diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 6ec46cdc658..d8da03f802d 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -457,11 +457,6 @@
         <artifactId>xmlenc</artifactId>
         <version>0.52</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack/pom.xml
index dbe2398b7fc..84dd7eb4758 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-openstack/pom.xml
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
+      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml
index 04f8640b846..815f59ca956 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-registry/pom.xml
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>