diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 2183495848..8d952e12bd 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ Release 0.23.2 - UNRELEASED
     it back into HDFS, the put fails due to a CRC mismatch
     (Daryn Sharp via bobby)
 
+    HADOOP-8035 Hadoop Maven site is inefficient and runs phases redundantly
+    (abayer via tucu)
+
 Release 0.23.1 - 2012-02-08 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 8fb24cadcb..0abdc7b12a 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -733,25 +733,6 @@
     </pluginManagement>
 
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>create-testdirs</id>
-            <phase>validate</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <target>
-                <mkdir dir="${test.build.dir}"/>
-                <mkdir dir="${test.build.data}"/>
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -901,5 +882,53 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>dist</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <!-- build javadoc jars per jar for publishing to maven -->
+                <id>module-javadocs</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <!-- builds source jars and attaches them to the project for publishing -->
+                <id>hadoop-java-sources</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>dist-enforce</id>
+                <phase>package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                 <goal>enforce</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-tools-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-tools-dist/pom.xml
index 99df3efed7..3395e4f2d6 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-tools-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-tools-dist/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <hadoop.component>tools</hadoop.component>
-    <is.hadoop.component>false</is.hadoop.component>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 172888869a..cac707e7c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>1.0</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <rules>
+              <requireMavenVersion>
+                <version>[3.0.2,)</version>
+              </requireMavenVersion>
+              <requireJavaVersion>
+                <version>1.6</version>
+              </requireJavaVersion>
+            </rules>
+          </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -233,16 +243,6 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
         <inherited>false</inherited>
-        <configuration>
-          <rules>
-            <requireMavenVersion>
-              <version>[3.0.2,)</version>
-            </requireMavenVersion>
-            <requireJavaVersion>
-              <version>1.6</version>
-            </requireJavaVersion>
-          </rules>
-        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>clean</id>
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.8.1</version>
+        <inherited>false</inherited>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet>
             <id>aggregate</id>
@@ -370,6 +371,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>false</inherited>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>src-dist</id>
@@ -394,6 +396,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>false</inherited>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>src-dist-msg</id>
@@ -423,54 +426,20 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>false</inherited>
             <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <!-- build javadoc jars per jar for publishing to maven -->
-                <id>module-javadocs</id>
-                <phase>package</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>jar</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
               <execution>
                 <!-- build aggregate javadoc in parent only -->
                 <id>default-cli</id>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>aggregate</goal>
                 </goals>
-                <inherited>false</inherited>
                 <configuration>
                   <overview>hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/overview.html</overview>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
             </executions>
           </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <!-- builds source jars and attaches them to the project for publishing -->
-                <id>hadoop-java-sources</id>
-                <phase>package</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <phase>package</phase>
-                <goals>
-                 <goal>enforce</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>