diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 56a1dee64e6..ea39ebbf3ef 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Release 2.6.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   BUG FIXES
 
+    HADOOP-12230. hadoop-project declares duplicate, conflicting curator
+    dependencies. (Rakesh R via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.6.2 - 2015-10-21
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 010ecfff837..fd4956e514f 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -891,17 +891,6 @@
         <version>2.9.1</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-        <artifactId>curator-framework</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
-        <artifactId>curator-test</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.0</version>
-      </dependency>
-
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>
        <artifactId>curator-recipes</artifactId>