diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 0c66e9d4359..f4e36c4e312 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1287,6 +1287,9 @@ Release 0.23.6 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9217. Print thread dumps when hadoop-common tests fail.
     (Andrey Klochkov via suresh)
 
+    HADOOP-9242. Duplicate surefire plugin config in hadoop-common.
+    (Andrey Klochkov via suresh)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index 06420f2e6f7..10898fde73c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@
             <startKdc>${startKdc}</startKdc>
             <kdc.resource.dir>${kdc.resource.dir}</kdc.resource.dir>
           </systemPropertyVariables>
+          <properties>
+            <property>
+              <name>listener</name>
+              <value>org.apache.hadoop.test.TimedOutTestsListener</value>
+            </property>
+          </properties>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
@@ -481,18 +487,6 @@
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <properties>
-            <property>
-              <name>listener</name>
-              <value>org.apache.hadoop.test.TimedOutTestsListener</value>
-            </property>
-          </properties>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>