diff --git a/hadoop-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
index 9884480e34..2b66790f62 100644
--- a/hadoop-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client/pom.xml
@@ -39,22 +39,10 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
           <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
@@ -71,10 +59,6 @@
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
           <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-api-2.1</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
           <artifactId>servlet-api-2.5</artifactId>
@@ -111,10 +95,6 @@
           <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
           <artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -147,14 +127,6 @@
           <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
           <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index ba0824141b..31492e03bf 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ Trunk (Unreleased)
     HADOOP-10534. KeyProvider getKeysMetadata should take a list of names 
     rather than returning all keys. (omalley)
 
+    HADOOP-10563. Remove the dependency of jsp in trunk. (wheat9)
+
   BUG FIXES
 
     HADOOP-9451. Fault single-layer config if node group topology is enabled.
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index b4e623a0d8..7f0b79a8d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -119,26 +119,6 @@
       <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java
index 03294b527a..64823fd743 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java
@@ -259,13 +259,6 @@ public void run() {
     conn.connect();
     assertEquals(200, conn.getResponseCode());
     assertEquals("text/html; charset=utf-8", conn.getContentType());
-
-    // JSPs should default to text/html with utf8
-    servletUrl = new URL(baseUrl, "/testjsp.jsp");
-    conn = (HttpURLConnection)servletUrl.openConnection();
-    conn.connect();
-    assertEquals(200, conn.getResponseCode());
-    assertEquals("text/html; charset=utf-8", conn.getContentType());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/webapps/test/testjsp.jsp b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/webapps/test/testjsp.jsp
deleted file mode 100644
index 23465da295..0000000000
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/resources/webapps/test/testjsp.jsp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><%!
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-%>
-<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %> 
-Hello world!
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
index 33272d95fe..c1e89707b0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
@@ -107,26 +107,10 @@
           <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
           <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
           <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
@@ -135,10 +119,6 @@
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
           <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-api-2.1</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
           <artifactId>servlet-api-2.5</artifactId>
@@ -151,10 +131,6 @@
           <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
           <artifactId>core</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -170,26 +146,10 @@
           <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
           <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
           <artifactId>jetty</artifactId>
@@ -198,10 +158,6 @@
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
           <artifactId>jetty-util</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jsp-api-2.1</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.mortbay.jetty</groupId>
           <artifactId>servlet-api-2.5</artifactId>
@@ -214,10 +170,6 @@
           <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
           <artifactId>core</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml
index 7b0c31ecdb..42962a6c26 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml
@@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <artifactId>commons-daemon</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
@@ -179,11 +174,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xmlenc</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlenc</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
index 9218c4a73b..16dadcf196 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -121,11 +121,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <artifactId>commons-daemon</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
@@ -166,11 +161,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>xmlenc</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmlenc</artifactId>
@@ -201,123 +191,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
           </properties>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.jspc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jspc-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>hdfs</id>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <compile>false</compile>
-              <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java</workingDirectory>
-              <webFragmentFile>${project.build.directory}/hdfs-jsp-servlet-definitions.xml</webFragmentFile>
-              <packageName>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode</packageName>
-              <sources>
-                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapps/hdfs</directory>
-                <includes>
-                  <include>*.jsp</include>
-                </includes>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>secondary</id>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <compile>false</compile>
-              <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java</workingDirectory>
-              <webFragmentFile>${project.build.directory}/secondary-jsp-servlet-definitions.xml</webFragmentFile>
-              <packageName>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode</packageName>
-              <sources>
-                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapps/secondary</directory>
-                <includes>
-                  <include>*.jsp</include>
-                </includes>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>journal</id>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <compile>false</compile>
-              <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java</workingDirectory>
-              <webFragmentFile>${project.build.directory}/journal-jsp-servlet-definitions.xml</webFragmentFile>
-              <packageName>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.journalservice</packageName>
-              <sources>
-                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapps/journal</directory>
-                <includes>
-                  <include>*.jsp</include>
-                </includes>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>datanode</id>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <compile>false</compile>
-              <workingDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java</workingDirectory>
-              <webFragmentFile>${project.build.directory}/datanode-jsp-servlet-definitions.xml</webFragmentFile>
-              <packageName>org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode</packageName>
-              <sources>
-                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/webapps/datanode</directory>
-                <includes>
-                  <include>*.jsp</include>
-                </includes>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.jspc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jspc-compiler-tomcat5</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0-alpha-3</version>
-          </dependency>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.1</version>
-          </dependency>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jcl104-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.1</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>add-jsp-generated-sources-directory</id>
-            <phase>generate-sources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>add-source</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <sources>
-                <source>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java</source>
-              </sources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -325,18 +198,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
           <skipTests>false</skipTests>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>create-jsp-generated-sources-directory</id>
-            <phase>initialize</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <target>
-                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/java" />
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
           <execution>
             <id>create-web-xmls</id>
             <phase>compile</phase>
@@ -345,32 +206,21 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <target>
-                <loadfile property="hdfs.servlet.definitions" srcFile="${project.build.directory}/hdfs-jsp-servlet-definitions.xml"/>
-                <loadfile property="secondary.servlet.definitions" srcFile="${project.build.directory}/secondary-jsp-servlet-definitions.xml"/>
-                <loadfile property="datanode.servlet.definitions" srcFile="${project.build.directory}/datanode-jsp-servlet-definitions.xml"/>
-                <loadfile property="journal.servlet.definitions" srcFile="${project.build.directory}/journal-jsp-servlet-definitions.xml"/>               
-                <echoproperties destfile="${project.build.directory}/webxml.properties">
-                  <propertyset>
-                    <propertyref regex=".*.servlet.definitions"/>
-                  </propertyset>
-                </echoproperties>
-                <filter filtersfile="${project.build.directory}/webxml.properties"/>
-                <copy file="${basedir}/src/main/webapps/proto-hdfs-web.xml"
+                <copy file="${basedir}/src/main/webapps/proto-web.xml"
                       tofile="${project.build.directory}/webapps/hdfs/WEB-INF/web.xml"
                       filtering="true"/>
-                <copy file="${basedir}/src/main/webapps/proto-secondary-web.xml"
+                <copy file="${basedir}/src/main/webapps/proto-web.xml"
                       tofile="${project.build.directory}/webapps/secondary/WEB-INF/web.xml"
                       filtering="true"/>
-                <copy file="${basedir}/src/main/webapps/proto-datanode-web.xml"
+                <copy file="${basedir}/src/main/webapps/proto-web.xml"
                       tofile="${project.build.directory}/webapps/datanode/WEB-INF/web.xml"
                       filtering="true"/>
-                <copy file="${basedir}/src/main/webapps/proto-journal-web.xml"
+                <copy file="${basedir}/src/main/webapps/proto-web.xml"
                       tofile="${project.build.directory}/webapps/journal/WEB-INF/web.xml"
                       filtering="true"/>
                 <copy toDir="${project.build.directory}/webapps">
                   <fileset dir="${basedir}/src/main/webapps">
-                    <exclude name="**/*.jsp"/>
-                    <exclude name="**/proto-*-web.xml"/>
+                    <exclude name="**/proto-web.xml"/>
                   </fileset>
                 </copy>
               </target>
@@ -391,6 +241,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
                 <copy todir="${project.build.directory}/test-classes/webapps">
                   <fileset dir="${project.build.directory}/webapps">
                     <exclude name="proto-*-web.xml"/>
+                    <exclude name="**/proto-web.xml"/>
                   </fileset>
                 </copy>
               </target>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/JspHelper.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/JspHelper.java
index 8f7b41a798..545fc042f0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/JspHelper.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/JspHelper.java
@@ -18,58 +18,16 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common;
 
-import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys.DEFAULT_HADOOP_HTTP_STATIC_USER;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys.HADOOP_HTTP_STATIC_USER;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.DataInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
-import java.net.Socket;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter;
-
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.BlockReader;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.BlockReaderFactory;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.ClientContext;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSClient;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.RemotePeerFactory;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.net.Peer;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.net.TcpPeerServer;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeID;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfo;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ExtendedBlock;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlock;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.LocatedBlocks;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.block.BlockTokenIdentifier;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.block.DataEncryptionKey;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.delegation.DelegationTokenIdentifier;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.DatanodeDescriptor;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.CachingStrategy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeHttpServer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.resources.DelegationParam;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.resources.DoAsParam;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.resources.UserParam;
-import org.apache.hadoop.http.HtmlQuoting;
-import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.AccessControlException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.SecurityUtil;
@@ -78,9 +36,16 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.util.KerberosName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authorize.ProxyUsers;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token;
-import org.apache.hadoop.util.VersionInfo;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys.DEFAULT_HADOOP_HTTP_STATIC_USER;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys.HADOOP_HTTP_STATIC_USER;
 
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public class JspHelper {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-datanode-web.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-datanode-web.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d196012673..0000000000
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-datanode-web.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  Licensed 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. See accompanying LICENSE file.
--->
-<web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee">
-@datanode.servlet.definitions@
-</web-app>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-journal-web.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-journal-web.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b27f82b4a4..0000000000
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-journal-web.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  Licensed 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. See accompanying LICENSE file.
--->
-<web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee">
-@journal.servlet.definitions@
-</web-app>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-secondary-web.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-secondary-web.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 325058e1a2..0000000000
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-secondary-web.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  Licensed 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. See accompanying LICENSE file.
--->
-<web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee">
-@secondary.servlet.definitions@
-</web-app>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-hdfs-web.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-web.xml
similarity index 96%
rename from hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-hdfs-web.xml
rename to hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-web.xml
index 02a733316d..83b36b2ca5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-hdfs-web.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/proto-web.xml
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@
   limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
 -->
 <web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee">
-@hdfs.servlet.definitions@
 </web-app>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/TestJspHelper.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/TestJspHelper.java
index 5e8155e571..1b45e33fe5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/TestJspHelper.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/common/TestJspHelper.java
@@ -17,37 +17,11 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.common;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.StringReader;
-import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
-import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.HdfsConfiguration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeID;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.security.token.delegation.DelegationTokenIdentifier;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.BlockManagerTestUtil;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.blockmanagement.DatanodeDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNodeHttpServer;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.DatanodeStorage;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.protocol.StorageReport;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.resources.DoAsParam;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.web.resources.UserParam;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.DataInputBuffer;
@@ -63,14 +37,15 @@
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
-import org.mockito.Mockito;
-import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
-import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
-import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
-import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 
 public class TestJspHelper {
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index 6657662b35..72b9cd43b3 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -72,24 +72,6 @@
       <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>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
index fdd817427b..628f41f6b9 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
@@ -81,24 +81,6 @@
       <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>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 8661de1d34..47ff38150d 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -482,36 +482,6 @@
         <artifactId>jetty-servlet-tester</artifactId>
         <version>6.1.26</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jasper-compiler</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5.23</version>
-        <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>ant</groupId>
-            <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-        </exclusions>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>tomcat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jasper-runtime</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5.23</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1</version>
-      </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>commons-el</groupId>
-        <artifactId>commons-el</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
@@ -874,11 +844,6 @@
           <artifactId>avro-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${avro.version}</version>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.jspc</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jspc-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.0-alpha-3</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
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 09990f4bb6..affbe03b43 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
@@ -51,24 +51,6 @@
       <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 -->
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 850f05a356..d91c67bfb2 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
@@ -38,24 +38,6 @@
       <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>
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 0cd95d93f1..1eb0a8cc66 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
@@ -50,24 +50,6 @@
       <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>
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 6091686a03..e1567a96bf 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
@@ -35,24 +35,6 @@
       <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>
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 ad8e96594a..9f2e8b5aa8 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
@@ -38,24 +38,6 @@
       <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 -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
index 59be859c7c..616c7f0aa0 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice/pom.xml
@@ -45,24 +45,6 @@
       <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 -->
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 49d91c9ee3..26fc908f32 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
@@ -38,24 +38,6 @@
       <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>
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 d680bfc407..7f34a2db3e 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
@@ -40,24 +40,6 @@
       <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 -->
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 dd23392e96..91dc26c01d 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
@@ -42,24 +42,6 @@
       <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>
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 c32ea16fb6..30f334d075 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
@@ -37,24 +37,6 @@
       <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>
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 eec1ea43f1..fdba1fe2f2 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
@@ -43,24 +43,6 @@
       <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>