diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index 57dad328cf4..f9cc842a014 100644
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Requirements:
 * Unix System
 * JDK 1.8+
 * Maven 3.3 or later
-* Findbugs 1.3.9 (if running findbugs)
 * ProtocolBuffer 2.5.0
 * CMake 2.6 or newer (if compiling native code), must be 3.0 or newer on Mac
 * Zlib devel (if compiling native code)
@@ -345,7 +344,6 @@ Requirements:
 * Windows System
 * JDK 1.8+
 * Maven 3.0 or later
-* Findbugs 1.3.9 (if running findbugs)
 * ProtocolBuffer 2.5.0
 * CMake 2.6 or newer
 * Windows SDK 7.1 or Visual Studio 2010 Professional
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index 988d369b4b6..8f386e78aa8 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
@@ -166,21 +166,6 @@
               </execution>
             </executions>
           </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-            <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>findbugs</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-            <configuration>
-              <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
-            </configuration>
-          </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -298,11 +283,6 @@
                         <path refid="maven.compile.classpath"/>
                       </classpath>
                     </javadoc>
-
-                    <xslt style="${env.FINDBUGS_HOME}/src/xsl/default.xsl"
-                          in="${project.build.directory}/findbugsXml.xml"
-                          out="${project.build.directory}/site/findbugs.html"/>
-
                   </target>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>