diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index 5f034c8ed05..292a42b2de3 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -159,9 +159,6 @@ Branch-2 ( Unreleased changes )
     MAPREDUCE-3906. Fix inconsistency in documentation regarding
     mapreduce.jobhistory.principal. (Eugene Koontz via harsh)
 
-    MAPREDUCE-4422. YARN_APPLICATION_CLASSPATH needs a documented default
-    value in YarnConfiguration. (Ahmed Radwan via harsh)
-
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
index 6f2c11f1331..26ef90d894c 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/conf/YarnConfiguration.java
@@ -541,25 +541,10 @@ public class YarnConfiguration extends Configuration {
   public static final long DEFAULT_NM_PROCESS_KILL_WAIT_MS =
       2000;
 
-  /**
-   * CLASSPATH for YARN applications. A comma-separated list of CLASSPATH
-   * entries
-   */
+  /** Standard Hadoop classes */
   public static final String YARN_APPLICATION_CLASSPATH = YARN_PREFIX
       + "application.classpath";
 
-  /**
-   * Default CLASSPATH for YARN applications. A comma-separated list of
-   * CLASSPATH entries
-   */
-  public static final String DEFAULT_YARN_APPLICATION_CLASSPATH =
-    "$HADOOP_CONF_DIR," + "$HADOOP_COMMON_HOME/share/hadoop/common/*," +
-    "$HADOOP_COMMON_HOME/share/hadoop/common/lib/*," +
-    "$HADOOP_HDFS_HOME/share/hadoop/hdfs/*," +
-    "$HADOOP_HDFS_HOME/share/hadoop/hdfs/lib/*," +
-    "$YARN_HOME/share/hadoop/mapreduce/*," +
-    "$YARN_HOME/share/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/*";
-
   /** Container temp directory */
   public static final String DEFAULT_CONTAINER_TEMP_DIR = "./tmp";
 
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
index ba570c3e5df..6e8df109dd4 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/resources/yarn-default.xml
@@ -538,9 +538,16 @@
   </property>
 
   <property>
-    <description>CLASSPATH for YARN applications. A comma-separated list
-    of CLASSPATH entries</description>
+    <description>Classpath for typical applications.</description>
      <name>yarn.application.classpath</name>
-     <value>$HADOOP_CONF_DIR,$HADOOP_COMMON_HOME/share/hadoop/common/*,$HADOOP_COMMON_HOME/share/hadoop/common/lib/*,$HADOOP_HDFS_HOME/share/hadoop/hdfs/*,$HADOOP_HDFS_HOME/share/hadoop/hdfs/lib/*,$YARN_HOME/share/hadoop/mapreduce/*,$YARN_HOME/share/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/*</value>
+     <value>
+        $HADOOP_CONF_DIR,
+        $HADOOP_COMMON_HOME/share/hadoop/common/*,
+        $HADOOP_COMMON_HOME/share/hadoop/common/lib/*,
+        $HADOOP_HDFS_HOME/share/hadoop/hdfs/*,
+        $HADOOP_HDFS_HOME/share/hadoop/hdfs/lib/*,
+        $YARN_HOME/share/hadoop/mapreduce/*,
+        $YARN_HOME/share/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/*
+     </value>
   </property>
 </configuration>