diff --git a/hbase-client/pom.xml b/hbase-client/pom.xml
index 5f2ded1aa45..2c0050fc4b6 100644
--- a/hbase-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-client/pom.xml
@@ -271,9 +271,6 @@
           <value>3.0</value>
         </property>
       </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <hadoop.version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</hadoop.version>
-      </properties>
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hbase-common/pom.xml b/hbase-common/pom.xml
index 85a786f864c..e16f7a75f22 100644
--- a/hbase-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-common/pom.xml
@@ -317,9 +317,6 @@
           <value>3.0</value>
         </property>
       </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <hadoop.version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</hadoop.version>
-      </properties>
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hbase-examples/pom.xml b/hbase-examples/pom.xml
index c699ef022f9..c103d954b0e 100644
--- a/hbase-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-examples/pom.xml
@@ -272,9 +272,6 @@
           <value>3.0</value>
         </property>
       </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <hadoop.version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</hadoop.version>
-      </properties>
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hbase-shell/pom.xml b/hbase-shell/pom.xml
index 01fdedfe6c8..4d1cb8d7b7e 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shell/pom.xml
@@ -356,9 +356,6 @@
           <value>3.0</value>
         </property>
       </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <hadoop.version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</hadoop.version>
-      </properties>
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>