diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 9b394e64f9d..acfb64f58c7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1003,6 +1003,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-12423. Handle failure of registering shutdownhook by
     ShutdownHookManager in static block (Abhishek Agarwal via vinayakumarb)
 
+    HADOOP-7161. Remove unnecessary oro package from dependency management
+    section. (Sean Busbey via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index e5f0e9f178a..c641ef99853 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -729,11 +729,6 @@
         <artifactId>core</artifactId>
         <version>3.1.1</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>oro</groupId>
-        <artifactId>oro</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.8</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>