diff --git a/hbase-server/pom.xml b/hbase-server/pom.xml
index 0bfe48456f2..0efa8f474cc 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -315,10 +315,6 @@
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.stephenc.high-scale-lib</groupId>
       <artifactId>high-scale-lib</artifactId>
@@ -327,10 +323,6 @@
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>