diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-annotations/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-annotations/pom.xml
index fc7038b2dc8..fc8d4c9ce91 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -71,21 +71,6 @@
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>jdk1.8</id>
-      <activation>
-        <jdk>1.8</jdk>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
-          <version>1.8</version>
-          <scope>system</scope>
-          <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
 </project>