diff --git a/native-library-common/pom.xml b/native-library-common/pom.xml
index 83a9c097950..c334259350d 100644
--- a/native-library-common/pom.xml
+++ b/native-library-common/pom.xml
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@
   <name>Apache BookKeeper :: Common for Native Libraries</name>
   <description>Common for Native Libraries</description>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/native-library-common/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/nativelib/NativeUtils.java b/native-library-common/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/nativelib/NativeUtils.java
index 7f8e42a3a51..fbd70c3747f 100644
--- a/native-library-common/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/nativelib/NativeUtils.java
+++ b/native-library-common/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/common/util/nativelib/NativeUtils.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.bookkeeper.common.util.nativelib;
 
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import lombok.NonNull;
 import lombok.experimental.UtilityClass;
 
 /**
@@ -115,4 +114,10 @@ public static String libType() {
         }
         throw new TypeNotPresentException(OS_NAME + " not supported", null);
     }
+
+    public static void checkArgument(boolean expression, @NonNull Object errorMessage) {
+        if (!expression) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.valueOf(errorMessage));
+        }
+    }
 }