diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml b/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
index 7d8bf82625c..f3a4acd084f 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/pom.xml
@@ -418,10 +418,6 @@
           <artifactId>hadoop-minicluster</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
           <exclusions>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-              <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
             <exclusion>
               <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
               <artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>