Merge pull request #1801 from clebertsuconic/upmaster

removing NettyBridgeTest and using parameters
don't use deprecated 'protocol' transport configuration property in our test-suite
remove duplicate dependency
Merge pull request #1802 from jbertram/master

don't use deprecated 'protocol' transport configuration property in our test-suite
stabilize a couple tests that are failing
Merge pull request #1803 from jbertram/master

stabilize a couple tests that are failing
using parameters for more netty tests