diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index fdecdc2027..d89a33ee11 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ Branch-2 ( Unreleased changes )
     HADOOP-8031. Configuration class fails to find embedded .jar resources; 
     should use URL.openStream() (genman via tucu)
 
+    HADOOP-8738. junit JAR is showing up in the distro (tucu)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-3042 SUBTASKS
 
     HADOOP-8220. ZKFailoverController doesn't handle failure to become active
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
index b2279b647a..225a582dbe 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
index c1e38967c5..819519a74c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>