diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index a1420bd3bef..e17614283d0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ Branch-2 ( Unreleased changes )
     HDFS-766. Error message not clear for set space quota out of boundary
     values. (Jon Zuanich via atm)
 
+    HDFS-3480. Multiple SLF4J binding warning. (Vinay via eli)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-3042 SUBTASKS
 
     HDFS-2185. HDFS portion of ZK-based FailoverController (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
index c775c51e3ff..41bcf31bafe 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -107,21 +107,12 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
       <version>3.4.2</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <!-- otherwise seems to drag in junit 3.8.1 via jline -->
-          <groupId>junit</groupId>
-          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jmxtools</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jmxri</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>