ivyDeps = deps.indexed
-
-        assert(dependencies.size == ivyDeps.size)
-
-        dependencies.zipWithIndex.foreach { case (dep, index) =>
-          assert(
-            singleAttr(dep, "org") == ivyDeps(index).artifact.group
-          , singleAttr(dep, "name") == ivyDeps(index).artifact.id
-          , singleAttr(dep, "rev") == ivyDeps(index).artifact.version
-          , (dep \ "exclude").zipWithIndex forall { case (exclude, j) =>
-              singleAttr(exclude, "org") == ivyDeps(index).exclusions(j)._1 &&
-                singleAttr(exclude, "name") == ivyDeps(index).exclusions(j)._2
-            }
-          )
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  def singleNode(seq: NodeSeq): Node =
-    seq.headOption.getOrElse(throw new RuntimeException("empty seq"))
-  def singleAttr(node: Node, attr: String): String =
-    node.attribute(attr).flatMap(_.headOption.map(_.text)).getOrElse(throw new RuntimeException(s"empty attr $attr"))
-}
diff --git a/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/publish/PomTests.scala b/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/publish/PomTests.scala
index c15ff172d83..31e874467c7 100644
--- a/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/publish/PomTests.scala
+++ b/scalalib/test/src/mill/scalalib/publish/PomTests.scala
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ object PomTests extends TestSuite {
       Dependency(Artifact("com.lihaoyi", "mill-main_2.12", "0.1.4"),
                  Scope.Compile),
       Dependency(Artifact("org.scala-sbt", "test-interface", "1.0"),
-                 Scope.Compile),
-      Dependency(Artifact("com.lihaoyi", "pprint_2.12", "0.5.3"),
-                 Scope.Compile, exclusions = List("com.lihaoyi" -> "fansi_2.12", "*" -> "sourcecode_2.12"))
+                 Scope.Compile)
     )
     val settings = PomSettings(
       description = "mill-scalalib",
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ object PomTests extends TestSuite {
       'dependencies - {
         val dependencies = fullPom \ "dependencies" \ "dependency"
 
-        assert(dependencies.size == 3)
+        assert(dependencies.size == 2)
 
         val pomDeps = deps.indexed
 
@@ -116,11 +114,7 @@ object PomTests extends TestSuite {
               singleText(dep \ "groupId") == pomDeps(index).artifact.group,
               singleText(dep \ "artifactId") == pomDeps(index).artifact.id,
               singleText(dep \ "version") == pomDeps(index).artifact.version,
-              optText(dep \ "scope").isEmpty,
-              (dep \ "exclusions").zipWithIndex.forall { case (node, j) =>
-                singleText(node \ "exclude" \ "groupId") == pomDeps(index).exclusions(j)._1 &&
-                  singleText(node \ "exclude" \ "artifactId") == pomDeps(index).exclusions(j)._2
-              }
+              optText(dep \ "scope").isEmpty
             )
         }
       }