diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index e1ff1eba5b..bb718cdf20 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -760,7 +760,28 @@
         <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
         <version>1.3.9</version>
-      </dependency>    
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2.2</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+        <version>${jersey.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.glassfish.grizzly</groupId>
+        <artifactId>grizzly-http-servlet</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.2</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 0c6d3934ef..bbccc460cf 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ Release 2.4.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     YARN-1579. ActiveRMInfoProto fields should be optional (kasha)
 
+    YARN-888. Cleaned up POM files so that non-leaf modules don't include any
+    dependencies and thus compact the dependency list for leaf modules.
+    (Alejandro Abdelnur via vinodkv)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
index c0df5d8eb3..66a647527f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,56 @@
     <yarn.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
 
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
index 826c30cab9..850f05a356 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
@@ -33,33 +33,101 @@
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-client</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher/pom.xml
index 824ab33274..0cd95d93f1 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher/pom.xml
@@ -34,42 +34,60 @@
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-client</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
index be282dc94d..72b3dd09f4 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
     <hadoop.common.build.dir>${basedir}/../../../../hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/target</hadoop.common.build.dir>
   </properties>
 
+  <!-- Do not add dependencies here, add them to the POM of the leaf module -->
+
   <modules>
     <module>hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell</module>
     <module>hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher</module>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
index 1ef1f4b7f9..54da659fee 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
@@ -30,37 +30,121 @@
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
   	</dependency>
-  	<dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
   	</dependency>
-  	<dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
   	</dependency>
-  	<dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-tests</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <type>test-jar</type>
   	</dependency>
-      <dependency>
-  		<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-  		<artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
-		<scope>test</scope>
-		<type>test-jar</type>
-      </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
index 66956b3e0b..7a151b3222 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
@@ -33,15 +33,137 @@
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-  <dependency>
-    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-   </dependency>
-   
-  <dependency>
-    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
-  </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+      <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-guice</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+     <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
index 3d3686e428..49d91c9ee3 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-common/pom.xml
@@ -33,10 +33,72 @@
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
index 9eacd20f02..d680bfc407 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,141 @@
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+      <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-grizzly2</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-guice</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
index 1c13855901..ddc57d03cc 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
@@ -33,10 +33,156 @@
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+      <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-guice</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy</artifactId>
@@ -51,12 +197,20 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-grizzly2</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
index 330a5685c1..60f050fe6d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-tests/pom.xml
@@ -32,29 +32,101 @@
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager</artifactId>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-minikdc</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
index ac7154ca62..eec1ea43f1 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -38,14 +38,94 @@
       <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-server-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.glassfish.grizzly</groupId>
+      <artifactId>grizzly-http-servlet</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-grizzly2</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
index 6a2a73e348..e924c46c22 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/pom.xml
@@ -32,14 +32,7 @@
     <hadoop.common.build.dir>${basedir}/../../../../hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/target</hadoop.common.build.dir>
   </properties>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-common</artifactId>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
+  <!-- Do not add dependencies here, add them to the POM of the leaf module -->
 
   <modules>
     <module>hadoop-yarn-server-common</module>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
index aef4dd1066..a766a8c1bb 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/pom.xml
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@
   <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-site</artifactId>
   <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>hadoop-yarn-site</name>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Needed for generating FindBugs warnings using parent pom -->
     <yarn.basedir>${project.parent.parent.basedir}</yarn.basedir>
   </properties>
 
+  <!-- Do not add dependencies here, this is a documentation only module -->
+
 </project>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
index f534fb5963..4e5e64a21d 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/pom.xml
@@ -33,112 +33,7 @@
     <hadoop.common.build.dir>${basedir}/../../../hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/target</hadoop.common.build.dir>
   </properties>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>cglib</groupId>
-        <artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
-        <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-test-framework-grizzly2</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-guice</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
+  <!-- Do not add dependencies here, add them to the POM of the leaf module -->
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
index 5696220dfe..b54bdd9dcd 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/pom.xml
@@ -41,132 +41,7 @@
     <module>hadoop-yarn</module>
   </modules>
 
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
-      <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
-          <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
-          <artifactId>velocity</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <artifactId>paranamer-ant</artifactId>
-          <groupId>com.thoughtworks.paranamer</groupId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-2.1-jetty</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-annotations</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.inject</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guice</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>cglib</groupId>
-        <artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey.contribs</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-guice</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.inject.extensions</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guice-servlet</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-  </dependencies>
+  <!-- Do not add dependencies here, add them to the POM of the leaf module -->
 
   <build>
     <plugins>