See https://github.com/sonatype/sisu-litmus/commit/65df296537fe0c4c0b707075bdd45c2118c62ced - junit 4.11 no longer embeds hamcrest, so it doesn't need to be excluded in favour of junit-dep. I could also use the longer form as in https://github.com/sonatype/sisu-litmus/commit/65df296537fe0c4c0b707075bdd45c2118c62ced#diff-600376dffeb79835ede4a0b285078036L279 if it makes it clearer (ie. exclude only if 4.10 or below).