diff --git a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml
index 7b6e8a6758b..c1d1fa23df3 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-hadoop2-compat/pom.xml
@@ -54,23 +54,6 @@ limitations under the License.
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven.assembly.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <!-- Always skip the second part executions, since we only run simple unit