diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 66d10da0ed..5d55334cdb 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
    HADOOP-7878  Regression: HADOOP-7777 switch changes break HDFS tests when the
    isSingleSwitch() predicate is used. (stevel)
 
+   HADOOP-7914. Remove the duplicated declaration of hadoop-hdfs test-jar in
+   hadoop-project/pom.xml.  (szetszwo)
+
 Release 0.23.0 - 2011-11-01 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 19bde74059..7e10b82d5c 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -137,13 +137,6 @@
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-        <version>${project.version}</version>
-        <type>test-jar</type>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-examples</artifactId>