diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index e399f172e07..e747888d5f6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-2797. Add -help to yarn logs and nodes CLI command. 
     (Jagadesh Kiran N via devaraj)
 
+    YARN-3217. Remove httpclient dependency from hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy.
+    (Brahma Reddy Battula via ozawa).
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     YARN-2990. FairScheduler's delay-scheduling always waits for node-local and 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
index 959f2a4f46c..dea5f7748c2 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServlet.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServlet.java
index 47f77690edd..fd98c80592d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServlet.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/webproxy/WebAppProxyServlet.java
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
 
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Header;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HostConfiguration;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.cookie.CookiePolicy;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpClientParams;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationId;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.ApplicationReport;
@@ -59,8 +52,15 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.TrackingUriPlugin;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.MimeType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.hamlet.Hamlet;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.util.WebAppUtils;
+import org.apache.http.Header;
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.client.params.ClientPNames;
+import org.apache.http.client.params.CookiePolicy;
 import org.apache.http.client.utils.URLEncodedUtils;
+import org.apache.http.conn.params.ConnRoutePNames;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -155,23 +155,22 @@ public class WebAppProxyServlet extends HttpServlet {
   private static void proxyLink(HttpServletRequest req, 
       HttpServletResponse resp, URI link, Cookie c, String proxyHost)
       throws IOException {
-    org.apache.commons.httpclient.URI uri = 
-      new org.apache.commons.httpclient.URI(link.toString(), false);
-    HttpClientParams params = new HttpClientParams();
-    params.setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.BROWSER_COMPATIBILITY);
-    params.setBooleanParameter(HttpClientParams.ALLOW_CIRCULAR_REDIRECTS, true);
-    HttpClient client = new HttpClient(params);
+    DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
+    client
+        .getParams()
+        .setParameter(ClientPNames.COOKIE_POLICY,
+            CookiePolicy.BROWSER_COMPATIBILITY)
+        .setBooleanParameter(ClientPNames.ALLOW_CIRCULAR_REDIRECTS, true);
     // Make sure we send the request from the proxy address in the config
     // since that is what the AM filter checks against. IP aliasing or
     // similar could cause issues otherwise.
-    HostConfiguration config = new HostConfiguration();
     InetAddress localAddress = InetAddress.getByName(proxyHost);
     if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
       LOG.debug("local InetAddress for proxy host: {}", localAddress);
     }
-    config.setLocalAddress(localAddress);
-    HttpMethod method = new GetMethod(uri.getEscapedURI());
-    method.setRequestHeader("Connection","close");
+    client.getParams()
+        .setParameter(ConnRoutePNames.LOCAL_ADDRESS, localAddress);
+    HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(link);
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     Enumeration<String> names = req.getHeaderNames();
     while(names.hasMoreElements()) {
@@ -181,30 +180,31 @@ public class WebAppProxyServlet extends HttpServlet {
         if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
           LOG.debug("REQ HEADER: {} : {}", name, value);
         }
-        method.setRequestHeader(name, value);
+        httpGet.setHeader(name, value);
       }
     }
 
     String user = req.getRemoteUser();
     if (user != null && !user.isEmpty()) {
-      method.setRequestHeader("Cookie",
+      httpGet.setHeader("Cookie",
           PROXY_USER_COOKIE_NAME + "=" + URLEncoder.encode(user, "ASCII"));
     }
     OutputStream out = resp.getOutputStream();
     try {
-      resp.setStatus(client.executeMethod(config, method));
-      for(Header header : method.getResponseHeaders()) {
+      HttpResponse httpResp = client.execute(httpGet);
+      resp.setStatus(httpResp.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+      for (Header header : httpResp.getAllHeaders()) {
         resp.setHeader(header.getName(), header.getValue());
       }
       if (c != null) {
         resp.addCookie(c);
       }
-      InputStream in = method.getResponseBodyAsStream();
+      InputStream in = httpResp.getEntity().getContent();
       if (in != null) {
         IOUtils.copyBytes(in, out, 4096, true);
       }
     } finally {
-      method.releaseConnection();
+      httpGet.releaseConnection();
     }
   }