diff --git a/hbase-client/pom.xml b/hbase-client/pom.xml
index bc7546e9efb..df9376360cc 100644
--- a/hbase-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-client/pom.xml
@@ -226,10 +226,6 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
 
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/UserProvider.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/UserProvider.java
index 675d47a891d..9d04f3a4ad1 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/UserProvider.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/UserProvider.java
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ public class UserProvider extends BaseConfigurable {
    * org.apache.hadoop.security.SecurityUtil#login(Configuration,String,String,String). On regular
    * Hadoop (without security features), this will safely be ignored.
    * </p>
-   * @param conf The configuration data to use
    * @param fileConfKey Property key used to configure path to the credential file
    * @param principalConfKey Property key used to configure login principal
    * @param localhost Current hostname to use in any credentials