diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index 5fb267cfd0..41efc183c3 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -175,14 +175,6 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <!--
-      adding jettison as direct dependency (as jersey-json's jettison dependency is vulnerable with verison 1.1),
-      so those who depends on hadoop-common externally will get the non-vulnerable jettison
-      -->
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
       <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>