diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml b/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
index ace25bdc616..c007ae0b049 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.htrace</groupId>
@@ -257,10 +256,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>