diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/config/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-hdds/config/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
rename to hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
index bf62949411..a5955498ff 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/config/pom.xml
@@ -42,25 +42,4 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
   </dependencies>
 
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
-        <executions>
-        <execution>
-          <id>default-compile</id>
-          <phase>compile</phase>
-          <goals>
-            <goal>compile</goal>
-          </goals>
-          <configuration>
-            <!-- don't need to activate annotation processor (which may not be available yet) for compilation -->
-            <compilerArgument>-proc:none</compilerArgument>
-          </configuration>
-        </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/config/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor b/hadoop-hdds/config/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f29efdab38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/config/src/test/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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+
+org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.ConfigFileGenerator