diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index dc8b2070d17..b25e8618576 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
     CONTIANER_LAUNCHED and CONTIANER_LAUNCH_FAILED events in additional
     states. (Robert Joseph Evans via sseth)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4140. mapreduce classes incorrectly importing
+    "clover.org.apache.*" classes. (Patrick Hunt via tomwhite)
+
 Release 0.23.2 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/PartialJob.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/PartialJob.java
index f2acbe48a9c..199f77062dc 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/PartialJob.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/PartialJob.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Counters;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.JobACL;
@@ -37,9 +39,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authorize.AccessControlList;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factory.providers.RecordFactoryProvider;
 
-import clover.org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 public class PartialJob implements org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.job.Job {
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(PartialJob.class);
 
   private JobIndexInfo jobIndexInfo = null;
   private JobId jobId = null;
@@ -78,8 +80,7 @@ public JobState getState() {
     } catch (Exception e) {
       // Meant for use by the display UI. Exception would prevent it from being
       // rendered.e Defaulting to KILLED
-      Logger.getLogger(this.getClass().getName()).warn(
-          "Exception while parsing job state. Defaulting to KILLED", e);
+      LOG.warn("Exception while parsing job state. Defaulting to KILLED", e);
       js = JobState.KILLED;
     }
     return js;
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/protocolrecords/GetDelegationTokenRequest.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/protocolrecords/GetDelegationTokenRequest.java
index 2a1b4685682..ba4cbd643a8 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/protocolrecords/GetDelegationTokenRequest.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/protocolrecords/GetDelegationTokenRequest.java
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience.Public;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability.Evolving;
 
-import clover.org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManager;
-
 /**
  * The request issued by the client to get a delegation token from
- * the {@link ResourceManager}. 
+ * the {@code ResourceManager}.
  * for more information.
  */
 @Public
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesNodes.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesNodes.java
index 04b4ad09241..828f5f6f252 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesNodes.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesNodes.java
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 
-import clover.org.jfree.util.Log;
-
 import com.google.inject.Guice;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
 import com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceServletContextListener;