diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
index 16f3535d9f3c2..f825819cb3ec8 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/elasticsearch/gradle/BuildPlugin.groovy
@@ -297,10 +297,6 @@ class BuildPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                 url "http://s3.amazonaws.com/download.elasticsearch.org/lucenesnapshots/${revision}"
             }
         }
-        repos.maven {
-            name 'netty-snapshots'
-            url "http://s3.amazonaws.com/download.elasticsearch.org/nettysnapshots/20160722"
-        }
     }
 
     /** Returns a closure which can be used with a MavenPom for removing transitive dependencies. */
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle b/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
index 82d98a981ab4b..f0a2759e120d1 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/build.gradle
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ compileTestJava.options.compilerArgs << "-Xlint:-cast,-deprecation,-rawtypes,-tr
 
 dependencies {
     // network stack
-    compile "io.netty:netty-buffer:4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT"
-    compile "io.netty:netty-codec:4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT"
-    compile "io.netty:netty-codec-http:4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT"
-    compile "io.netty:netty-common:4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT"
-    compile "io.netty:netty-handler:4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT"
-    compile "io.netty:netty-resolver:4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT"
-    compile "io.netty:netty-transport:4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT"
+    compile "io.netty:netty-buffer:4.1.4.Final"
+    compile "io.netty:netty-codec:4.1.4.Final"
+    compile "io.netty:netty-codec-http:4.1.4.Final"
+    compile "io.netty:netty-common:4.1.4.Final"
+    compile "io.netty:netty-handler:4.1.4.Final"
+    compile "io.netty:netty-resolver:4.1.4.Final"
+    compile "io.netty:netty-transport:4.1.4.Final"
 }
 
 integTest {
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index e45d72cb77e09..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bae159f72e78d211733db0f13b0d8436a65af5ac
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..36ae08b1c8297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-buffer-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5e199381c808377faeeb80e69f365246004d6f9f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index a1872082d0f92..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a8fb268e5756768ed9ddc46806cf724481c14298
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..83a0990f514d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+86fc9367492cdca25542fb037467ab853a77ff62
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c96920d1612c..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8219258943eaa26115a8f39b16163b4d0e53770e
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..292dd9261e6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-codec-http-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f6ef27ed46dd806dc27c1f0ed2e6bcfad12d28cc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e775de8650f2..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8f2a9aafddf7a5db56e6c7dbbc94834e5bdeb186
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c069aa3c2b116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-common-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e267ca463a0dc6292cf5e0528c4b59d6d5f76ff5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index e91cb888a4451..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-99a2d3a7285195c7f42d25f236212b984d0dfcb7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f671aa442a969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-handler-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5674b3bc1203d913da71ba98bb7d43832c7a71e7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 951fcbf0f80f1..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1f832049b94980a9f8d01ff87a83170c5a03f7eb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d63592e7d2270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-resolver-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+19f86688069a018cf5e45f7a9f9a02971b9e31ee
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b7743836ca7e..0000000000000
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.4.Final-elastic-SNAPSHOT.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-16a2ffc9a952a8c1deccca462e7f9965608db2b2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1 b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..da6299b130dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/licenses/netty-transport-4.1.4.Final.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6c99d2323d75d74b9571c4ddbdc411d96bf8d780
\ No newline at end of file