diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index 90d6677973..06c6b06ec6 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -330,25 +330,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <!-- otherwise seems to drag in junit 3.8.1 via jline -->
-          <groupId>junit</groupId>
-          <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jmxtools</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jmxri</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 3f0a8b3a85..8c8f675f98 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -1484,11 +1484,7 @@
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>