diff --git a/BUILDING.txt b/BUILDING.txt
index c2ac00255f..01b2a68424 100644
--- a/BUILDING.txt
+++ b/BUILDING.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Maven build goals:
  * Run clover                : mvn test -Pclover [-DcloverLicenseLocation=${user.name}/.clover.license]
  * Run Rat                   : mvn apache-rat:check
  * Build javadocs            : mvn javadoc:javadoc
- * Build TAR                 : mvn package [-Ptar][-Pbintar][-Pdocs][-Psrc][-Pnative]
+ * Build TAR                 : mvn package [-Ptar][-Pdocs][-Psrc][-Pnative]
 
  Build options:
 
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-bintar.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-bintar.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 13babf4a73..0000000000
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-bintar.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-   limitations under the License.
--->
-<assembly>
-  <id>hadoop-bintar</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>dir</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/bin</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/bin</outputDirectory>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>*.sh</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/conf</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/etc/hadoop</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/bin</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/libexec</outputDirectory>
-      <includes>
-        <include>*-config.sh</include>
-      </includes>
-      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/bin</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/sbin</outputDirectory>
-      <includes>
-        <include>*.sh</include>
-      </includes>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>hadoop-config.sh</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/packages</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/sbin</outputDirectory>
-      <includes>
-        <include>*.sh</include>
-      </includes>
-      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/share/doc/hadoop/${hadoop.component}</outputDirectory>
-      <includes>
-        <include>*.txt</include>
-      </includes>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.build.directory}/webapps</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/webapps</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/conf</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/templates</outputDirectory>
-      <includes>
-        <include>*-site.xml</include>
-      </includes>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}</outputDirectory>
-      <includes>
-        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar</include>
-        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-tests.jar</include>
-        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-sources.jar</include>
-        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-test-sources.jar</include>
-      </includes>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}/dev-support/jdiff</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/jdiff</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.build.directory}/site/jdiff/xml</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/jdiff</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-  <dependencySets>
-    <dependencySet>
-      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/lib</outputDirectory>
-      <unpack>false</unpack>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-      <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>org.apache.ant:*:jar</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-*:jar</exclude>
-        <exclude>jdiff:jdiff:jar</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-    </dependencySet>
-  </dependencySets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tar.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tar.xml
index d68efa0044..88ed8b0edf 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tar.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tar.xml
@@ -15,27 +15,24 @@
    limitations under the License.
 -->
 <assembly>
-  <id>hadoop-tar</id>
+  <id>hadoop-bintar</id>
   <formats>
     <format>dir</format>
   </formats>
   <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
   <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
-      <includes>
-        <include>*.txt</include>
-      </includes>
-    </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${basedir}/src/main/bin</directory>
       <outputDirectory>/bin</outputDirectory>
-      <includes>
-        <include>*</include>
-      </includes>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>*.sh</exclude>
+      </excludes>
       <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/conf</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/etc/hadoop</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${basedir}/src/main/bin</directory>
       <outputDirectory>/libexec</outputDirectory>
@@ -45,49 +42,78 @@
       <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
     </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/conf</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/conf</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapps</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/webapps</outputDirectory>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>proto-*-web.xml</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.build.directory}/webapps</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/webapps</outputDirectory>
-      <excludes>
-        <exclude>proto-*-web.xml</exclude>
-      </excludes>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.build.directory}/site</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/docs</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/bin</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/sbin</outputDirectory>
       <includes>
-        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar</include>
-        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-tests.jar</include>
+        <include>*.sh</include>
+      </includes>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>hadoop-config.sh</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/packages</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/sbin</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>*.sh</include>
+      </includes>
+      <fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${basedir}</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/share/doc/hadoop/${hadoop.component}</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>*.txt</include>
       </includes>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/webapps</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/webapps</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${basedir}/src/main/conf</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/templates</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>*-site.xml</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar</include>
+        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-tests.jar</include>
+        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-sources.jar</include>
+        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-test-sources.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${basedir}/dev-support/jdiff</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/jdiff</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/site/jdiff/xml</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/jdiff</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/site</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/share/doc/hadoop/${hadoop.component}</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>${project.build.directory}/src</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>/src</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/src</outputDirectory>
     </fileSet>
   </fileSets>
   <dependencySets>
     <dependencySet>
-      <outputDirectory>/lib</outputDirectory>
+      <outputDirectory>/share/hadoop/${hadoop.component}/lib</outputDirectory>
       <unpack>false</unpack>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
       <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
       <excludes>
         <exclude>org.apache.ant:*:jar</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-*:*:*:*</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-*:jar</exclude>
         <exclude>jdiff:jdiff:jar</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
diff --git a/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index a33e246696..0485e37bef 100644
--- a/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
     HADOOP-7264. Bump avro version to at least 1.4.1. (Alejandro Abdelnur via
     tomwhite)
 
+    HADOOP-7498. Remove legacy TAR layout creation. (Alejandro Abdelnur via
+    tomwhite)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
   
     HADOOP-7333. Performance improvement in PureJavaCrc32. (Eric Caspole
diff --git a/hadoop-project-distro/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-distro/pom.xml
index 9e7fbc6272..761e116f61 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-distro/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-distro/pom.xml
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
                       UNTAR='tar xfBp -'
                       LIB_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/native/target/usr/local/lib"
                       if [ -d $${LIB_DIR} ] ; then
-                        TARGET_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}/lib/native/${build.platform}"
+                        TARGET_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}/lib"
                         mkdir -p $${TARGET_DIR}
                         cd $${LIB_DIR}
                         $$TAR lib* | (cd $${TARGET_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
@@ -462,113 +462,5 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
-
-    <profile>
-      <id>bintar</id>
-      <activation>
-        <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>pre-bintar</id>
-                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>run</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <target>
-                    <!-- Using Unix script to preserve symlinks -->
-                    <echo file="${project.build.directory}/bintar-copynativelibs.sh">
-
-                      which cygpath 2> /dev/null
-                      if [ $? = 1 ]; then
-                        BUILD_DIR="${project.build.directory}"
-                      else
-                        BUILD_DIR=`cygpath --unix '${project.build.directory}'`
-                      fi
-                      TAR='tar cf -'
-                      UNTAR='tar xfBp -'
-                      LIB_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/native/target/usr/local/lib"
-                      if [ -d $${LIB_DIR} ] ; then
-                        TARGET_DIR="${BUILD_DIR}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-bin/lib"
-                        mkdir -p $${TARGET_DIR}
-                        cd $${LIB_DIR}
-                        $$TAR lib* | (cd $${TARGET_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
-                        if [ "${bundle.snappy}" = "true" ] ; then
-                          cd ${snappy.lib}
-                          $$TAR *snappy* | (cd $${TARGET_DIR}/; $$UNTAR)
-                        fi
-                      fi
-                    </echo>
-                    <exec executable="sh" dir="${project.build.directory}" failonerror="true">
-                      <arg line="./bintar-copynativelibs.sh"/>
-                    </exec>
-                  </target>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-              <execution>
-                <id>bintar</id>
-                <phase>package</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>run</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <target>
-                    <!-- Using Unix script to preserve symlinks -->
-                    <echo file="${project.build.directory}/bintar-maketar.sh">
-
-                      which cygpath 2> /dev/null
-                      if [ $? = 1 ]; then
-                        BUILD_DIR="${project.build.directory}"
-                      else
-                        BUILD_DIR=`cygpath --unix '${project.build.directory}'`
-                      fi
-                      cd ${BUILD_DIR}
-                      tar czf ${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-bin.tar.gz ${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-bin
-                    </echo>
-                    <exec executable="sh" dir="${project.build.directory}" failonerror="true">
-                      <arg line="./bintar-maketar.sh"/>
-                    </exec>
-                  </target>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-            <dependencies>
-              <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-                <artifactId>hadoop-assemblies</artifactId>
-                <version>${hadoop.assemblies.version}</version>
-              </dependency>
-            </dependencies>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>pre-bintar</id>
-                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>single</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-                  <attach>false</attach>
-                  <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-bin</finalName>
-                  <descriptorRefs>
-                    <descriptorRef>hadoop-bintar</descriptorRef>
-                  </descriptorRefs>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>