diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 720be02ceb9..20b7977bc41 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
 
     HDFS-2361. hftp is broken, fixed username checks in JspHelper. (jitendra)
 
+    HDFS-2298. Fix TestDfsOverAvroRpc by changing ClientProtocol to
+    not include multiple methods of the same name. (cutting)
+
 Release 0.23.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
index 0b1595d87e9..41fc6510743 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/DFSClient.java
@@ -874,13 +874,13 @@ public class DFSClient implements java.io.Closeable {
   }
   /**
    * Rename file or directory.
-   * @see ClientProtocol#rename(String, String, Options.Rename...)
+   * @see ClientProtocol#rename2(String, String, Options.Rename...)
    */
   public void rename(String src, String dst, Options.Rename... options)
       throws IOException {
     checkOpen();
     try {
-      namenode.rename(src, dst, options);
+      namenode.rename2(src, dst, options);
     } catch(RemoteException re) {
       throw re.unwrapRemoteException(AccessControlException.class,
                                      DSQuotaExceededException.class,
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/ClientProtocol.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/ClientProtocol.java
index e2ecbaa46dc..e69a2727b45 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/ClientProtocol.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/ClientProtocol.java
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ public interface ClientProtocol extends VersionedProtocol {
    * Compared to the previous version the following changes have been introduced:
    * (Only the latest change is reflected.
    * The log of historical changes can be retrieved from the svn).
-   * 68: Add Balancer Bandwidth Command protocol
+   * 69: Eliminate overloaded method names.
    */
-  public static final long versionID = 68L;
+  public static final long versionID = 69L;
   
   ///////////////////////////////////////
   // File contents
@@ -419,27 +419,12 @@ public interface ClientProtocol extends VersionedProtocol {
    *           <code>dst</code> contains a symlink
    * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurred
    */
-  public void rename(String src, String dst, Options.Rename... options)
+  public void rename2(String src, String dst, Options.Rename... options)
       throws AccessControlException, DSQuotaExceededException,
       FileAlreadyExistsException, FileNotFoundException,
       NSQuotaExceededException, ParentNotDirectoryException, SafeModeException,
       UnresolvedLinkException, IOException;
   
-  /**
-   * Delete the given file or directory from the file system.
-   * <p>
-   * Any blocks belonging to the deleted files will be garbage-collected.
-   * 
-   * @param src existing name.
-   * @return true only if the existing file or directory was actually removed 
-   * from the file system. 
-   * @throws UnresolvedLinkException if <code>src</code> contains a symlink. 
-   * @deprecated use {@link #delete(String, boolean)} istead.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public boolean delete(String src) 
-      throws IOException, UnresolvedLinkException;
-
   /**
    * Delete the given file or directory from the file system.
    * <p>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java
index 92924279efe..f786504c379 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/NameNodeRpcServer.java
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ class NameNodeRpcServer implements NamenodeProtocols {
   }
   
   @Override // ClientProtocol
-  public void rename(String src, String dst, Options.Rename... options)
+  public void rename2(String src, String dst, Options.Rename... options)
       throws IOException {
     if(stateChangeLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
       stateChangeLog.debug("*DIR* NameNode.rename: " + src + " to " + dst);
@@ -536,12 +536,6 @@ class NameNodeRpcServer implements NamenodeProtocols {
     metrics.incrFilesRenamed();
   }
 
-  @Deprecated
-  @Override // ClientProtocol
-  public boolean delete(String src) throws IOException {
-    return delete(src, true);
-  }
-
   @Override // ClientProtocol
   public boolean delete(String src, boolean recursive) throws IOException {
     if (stateChangeLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/web/resources/NamenodeWebHdfsMethods.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/web/resources/NamenodeWebHdfsMethods.java
index 2dd1db33410..ba77a7721ac 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/web/resources/NamenodeWebHdfsMethods.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/web/resources/NamenodeWebHdfsMethods.java
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public class NamenodeWebHdfsMethods {
         final String js = JsonUtil.toJsonString(PutOpParam.Op.RENAME, b);
         return Response.ok(js).type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).build();
       } else {
-        np.rename(fullpath, dstPath.getValue(),
+        np.rename2(fullpath, dstPath.getValue(),
             s.toArray(new Options.Rename[s.size()]));
         return Response.ok().type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).build();
       }