diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 462b5d7c5ae..6d013517dec 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
+    HADOOP-10451. Remove unused field and imports from SaslRpcServer.
+    (Benoy Antony via jing9)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SaslRpcServer.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SaslRpcServer.java
index 8240fdeedef..83f46efd6e4 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SaslRpcServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/SaslRpcServer.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import javax.security.auth.callback.Callback;
 import javax.security.auth.callback.CallbackHandler;
@@ -66,8 +65,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.TokenIdentifier;
 public class SaslRpcServer {
   public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(SaslRpcServer.class);
   public static final String SASL_DEFAULT_REALM = "default";
-  public static final Map<String, String> SASL_PROPS = 
-      new TreeMap<String, String>();
   private static SaslServerFactory saslFactory;
 
   public static enum QualityOfProtection {