diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 8edb4b7e384..0f45fbf8936 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HDFS-2303. Unbundle jsvc. (Roman Shaposhnik and Mingjie Lai via eli)
 
+    HDFS-3137. Bump LAST_UPGRADABLE_LAYOUT_VERSION to -16. (eli)
+
   NEW FEATURES
 
     HDFS-2978. The NameNode should expose name dir statuses via JMX. (atm)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeDescriptor.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeDescriptor.java
index 5c02546c5ba..bd1f056ace5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeDescriptor.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/DatanodeDescriptor.java
@@ -440,23 +440,6 @@ public class DatanodeDescriptor extends DatanodeInfo {
     }
   }
 
-  /** Serialization for FSEditLog */
-  public void readFieldsFromFSEditLog(DataInput in) throws IOException {
-    this.name = DeprecatedUTF8.readString(in);
-    this.storageID = DeprecatedUTF8.readString(in);
-    this.infoPort = in.readShort() & 0x0000ffff;
-
-    this.capacity = in.readLong();
-    this.dfsUsed = in.readLong();
-    this.remaining = in.readLong();
-    this.blockPoolUsed = in.readLong();
-    this.lastUpdate = in.readLong();
-    this.xceiverCount = in.readInt();
-    this.location = Text.readString(in);
-    this.hostName = Text.readString(in);
-    setAdminState(WritableUtils.readEnum(in, AdminStates.class));
-  }
-  
   /**
    * @return Approximate number of blocks currently scheduled to be written 
    * to this datanode.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/Storage.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/Storage.java
index c76d24c6a7f..5ed6e358867 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/Storage.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/Storage.java
@@ -64,18 +64,12 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.util.VersionInfo;
 public abstract class Storage extends StorageInfo {
   public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(Storage.class.getName());
 
-  // Constants
-  
   // last layout version that did not support upgrades
   public static final int LAST_PRE_UPGRADE_LAYOUT_VERSION = -3;
   
-  // this corresponds to Hadoop-0.14.
-  public static final int LAST_UPGRADABLE_LAYOUT_VERSION = -7;
-  protected static final String LAST_UPGRADABLE_HADOOP_VERSION = "Hadoop-0.14";
-
-  /* this should be removed when LAST_UPGRADABLE_LV goes beyond -13.
-   * any upgrade code that uses this constant should also be removed. */
-  public static final int PRE_GENERATIONSTAMP_LAYOUT_VERSION = -13;
+  // this corresponds to Hadoop-0.18
+  public static final int LAST_UPGRADABLE_LAYOUT_VERSION = -16;
+  protected static final String LAST_UPGRADABLE_HADOOP_VERSION = "Hadoop-0.18";
   
   /** Layout versions of 0.20.203 release */
   public static final int[] LAYOUT_VERSIONS_203 = {-19, -31};
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataStorage.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataStorage.java
index 16244c725bd..d3e3aa6630c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataStorage.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/DataStorage.java
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ public class DataStorage extends Storage {
   public final static String STORAGE_DIR_FINALIZED = "finalized";
   public final static String STORAGE_DIR_TMP = "tmp";
 
-  private static final Pattern PRE_GENSTAMP_META_FILE_PATTERN = 
-    Pattern.compile("(.*blk_[-]*\\d+)\\.meta$");
-  
   /** Access to this variable is guarded by "this" */
   private String storageID;
 
@@ -669,13 +666,6 @@ public class DataStorage extends Storage {
           in.close();
         }
       } else {
-        
-        //check if we are upgrading from pre-generation stamp version.
-        if (oldLV >= PRE_GENERATIONSTAMP_LAYOUT_VERSION) {
-          // Link to the new file name.
-          to = new File(convertMetatadataFileName(to.getAbsolutePath()));
-        }
-        
         HardLink.createHardLink(from, to);
         hl.linkStats.countSingleLinks++;
       }
@@ -687,50 +677,32 @@ public class DataStorage extends Storage {
     if (!to.mkdirs())
       throw new IOException("Cannot create directory " + to);
     
-    //If upgrading from old stuff, need to munge the filenames.  That has to
-    //be done one file at a time, so hardlink them one at a time (slow).
-    if (oldLV >= PRE_GENERATIONSTAMP_LAYOUT_VERSION) {
-      String[] blockNames = from.list(new java.io.FilenameFilter() {
-          public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
-            return name.startsWith(BLOCK_SUBDIR_PREFIX) 
-              || name.startsWith(BLOCK_FILE_PREFIX)
-              || name.startsWith(COPY_FILE_PREFIX);
-          }
-        });
-      if (blockNames.length == 0) {
-        hl.linkStats.countEmptyDirs++;
+    String[] blockNames = from.list(new java.io.FilenameFilter() {
+      public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
+        return name.startsWith(BLOCK_FILE_PREFIX);
       }
-      else for(int i = 0; i < blockNames.length; i++)
-        linkBlocks(new File(from, blockNames[i]), 
-            new File(to, blockNames[i]), oldLV, hl);
-    } 
-    else {
-      //If upgrading from a relatively new version, we only need to create
-      //links with the same filename.  This can be done in bulk (much faster).
-      String[] blockNames = from.list(new java.io.FilenameFilter() {
+    });
+
+    // Block files just need hard links with the same file names
+    // but a different directory
+    if (blockNames.length > 0) {
+      HardLink.createHardLinkMult(from, blockNames, to);
+      hl.linkStats.countMultLinks++;
+      hl.linkStats.countFilesMultLinks += blockNames.length;
+    } else {
+      hl.linkStats.countEmptyDirs++;
+    }
+    
+    // Now take care of the rest of the files and subdirectories
+    String[] otherNames = from.list(new java.io.FilenameFilter() {
         public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
-          return name.startsWith(BLOCK_FILE_PREFIX);
+          return name.startsWith(BLOCK_SUBDIR_PREFIX) 
+            || name.startsWith(COPY_FILE_PREFIX);
         }
       });
-      if (blockNames.length > 0) {
-        HardLink.createHardLinkMult(from, blockNames, to);
-        hl.linkStats.countMultLinks++;
-        hl.linkStats.countFilesMultLinks += blockNames.length;
-      } else {
-        hl.linkStats.countEmptyDirs++;
-      }
-      
-      //now take care of the rest of the files and subdirectories
-      String[] otherNames = from.list(new java.io.FilenameFilter() {
-          public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
-            return name.startsWith(BLOCK_SUBDIR_PREFIX) 
-              || name.startsWith(COPY_FILE_PREFIX);
-          }
-        });
-      for(int i = 0; i < otherNames.length; i++)
-        linkBlocks(new File(from, otherNames[i]), 
-            new File(to, otherNames[i]), oldLV, hl);
-    }
+    for(int i = 0; i < otherNames.length; i++)
+      linkBlocks(new File(from, otherNames[i]), 
+          new File(to, otherNames[i]), oldLV, hl);
   }
 
   private void verifyDistributedUpgradeProgress(UpgradeManagerDatanode um,
@@ -741,22 +713,6 @@ public class DataStorage extends Storage {
     um.initializeUpgrade(nsInfo);
   }
   
-  /**
-   * This is invoked on target file names when upgrading from pre generation 
-   * stamp version (version -13) to correct the metatadata file name.
-   * @param oldFileName
-   * @return the new metadata file name with the default generation stamp.
-   */
-  private static String convertMetatadataFileName(String oldFileName) {
-    Matcher matcher = PRE_GENSTAMP_META_FILE_PATTERN.matcher(oldFileName); 
-    if (matcher.matches()) {
-      //return the current metadata file name
-      return DatanodeUtil.getMetaFileName(matcher.group(1),
-          GenerationStamp.GRANDFATHER_GENERATION_STAMP); 
-    }
-    return oldFileName;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Add bpStorage into bpStorageMap
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogLoader.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogLoader.java
index 75722d458e7..0edf55d6bdf 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogLoader.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogLoader.java
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSEditLogOp.UpdateBlocksOp;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSEditLogOp.UpdateMasterKeyOp;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.LeaseManager.Lease;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.util.Holder;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 
@@ -233,37 +232,13 @@ public class FSEditLogLoader {
         // get name and replication
         final short replication  = fsNamesys.getBlockManager(
             ).adjustReplication(addCloseOp.replication);
-        PermissionStatus permissions = fsNamesys.getUpgradePermission();
-        if (addCloseOp.permissions != null) {
-          permissions = addCloseOp.permissions;
-        }
-        long blockSize = addCloseOp.blockSize;
-
-        // Versions of HDFS prior to 0.17 may log an OP_ADD transaction
-        // which includes blocks in it. When we update the minimum
-        // upgrade version to something more recent than 0.17, we can
-        // simplify this code by asserting that OP_ADD transactions
-        // don't have any blocks.
-        
-        // Older versions of HDFS does not store the block size in inode.
-        // If the file has more than one block, use the size of the
-        // first block as the blocksize. Otherwise use the default
-        // block size.
-        if (-8 <= logVersion && blockSize == 0) {
-          if (addCloseOp.blocks.length > 1) {
-            blockSize = addCloseOp.blocks[0].getNumBytes();
-          } else {
-            long first = ((addCloseOp.blocks.length == 1)?
-                addCloseOp.blocks[0].getNumBytes(): 0);
-            blockSize = Math.max(fsNamesys.getDefaultBlockSize(), first);
-          }
-        }
+        assert addCloseOp.blocks.length == 0;
 
         // add to the file tree
         newFile = (INodeFile)fsDir.unprotectedAddFile(
-            addCloseOp.path, permissions,
+            addCloseOp.path, addCloseOp.permissions,
             replication, addCloseOp.mtime,
-            addCloseOp.atime, blockSize,
+            addCloseOp.atime, addCloseOp.blockSize,
             true, addCloseOp.clientName, addCloseOp.clientMachine);
         fsNamesys.leaseManager.addLease(addCloseOp.clientName, addCloseOp.path);
 
@@ -375,12 +350,7 @@ public class FSEditLogLoader {
     }
     case OP_MKDIR: {
       MkdirOp mkdirOp = (MkdirOp)op;
-      PermissionStatus permissions = fsNamesys.getUpgradePermission();
-      if (mkdirOp.permissions != null) {
-        permissions = mkdirOp.permissions;
-      }
-
-      fsDir.unprotectedMkdir(mkdirOp.path, permissions,
+      fsDir.unprotectedMkdir(mkdirOp.path, mkdirOp.permissions,
                              mkdirOp.timestamp);
       break;
     }
@@ -495,9 +465,6 @@ public class FSEditLogLoader {
       // no data in here currently.
       break;
     }
-    case OP_DATANODE_ADD:
-    case OP_DATANODE_REMOVE:
-      break;
     default:
       throw new IOException("Invalid operation read " + op.opCode);
     }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOp.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOp.java
index 949554dbda0..3c9dab4b0ec 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOp.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOp.java
@@ -30,11 +30,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Options.Rename;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.PermissionStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LayoutVersion;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LayoutVersion.Feature;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.DatanodeDescriptor;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.GenerationStamp;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.PureJavaCrc32;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.FSEditLogOpCodes.*;
@@ -81,8 +78,6 @@ public abstract class FSEditLogOp {
         instances.put(OP_DELETE, new DeleteOp());
         instances.put(OP_MKDIR, new MkdirOp());
         instances.put(OP_SET_GENSTAMP, new SetGenstampOp());
-        instances.put(OP_DATANODE_ADD, new DatanodeAddOp());
-        instances.put(OP_DATANODE_REMOVE, new DatanodeRemoveOp());
         instances.put(OP_SET_PERMISSIONS, new SetPermissionsOp());
         instances.put(OP_SET_OWNER, new SetOwnerOp());
         instances.put(OP_SET_NS_QUOTA, new SetNSQuotaOp());
@@ -147,7 +142,6 @@ public abstract class FSEditLogOp {
     PermissionStatus permissions;
     String clientName;
     String clientMachine;
-    //final DatanodeDescriptor[] dataNodeDescriptors; UNUSED
 
     private AddCloseOp(FSEditLogOpCodes opCode) {
       super(opCode);
@@ -226,13 +220,10 @@ public abstract class FSEditLogOp {
     @Override
     void readFields(DataInputStream in, int logVersion)
         throws IOException {
-      // versions > 0 support per file replication
-      // get name and replication
       if (!LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.EDITLOG_OP_OPTIMIZATION, logVersion)) {
         this.length = in.readInt();
       }
-      if (-7 == logVersion && length != 3||
-          -17 < logVersion && logVersion < -7 && length != 4 ||
+      if ((-17 < logVersion && length != 4) ||
           (logVersion <= -17 && length != 5 && !LayoutVersion.supports(
               Feature.EDITLOG_OP_OPTIMIZATION, logVersion))) {
         throw new IOException("Incorrect data format."  +
@@ -259,49 +250,26 @@ public abstract class FSEditLogOp {
       } else {
         this.atime = 0;
       }
-      if (logVersion < -7) {
-        if (LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.EDITLOG_OP_OPTIMIZATION, logVersion)) {
-          this.blockSize = FSImageSerialization.readLong(in);
-        } else {
-          this.blockSize = readLong(in);
-        }
+
+      if (LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.EDITLOG_OP_OPTIMIZATION, logVersion)) {
+        this.blockSize = FSImageSerialization.readLong(in);
       } else {
-        this.blockSize = 0;
+        this.blockSize = readLong(in);
       }
 
-      // get blocks
       this.blocks = readBlocks(in, logVersion);
-
-      if (logVersion <= -11) {
-        this.permissions = PermissionStatus.read(in);
-      } else {
-        this.permissions = null;
-      }
+      this.permissions = PermissionStatus.read(in);
 
       // clientname, clientMachine and block locations of last block.
-      if (this.opCode == OP_ADD && logVersion <= -12) {
+      if (this.opCode == OP_ADD) {
         this.clientName = FSImageSerialization.readString(in);
         this.clientMachine = FSImageSerialization.readString(in);
-        if (-13 <= logVersion) {
-          readDatanodeDescriptorArray(in);
-        }
       } else {
         this.clientName = "";
         this.clientMachine = "";
       }
     }
 
-    /** This method is defined for compatibility reason. */
-    private static DatanodeDescriptor[] readDatanodeDescriptorArray(DataInput in)
-        throws IOException {
-      DatanodeDescriptor[] locations = new DatanodeDescriptor[in.readInt()];
-        for (int i = 0; i < locations.length; i++) {
-          locations[i] = new DatanodeDescriptor();
-          locations[i].readFieldsFromFSEditLog(in);
-        }
-        return locations;
-    }
-
     private static Block[] readBlocks(
         DataInputStream in,
         int logVersion) throws IOException {
@@ -309,14 +277,7 @@ public abstract class FSEditLogOp {
       Block[] blocks = new Block[numBlocks];
       for (int i = 0; i < numBlocks; i++) {
         Block blk = new Block();
-        if (logVersion <= -14) {
-          blk.readFields(in);
-        } else {
-          BlockTwo oldblk = new BlockTwo();
-          oldblk.readFields(in);
-          blk.set(oldblk.blkid, oldblk.len,
-                  GenerationStamp.GRANDFATHER_GENERATION_STAMP);
-        }
+        blk.readFields(in);
         blocks[i] = blk;
       }
       return blocks;
@@ -788,17 +749,14 @@ public abstract class FSEditLogOp {
     }
     
     @Override
-    void readFields(DataInputStream in, int logVersion)
-        throws IOException {
-
+    void readFields(DataInputStream in, int logVersion) throws IOException {
       if (!LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.EDITLOG_OP_OPTIMIZATION, logVersion)) {
         this.length = in.readInt();
       }
       if (-17 < logVersion && length != 2 ||
           logVersion <= -17 && length != 3
           && !LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.EDITLOG_OP_OPTIMIZATION, logVersion)) {
-        throw new IOException("Incorrect data format. "
-                              + "Mkdir operation.");
+        throw new IOException("Incorrect data format. Mkdir operation.");
       }
       this.path = FSImageSerialization.readString(in);
       if (LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.EDITLOG_OP_OPTIMIZATION, logVersion)) {
@@ -811,7 +769,6 @@ public abstract class FSEditLogOp {
       // However, currently this is not being updated/used because of
       // performance reasons.
       if (LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.FILE_ACCESS_TIME, logVersion)) {
-        /* unused this.atime = */
         if (LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.EDITLOG_OP_OPTIMIZATION, logVersion)) {
           FSImageSerialization.readLong(in);
         } else {
@@ -819,11 +776,7 @@ public abstract class FSEditLogOp {
         }
       }
 
-      if (logVersion <= -11) {
-        this.permissions = PermissionStatus.read(in);
-      } else {
-        this.permissions = null;
-      }
+      this.permissions = PermissionStatus.read(in);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -888,77 +841,6 @@ public abstract class FSEditLogOp {
     }
   }
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-  static class DatanodeAddOp extends FSEditLogOp {
-    private DatanodeAddOp() {
-      super(OP_DATANODE_ADD);
-    }
-
-    static DatanodeAddOp getInstance() {
-      return (DatanodeAddOp)opInstances.get()
-        .get(OP_DATANODE_ADD);
-    }
-
-    @Override 
-    void writeFields(DataOutputStream out) throws IOException {
-      throw new IOException("Deprecated, should not write");
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    void readFields(DataInputStream in, int logVersion)
-        throws IOException {
-      //Datanodes are not persistent any more.
-      FSImageSerialization.DatanodeImage.skipOne(in);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-      StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-      builder.append("DatanodeAddOp [opCode=");
-      builder.append(opCode);
-      builder.append(", txid=");
-      builder.append(txid);
-      builder.append("]");
-      return builder.toString();
-    }
-  }
-
-  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-  static class DatanodeRemoveOp extends FSEditLogOp {
-    private DatanodeRemoveOp() {
-      super(OP_DATANODE_REMOVE);
-    }
-
-    static DatanodeRemoveOp getInstance() {
-      return (DatanodeRemoveOp)opInstances.get()
-        .get(OP_DATANODE_REMOVE);
-    }
-
-    @Override 
-    void writeFields(DataOutputStream out) throws IOException {
-      throw new IOException("Deprecated, should not write");
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    void readFields(DataInputStream in, int logVersion)
-        throws IOException {
-      DatanodeID nodeID = new DatanodeID();
-      nodeID.readFields(in);
-      //Datanodes are not persistent any more.
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-      StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-      builder.append("DatanodeRemoveOp [opCode=");
-      builder.append(opCode);
-      builder.append(", txid=");
-      builder.append(txid);
-      builder.append("]");
-      return builder.toString();
-    }
-  }
-
   static class SetPermissionsOp extends FSEditLogOp {
     String src;
     FsPermission permissions;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOpCodes.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOpCodes.java
index 1f809c12b26..c08a5a92a92 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOpCodes.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSEditLogOpCodes.java
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public enum FSEditLogOpCodes {
   OP_DELETE                     ((byte)  2),
   OP_MKDIR                      ((byte)  3),
   OP_SET_REPLICATION            ((byte)  4),
-  @Deprecated OP_DATANODE_ADD   ((byte)  5),
-  @Deprecated OP_DATANODE_REMOVE((byte)  6),
+  @Deprecated OP_DATANODE_ADD   ((byte)  5), // obsolete
+  @Deprecated OP_DATANODE_REMOVE((byte)  6), // obsolete
   OP_SET_PERMISSIONS            ((byte)  7),
   OP_SET_OWNER                  ((byte)  8),
   OP_CLOSE                      ((byte)  9),
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormat.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormat.java
index e029b240229..f666f35b749 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormat.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormat.java
@@ -131,34 +131,22 @@ class FSImageFormat {
 
       DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fin);
       try {
-        /*
-         * Note: Remove any checks for version earlier than 
-         * Storage.LAST_UPGRADABLE_LAYOUT_VERSION since we should never get 
-         * to here with older images.
-         */
-
-        /*
-         * TODO we need to change format of the image file
-         * it should not contain version and namespace fields
-         */
         // read image version: first appeared in version -1
         int imgVersion = in.readInt();
-        if(getLayoutVersion() != imgVersion)
+        if (getLayoutVersion() != imgVersion) {
           throw new InconsistentFSStateException(curFile, 
               "imgVersion " + imgVersion +
               " expected to be " + getLayoutVersion());
+        }
 
         // read namespaceID: first appeared in version -2
         in.readInt();
 
-        // read number of files
-        long numFiles = readNumFiles(in);
+        long numFiles = in.readLong();
 
         // read in the last generation stamp.
-        if (imgVersion <= -12) {
-          long genstamp = in.readLong();
-          namesystem.setGenerationStamp(genstamp); 
-        }
+        long genstamp = in.readLong();
+        namesystem.setGenerationStamp(genstamp); 
         
         // read the transaction ID of the last edit represented by
         // this image
@@ -167,7 +155,6 @@ class FSImageFormat {
         } else {
           imgTxId = 0;
         }
-        
 
         // read compression related info
         FSImageCompression compression;
@@ -189,13 +176,9 @@ class FSImageFormat {
           loadFullNameINodes(numFiles, in);
         }
 
-        // load datanode info
-        this.loadDatanodes(in);
+        loadFilesUnderConstruction(in);
 
-        // load Files Under Construction
-        this.loadFilesUnderConstruction(in);
-
-        this.loadSecretManagerState(in);
+        loadSecretManagerState(in);
 
         // make sure to read to the end of file
         int eof = in.read();
@@ -335,89 +318,44 @@ class FSImageFormat {
     if (LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.FILE_ACCESS_TIME, imgVersion)) {
       atime = in.readLong();
     }
-    if (imgVersion <= -8) {
-      blockSize = in.readLong();
-    }
+    blockSize = in.readLong();
     int numBlocks = in.readInt();
     BlockInfo blocks[] = null;
 
-    // for older versions, a blocklist of size 0
-    // indicates a directory.
-    if ((-9 <= imgVersion && numBlocks > 0) ||
-        (imgVersion < -9 && numBlocks >= 0)) {
+    if (numBlocks >= 0) {
       blocks = new BlockInfo[numBlocks];
       for (int j = 0; j < numBlocks; j++) {
         blocks[j] = new BlockInfo(replication);
-        if (-14 < imgVersion) {
-          blocks[j].set(in.readLong(), in.readLong(), 
-                        GenerationStamp.GRANDFATHER_GENERATION_STAMP);
-        } else {
-          blocks[j].readFields(in);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    // Older versions of HDFS does not store the block size in inode.
-    // If the file has more than one block, use the size of the 
-    // first block as the blocksize. Otherwise use the default block size.
-    //
-    if (-8 <= imgVersion && blockSize == 0) {
-      if (numBlocks > 1) {
-        blockSize = blocks[0].getNumBytes();
-      } else {
-        long first = ((numBlocks == 1) ? blocks[0].getNumBytes(): 0);
-        blockSize = Math.max(namesystem.getDefaultBlockSize(), first);
+        blocks[j].readFields(in);
       }
     }
     
     // get quota only when the node is a directory
     long nsQuota = -1L;
-      if (LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.NAMESPACE_QUOTA, imgVersion)
-          && blocks == null && numBlocks == -1) {
-        nsQuota = in.readLong();
-      }
-      long dsQuota = -1L;
-      if (LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.DISKSPACE_QUOTA, imgVersion)
-          && blocks == null && numBlocks == -1) {
-        dsQuota = in.readLong();
-      }
-  
-      // Read the symlink only when the node is a symlink
-      String symlink = "";
-      if (numBlocks == -2) {
-        symlink = Text.readString(in);
-      }
-      
-      PermissionStatus permissions = namesystem.getUpgradePermission();
-      if (imgVersion <= -11) {
-        permissions = PermissionStatus.read(in);
-      }
-  
-      return INode.newINode(permissions, blocks, symlink, replication,
-          modificationTime, atime, nsQuota, dsQuota, blockSize);
+    if (blocks == null && numBlocks == -1) {
+      nsQuota = in.readLong();
+    }
+    long dsQuota = -1L;
+    if (LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.DISKSPACE_QUOTA, imgVersion)
+        && blocks == null && numBlocks == -1) {
+      dsQuota = in.readLong();
     }
 
-    private void loadDatanodes(DataInputStream in)
-        throws IOException {
-      int imgVersion = getLayoutVersion();
-
-      if (imgVersion > -3) // pre datanode image version
-        return;
-      if (imgVersion <= -12) {
-        return; // new versions do not store the datanodes any more.
-      }
-      int size = in.readInt();
-      for(int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-        // We don't need to add these descriptors any more.
-        FSImageSerialization.DatanodeImage.skipOne(in);
-      }
+    // Read the symlink only when the node is a symlink
+    String symlink = "";
+    if (numBlocks == -2) {
+      symlink = Text.readString(in);
     }
+    
+    PermissionStatus permissions = PermissionStatus.read(in);
+
+    return INode.newINode(permissions, blocks, symlink, replication,
+        modificationTime, atime, nsQuota, dsQuota, blockSize);
+  }
 
     private void loadFilesUnderConstruction(DataInputStream in)
     throws IOException {
       FSDirectory fsDir = namesystem.dir;
-      int imgVersion = getLayoutVersion();
-      if (imgVersion > -13) // pre lease image version
-        return;
       int size = in.readInt();
 
       LOG.info("Number of files under construction = " + size);
@@ -457,17 +395,6 @@ class FSImageFormat {
       return namesystem.getFSImage().getStorage().getLayoutVersion();
     }
 
-    private long readNumFiles(DataInputStream in)
-        throws IOException {
-      int imgVersion = getLayoutVersion();
-
-      if (LayoutVersion.supports(Feature.NAMESPACE_QUOTA, imgVersion)) {
-        return in.readLong();
-      } else {
-        return in.readInt();
-      }
-    }
-
     private boolean isRoot(byte[][] path) {
       return path.length == 1 &&
         path[0] == null;    
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageSerialization.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageSerialization.java
index f5084339e8d..d6453fa8b54 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageSerialization.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageSerialization.java
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode;
 
-import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
-import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.PermissionStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DeprecatedUTF8;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.Block;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockInfoUnderConstruction;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.DatanodeDescriptor;
@@ -39,7 +36,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants.BlockUCState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.ShortWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -107,13 +103,10 @@ public class FSImageSerialization {
     String clientName = readString(in);
     String clientMachine = readString(in);
 
-    // These locations are not used at all
+    // We previously stored locations for the last block, now we
+    // just record that there are none
     int numLocs = in.readInt();
-    DatanodeDescriptor[] locations = new DatanodeDescriptor[numLocs];
-    for (i = 0; i < numLocs; i++) {
-      locations[i] = new DatanodeDescriptor();
-      locations[i].readFields(in);
-    }
+    assert numLocs == 0 : "Unexpected block locations";
 
     return new INodeFileUnderConstruction(name, 
                                           blockReplication, 
@@ -320,53 +313,4 @@ public class FSImageSerialization {
     }
     return ret;
   }
-
-  /**
-   * DatanodeImage is used to store persistent information
-   * about datanodes into the fsImage.
-   */
-  static class DatanodeImage implements Writable {
-    DatanodeDescriptor node = new DatanodeDescriptor();
-
-    static void skipOne(DataInput in) throws IOException {
-      DatanodeImage nodeImage = new DatanodeImage();
-      nodeImage.readFields(in);
-    }
-
-    /////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    // Writable
-    /////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    /**
-     * Public method that serializes the information about a
-     * Datanode to be stored in the fsImage.
-     */
-    public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
-      new DatanodeID(node).write(out);
-      out.writeLong(node.getCapacity());
-      out.writeLong(node.getRemaining());
-      out.writeLong(node.getLastUpdate());
-      out.writeInt(node.getXceiverCount());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Public method that reads a serialized Datanode
-     * from the fsImage.
-     */
-    public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {
-      DatanodeID id = new DatanodeID();
-      id.readFields(in);
-      long capacity = in.readLong();
-      long remaining = in.readLong();
-      long lastUpdate = in.readLong();
-      int xceiverCount = in.readInt();
-
-      // update the DatanodeDescriptor with the data we read in
-      node.updateRegInfo(id);
-      node.setStorageID(id.getStorageID());
-      node.setCapacity(capacity);
-      node.setRemaining(remaining);
-      node.setLastUpdate(lastUpdate);
-      node.setXceiverCount(xceiverCount);
-    }
-  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
index ae910daaebc..91e1dbac188 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSNamesystem.java
@@ -877,14 +877,6 @@ public class FSNamesystem implements Namesystem, FSClusterStats,
           DFS_NAMENODE_DELEGATION_TOKEN_ALWAYS_USE_DEFAULT);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return the default path permission when upgrading from releases with no
-   * permissions (<=0.15) to releases with permissions (>=0.16)
-   */
-  protected PermissionStatus getUpgradePermission() {
-    return defaultPermission;
-  }
-  
   NamespaceInfo getNamespaceInfo() {
     readLock();
     try {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSUpgradeFromImage.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSUpgradeFromImage.java
index 567fbabdddb..ba92c569d95 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSUpgradeFromImage.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestDFSUpgradeFromImage.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ public class TestDFSUpgradeFromImage extends TestCase {
       .getLog(TestDFSUpgradeFromImage.class);
   private static File TEST_ROOT_DIR =
                       new File(MiniDFSCluster.getBaseDirectory());
-  private static final String HADOOP14_IMAGE = "hadoop-14-dfs-dir.tgz";
   private static final String HADOOP_DFS_DIR_TXT = "hadoop-dfs-dir.txt";
   private static final String HADOOP22_IMAGE = "hadoop-22-dfs-dir.tgz";
   
@@ -68,10 +67,6 @@ public class TestDFSUpgradeFromImage extends TestCase {
   
   boolean printChecksum = false;
   
-  public void unpackStorage() throws IOException {
-    unpackStorage(HADOOP14_IMAGE);
-  }
-
   private void unpackStorage(String tarFileName)
       throws IOException {
     String tarFile = System.getProperty("test.cache.data", "build/test/cache")
@@ -227,14 +222,6 @@ public class TestDFSUpgradeFromImage extends TestCase {
     }
   }
   
-  /**
-   * Test upgrade from an 0.14 image
-   */
-  public void testUpgradeFromRel14Image() throws IOException {
-    unpackStorage();
-    upgradeAndVerify();
-  }
-  
   /**
    * Test upgrade from 0.22 image
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/TestDistributedUpgrade.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/TestDistributedUpgrade.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 25dce520a68..00000000000
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/TestDistributedUpgrade.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,267 +0,0 @@
-/**
-* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-* or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-* distributed with this work for additional information
-* regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-* to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-* "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-* with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-*
-*     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-*
-* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-* limitations under the License.
-*/
-package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common;
-
-import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsConstants.LAYOUT_VERSION;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.MiniDFSCluster;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.TestDFSUpgradeFromImage;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common.HdfsServerConstants.StartupOption;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.UpgradeObjectDatanode;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.UpgradeObjectNamenode;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.DatanodeProtocol;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.UpgradeCommand;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.tools.DFSAdmin;
-import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
-/**
- */
-public class TestDistributedUpgrade {
-  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestDistributedUpgrade.class);
-  private Configuration conf;
-  private int testCounter = 0;
-  private MiniDFSCluster cluster = null;
-  private String clusterId = "testClsterId";
-    
-  /**
-   * Writes an INFO log message containing the parameters.
-   */
-  void log(String label, int numDirs) {
-    LOG.info("============================================================");
-    LOG.info("***TEST " + (testCounter++) + "*** " 
-             + label + ":"
-             + " numDirs="+numDirs);
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * Attempts to start a NameNode with the given operation.  Starting
-   * the NameNode should throw an exception.
-   */
-  void startNameNodeShouldFail(StartupOption operation,
-      String exceptionSubstring) {
-    try {
-      //cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(0).startupOption(operation).build(); // should fail
-      // we set manage dirs to true as NN has to start from untar'ed image with 
-      // nn dirs set to name1 and name2
-      cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(0)
-                                              .format(false)
-                                              .clusterId(clusterId)
-                                              .startupOption(operation)
-                                              .build(); // should fail
-      throw new AssertionError("NameNode should have failed to start");
-    } catch (Exception expected) {
-      GenericTestUtils.assertExceptionContains(
-          exceptionSubstring, expected);
-    }
-  }
-  
-  /**
-   * Attempts to start a DataNode with the given operation.  Starting
-   * the DataNode should throw an exception.
-   */
-  void startDataNodeShouldFail(StartupOption operation) {
-    try {
-      cluster.startDataNodes(conf, 1, false, operation, null); // should fail
-      throw new AssertionError("DataNode should have failed to start");
-    } catch (Exception expected) {
-      // expected
-      assertFalse(cluster.isDataNodeUp());
-    }
-  }
- 
-  /**
-   */
-  @Test(timeout=300000) // 5 min timeout
-  public void testDistributedUpgrade() throws Exception {
-    int numDirs = 1;
-    TestDFSUpgradeFromImage testImg = new TestDFSUpgradeFromImage();
-    testImg.unpackStorage();
-    int numDNs = testImg.numDataNodes;
-    
-    // register new upgrade objects (ignore all existing)
-    UpgradeObjectCollection.initialize();
-    UpgradeObjectCollection.registerUpgrade(new UO_Datanode1());
-    UpgradeObjectCollection.registerUpgrade(new UO_Namenode1());
-    UpgradeObjectCollection.registerUpgrade(new UO_Datanode2());
-    UpgradeObjectCollection.registerUpgrade(new UO_Namenode2());
-    UpgradeObjectCollection.registerUpgrade(new UO_Datanode3());
-    UpgradeObjectCollection.registerUpgrade(new UO_Namenode3());
-
-    conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
-    if (System.getProperty("test.build.data") == null) { // to test to be run outside of ant
-      System.setProperty("test.build.data", "build/test/data");
-    }
-    conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_DATANODE_SCAN_PERIOD_HOURS_KEY, -1); // block scanning off
-
-    log("NameNode start in regular mode when dustributed upgrade is required", numDirs);
-    startNameNodeShouldFail(StartupOption.REGULAR, "contains an old layout version");
-
-    log("Start NameNode only distributed upgrade", numDirs);
-    // cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(0).format(false)
-    // .startupOption(StartupOption.UPGRADE).build();
-    cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf).numDataNodes(0)
-                                              .format(false)
-                                              .clusterId(clusterId)
-                                              .startupOption(StartupOption.UPGRADE)
-                                              .build();
-    cluster.shutdown();
-
-    log("NameNode start in regular mode when dustributed upgrade has been started", numDirs);
-    startNameNodeShouldFail(StartupOption.REGULAR,
-        "Previous distributed upgrade was not completed");
-
-    log("NameNode rollback to the old version that require a dustributed upgrade", numDirs);
-    startNameNodeShouldFail(StartupOption.ROLLBACK,
-        "Cannot rollback to storage version -7 using this version");
-
-    log("Normal distributed upgrade for the cluster", numDirs);
-    cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf)
-                                .numDataNodes(numDNs)
-                                .format(false)
-                                .clusterId(clusterId)
-                                .startupOption(StartupOption.UPGRADE)
-                                .build();
-    DFSAdmin dfsAdmin = new DFSAdmin();
-    dfsAdmin.setConf(conf);
-    dfsAdmin.run(new String[] {"-safemode", "wait"});
-    cluster.shutdown();
-
-    // it should be ok to start in regular mode
-    log("NameCluster regular startup after the upgrade", numDirs);
-    cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf)
-                                .numDataNodes(numDNs)
-                                .clusterId(clusterId)
-                                .format(false)
-                                .startupOption(StartupOption.REGULAR)
-                                .build();
-
-    cluster.waitActive();
-    cluster.shutdown();
-  }
-
-  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-    new TestDistributedUpgrade().testDistributedUpgrade();
-    LOG.info("=== DONE ===");
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Upgrade object for data-node
- */
-class UO_Datanode extends UpgradeObjectDatanode {
-  int version;
-
-  UO_Datanode(int v) {
-    this.status = (short)0;
-    version = v;
-  }
-
-  public int getVersion() {
-    return version;
-  }
-
-  public void doUpgrade() throws IOException {
-    this.status = (short)100;
-    DatanodeProtocol nn = getNamenode();
-    nn.processUpgradeCommand(
-        new UpgradeCommand(UpgradeCommand.UC_ACTION_REPORT_STATUS, 
-            getVersion(), getUpgradeStatus()));
-  }
-
-  public UpgradeCommand startUpgrade() throws IOException {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Upgrade object for name-node
- */
-class UO_Namenode extends UpgradeObjectNamenode {
-  int version;
-
-  UO_Namenode(int v) {
-    status = (short)0;
-    version = v;
-  }
-
-  public int getVersion() {
-    return version;
-  }
-
-  synchronized public UpgradeCommand processUpgradeCommand(
-                                  UpgradeCommand command) throws IOException {
-    switch(command.getAction()) {
-      case UpgradeCommand.UC_ACTION_REPORT_STATUS:
-        this.status += command.getCurrentStatus()/8;  // 4 reports needed
-        break;
-      default:
-        this.status++;
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  public UpgradeCommand completeUpgrade() throws IOException {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
-class UO_Datanode1 extends UO_Datanode {
-  UO_Datanode1() {
-    super(LAYOUT_VERSION+1);
-  }
-}
-
-class UO_Namenode1 extends UO_Namenode {
-  UO_Namenode1() {
-    super(LAYOUT_VERSION+1);
-  }
-}
-
-class UO_Datanode2 extends UO_Datanode {
-  UO_Datanode2() {
-    super(LAYOUT_VERSION+2);
-  }
-}
-
-class UO_Namenode2 extends UO_Namenode {
-  UO_Namenode2() {
-    super(LAYOUT_VERSION+2);
-  }
-}
-
-class UO_Datanode3 extends UO_Datanode {
-  UO_Datanode3() {
-    super(LAYOUT_VERSION+3);
-  }
-}
-
-class UO_Namenode3 extends UO_Namenode {
-  UO_Namenode3() {
-    super(LAYOUT_VERSION+3);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/offlineEditsViewer/TestOfflineEditsViewer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/offlineEditsViewer/TestOfflineEditsViewer.java
index 9ebc13e5ed1..36b22206410 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/offlineEditsViewer/TestOfflineEditsViewer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/offlineEditsViewer/TestOfflineEditsViewer.java
@@ -65,12 +65,11 @@ public class TestOfflineEditsViewer {
    *
    * These are the opcodes that are not used anymore, some
    * are marked deprecated, we need to include them here to make
-   * sure we exclude them when checking for completness of testing,
+   * sure we exclude them when checking for completeness of testing,
    * that's why the "deprecation" warnings are suppressed.
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
   private static void initializeObsoleteOpCodes() {
-    // these are obsolete
     obsoleteOpCodes.put(FSEditLogOpCodes.OP_DATANODE_ADD, true);
     obsoleteOpCodes.put(FSEditLogOpCodes.OP_DATANODE_REMOVE, true);
     obsoleteOpCodes.put(FSEditLogOpCodes.OP_SET_NS_QUOTA, true);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop-14-dfs-dir.tgz b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop-14-dfs-dir.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d571a59519..00000000000
Binary files a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop-14-dfs-dir.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop-dfs-dir.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop-dfs-dir.txt
index 3d1b67dae31..0fbc3189aad 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop-dfs-dir.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/resources/hadoop-dfs-dir.txt
@@ -19,18 +19,6 @@
 # See HADOOP-1629 for more info if needed.
 # These two files are used by unit test TestDFSUpgradeFromImage.java 
 # 
-# hadoop-14-dfs-dir.tgz : 
-# ---------------------
-# This file contains the HDFS directory structure for one namenode and 4 datanodes.
-# The structure is setup similar to the structure used in MiniDFSCluster.
-# The directory was created with Hadoo-0.14.x.
-#
-# In the test, this directory is unpacked and MiniDFSCluster is run with 
-# "-upgrade" option. The test waits for the upgrade to complete 
-# (leave safe mode) and then all the files are read. The test checks that the
-# directory structure and file checksums exactly match the information
-# in this file.
-#
 # hadoop-dfs-dir.txt :
 # ---------------------
 # Along with this description this file contains the expected files and 
@@ -43,9 +31,6 @@
 # For e.g. "top-dir-1Mb-512" contains files created with dfs.blocksize of 1Mb 
 # and io.bytes.per.checksum of 512.
 #
-# In the future, when Hadoop project no longer supports upgrade from
-# Hadoop-0.12, then a new DFS directory image must be created.
-#
 # To generate checksum info for new files :
 # ---------------------------------------
 # Uncomment the last coment (starts with "printChecksums") and run the