diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml
index b6197b332bf..01fc0eff9bb 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml
@@ -460,10 +460,6 @@
           <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
           <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
index 479af919150..b55dd085d66 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@
           <groupId>javax.xml.stream</groupId>
           <artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
           <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
index a05304b6137..bce8bc27a3f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
@@ -98,10 +98,6 @@
           <groupId>javax.xml.stream</groupId>
           <artifactId>stax-api</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
           <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
@@ -141,10 +137,6 @@
           <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
           <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>