diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 52168960ded..8240e6e5593 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -397,6 +397,9 @@ Release 2.0.1-alpha - UNRELEASED
     HDFS-3738. TestDFSClientRetries#testFailuresArePerOperation sets incorrect
     timeout config. (atm)
 
+    HDFS-3756. DelegationTokenFetcher creates 2 HTTP connections, the second 
+    one not properly configured. (tucu)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-3042 SUBTASKS
 
     HDFS-2185. HDFS portion of ZK-based FailoverController (todd)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DelegationTokenFetcher.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DelegationTokenFetcher.java
index 56c4ffe96a8..658b20b4621 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DelegationTokenFetcher.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DelegationTokenFetcher.java
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ public class DelegationTokenFetcher {
     try {
       URL url = new URL(buf.toString());
       connection = (HttpURLConnection) SecurityUtil.openSecureHttpConnection(url);
-      connection = (HttpURLConnection)URLUtils.openConnection(url);
       if (connection.getResponseCode() != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
         throw new IOException("Error renewing token: " + 
             connection.getResponseMessage());