diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/client/KerberosAuthenticator.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/client/KerberosAuthenticator.java
index 4ce93cd4535..c9b21d1c3a1 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/client/KerberosAuthenticator.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/authentication/client/KerberosAuthenticator.java
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ public class KerberosAuthenticator implements Authenticator {
   * Sends the Kerberos token to the server.
   */
   private void sendToken(byte[] outToken) throws IOException, AuthenticationException {
-    new Exception("sendToken").printStackTrace(System.out);
     String token = base64.encodeToString(outToken);
     conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
     if (connConfigurator != null) {
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 5af4cb31ae7..8155eae3aa8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ Release 2.1.1-beta - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-9887. globStatus does not correctly handle paths starting with a drive
     spec on Windows. (Chuan Liu via cnauroth)
 
+    HADOOP-9899. Remove the debug message, added by HADOOP-8855, from
+    KerberosAuthenticator.  (szetszwo)
+
 Release 2.1.0-beta - 2013-08-22
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES