diff --git a/hadoop-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
index fced787fe49..d2682c2bb39 100644
--- a/hadoop-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
@@ -171,10 +171,6 @@
           <groupId>junit</groupId>
           <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
-          <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
           <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
@@ -211,10 +207,6 @@
           <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
           <artifactId>jersey-guice</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
-          <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
           <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
@@ -263,10 +255,6 @@
           <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
           <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
-          <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -291,10 +279,6 @@
           <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
           <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
-          <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
index dbcccbb6ca1..a1a6038b49c 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ Release 2.0.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     MAPREDUCE-3867. MiniMRYarn/MiniYarn uses fixed ports (tucu)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-4141. clover integration broken, also mapreduce poms are 
+    pulling in clover as a dependency. (phunt via tucu)
+
 Release 0.23.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index 87cea92eff8..865f255e6ed 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@
       <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
       <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
-      <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
  
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index 438d034c237..e5f3a011121 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@
       <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
       <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
-      <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
index a536ce3ee85..cca84273558 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.cenqua.clover</groupId>
-      <artifactId>clover</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -200,18 +196,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>instrument</goal>
-              <goal>aggregate</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -301,12 +285,6 @@
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.atlassian.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-clover2-plugin</artifactId>
-        <!-- until we have reporting management cf. MSITE-443 -->
-        <version>3.0.2</version>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </reporting>
 </project>