diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
index a064ed23458..82b74524a31 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@
             </goals>
             <phase>site</phase>
             <configuration>
-              <linksource>true</linksource>
               <quiet>true</quiet>
               <verbose>false</verbose>
               <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index ae1138d9c1d..a1efa35da38 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <linksource>true</linksource>
           <maxmemory>512m</maxmemory>
           <quiet>true</quiet>
           <verbose>false</verbose>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f02ab03490..3833a195530 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
             <id>aggregate</id>
             <configuration>
               <maxmemory>1024m</maxmemory>
-              <linksource>true</linksource>
               <quiet>true</quiet>
               <verbose>false</verbose>
               <source>${maven.compile.source}</source>