diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/pom.xml
index 517febb171..7f2fb8fc7b 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-examples/pom.xml
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-      <!-- Adding this dependency makes this build in ozone !-->
-      <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      </dependency>
-      <!-- but this not needed in trunk !-->
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>