diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
index 8eeafa574a..5fcb938d23 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
@@ -100,8 +100,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
       <artifactId>apacheds-kerberos-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0-M15</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-asn1-ber</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-i18n</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-model</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ehcache-core</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index ec7753cd6a..121d5d6d1e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -596,6 +596,8 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-10590. ServiceAuthorizationManager is not threadsafe. (Benoy Antony via vinayakumarb)
 
+    HADOOP-10711. Cleanup some extra dependencies from hadoop-auth. (rkanter via tucu)
+
 Release 2.4.1 - 2014-06-23 
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index f359a4dece..472febf87a 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -774,6 +774,12 @@
         <version>1.8</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apacheds-kerberos-codec</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0-M15</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.windowsazure.storage</groupId>
         <artifactId>microsoft-windowsazure-storage-sdk</artifactId>