diff --git a/hbase-client/pom.xml b/hbase-client/pom.xml
index cfef6da26ba..5d0203564be 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 3ef66e77fed..f3f382e60bb 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 fe2295efd45..f73d16d7b6e 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 42cf2eb28cf..8ccd6a9bd15 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>