diff --git a/providers/snmp/alarm/pom.xml b/providers/snmp/alarm/pom.xml
index 2b13e1437c..6b03c85003 100644
--- a/providers/snmp/alarm/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/snmp/alarm/pom.xml
@@ -53,14 +53,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.osgi.compendium</artifactId>
-            <version>5.0.0</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onlab-osgi</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
             <classifier>tests</classifier>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -82,7 +79,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
             <classifier>tests</classifier>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -90,19 +86,16 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -114,41 +107,7 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <filters>
-                        <filter>
-                            <artifact>com.btisystems:snmp-core</artifact>
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>**</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </filter>
-                        <filter>
-                            <artifact>com.btisystems.mibbler.mibs:bti7000</artifact>
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>**</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </filter>
-                        <filter>
-                            <artifact>com.btisystems.mibbler.mibs:net-snmp</artifact>
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>**</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </filter>
-                    </filters>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>shade</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
+
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-scr-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/providers/snmp/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/snmp/alarm/impl/SnmpAlarmProviderService.java b/providers/snmp/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/snmp/alarm/impl/SnmpAlarmProviderService.java
index 4d2c658ec4..65bd8c2dd7 100644
--- a/providers/snmp/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/snmp/alarm/impl/SnmpAlarmProviderService.java
+++ b/providers/snmp/alarm/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/snmp/alarm/impl/SnmpAlarmProviderService.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
 import static org.onlab.util.Tools.groupedThreads;
 import org.onosproject.core.ApplicationId;
 import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
@@ -64,10 +65,13 @@ import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceService;
  * SNMP alarms provider.
  */
 @Component(immediate = true)
+@Service
 public class SnmpAlarmProviderService extends AbstractProvider implements AlarmProvider {
 
     private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
 
+    private final InternalDeviceListener internalDeviceListener = new InternalDeviceListener();
+
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected CoreService coreService;
 
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@ public class SnmpAlarmProviderService extends AbstractProvider implements AlarmP
 
     public SnmpAlarmProviderService() {
         super(new ProviderId("snmp", "org.onosproject.provider.alarm"));
+        log.info("SnmpAlarmProviderService ...");
         sessionFactory = new SnmpSessionFactory(
                 new DefaultSnmpConfigurationFactory(new V2cSnmpConfiguration()));
         providers.put("1.3.6.1.4.1.18070.2.2", new Bti7000SnmpAlarmProvider());
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ public class SnmpAlarmProviderService extends AbstractProvider implements AlarmP
         appId = coreService.registerApplication("org.onosproject.snmp");
         eventHandlingExecutor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(
                 groupedThreads("onos/alarms", "event-handler"));
-        deviceService.addListener(new InternalDeviceListener());
+        deviceService.addListener(internalDeviceListener);
         log.info("activated SNMP provider with appId = {} and context props {}", appId, context.getProperties());
         modified(context);
 
@@ -109,6 +114,7 @@ public class SnmpAlarmProviderService extends AbstractProvider implements AlarmP
     @Deactivate
     public void deactivate() {
         log.info("deactivate SNMP provider {}", appId);
+        deviceService.removeListener(internalDeviceListener);
     }
 
     @Modified
diff --git a/providers/snmp/app/features.xml b/providers/snmp/app/features.xml
index 0874f54575..b8ab857f67 100644
--- a/providers/snmp/app/features.xml
+++ b/providers/snmp/app/features.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         <bundle>mvn:io.netty/netty/3.9.2.Final</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.snmp4j/2.3.4_1</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-snmp-provider-device/${project.version}</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-snmp-provider-alarm/${project.version}</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:com.btisystems/snmp-core/1.3-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:com.btisystems.mibbler.mibs/bti7000/1.0-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:com.btisystems.mibbler.mibs/net-snmp/1.0-SNAPSHOT</bundle>