diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index fd8528e71df..dbfb7dfccd1 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11271. Use Time.monotonicNow() in Shell.java instead of Time.now()
     (vinayakumarb)
 
+    HADOOP-11266. Remove no longer supported activation properties for packaging
+    from pom. (Masatake Iwasaki via wheat9)
+
 Release 2.6.0 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-dist/pom.xml
index 679ae1dcd29..0c82332f428 100644
--- a/hadoop-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-dist/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
       <activation>
         <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
         <property>
-          <name>tar|rpm|deb</name>
+          <name>tar</name>
         </property>
       </activation>
       <build>