diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 8c855ccae5..b28206539f 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
     <findbugs.version>3.0.0</findbugs.version>
     <spotbugs.version>3.1.0-RC1</spotbugs.version>
 
-    <tomcat.version>6.0.48</tomcat.version>
     <guice.version>4.0</guice.version>
     <joda-time.version>2.9.4</joda-time.version>