diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index f1cc7cfcbda..5a67676f82a 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -391,6 +391,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     mapreduce.reduce.skip.proc.count.autoincr in mapred-default.xml.
     (Kai Sasaki via aajisaka)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-6614. Remove unnecessary code in TestMapreduceConfigFields.
+    (Kai Sasaki via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestMapreduceConfigFields.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestMapreduceConfigFields.java
index 171b5e07917..3651e292ad6 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestMapreduceConfigFields.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/TestMapreduceConfigFields.java
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ public void initializeMemberVariables() {
     // Obsolete entries listed in MAPREDUCE-6057 were removed from trunk
     // but not removed from branch-2.
     xmlPropsToSkipCompare.add("map.sort.class");
-    xmlPropsToSkipCompare.add("mapreduce.reduce.skip.proc-count.auto-incr");
-    xmlPropsToSkipCompare.add("mapreduce.map.skip.proc-count.auto-incr");
     xmlPropsToSkipCompare.add("mapreduce.local.clientfactory.class.name");
   }