diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 38f159e8146..6f6f6cab637 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ Release 0.20.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-1421  Processing a regionserver message -- OPEN, CLOSE, SPLIT, etc. --
                and if we're carrying more than one message in payload, if
                exception, all messages that follow are dropped on floor
+   HBASE-1434  Duplicate property in hbase-default.xml (Lars George via Andrew
+               Purtell)
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
    HBASE-1089  Add count of regions on filesystem to master UI; add percentage
diff --git a/conf/hbase-default.xml b/conf/hbase-default.xml
index 1d5488bf81c..2b595755b81 100644
--- a/conf/hbase-default.xml
+++ b/conf/hbase-default.xml
@@ -91,15 +91,6 @@
     <description>The host and port a HBase region server runs at.
     </description>
   </property>
-  <property>
-    <name>hbase.regionserver.dns.interface</name>
-    <value>default</value>
-    <description>Name of the network interface which a regionserver
-    should use to determine it's "real" IP address.  This lookup
-    prevents strings like "localhost" and "127.0.0.1" from being
-    reported back to the master.
-    </description>
-  </property>
   <property>
     <name>hbase.regionserver.info.port</name>
     <value>60030</value>