diff --git a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
index a6e88cdbf77e..44f8d0a198ff 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -160,10 +160,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-http</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hbase-examples</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
       <artifactId>hbase-zookeeper</artifactId>
diff --git a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-three-compat.xml b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-three-compat.xml
index 9db45b0d4752..27962b6e473c 100644
--- a/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-three-compat.xml
+++ b/hbase-assembly/src/main/assembly/hadoop-three-compat.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-client</include>
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-common</include>
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-endpoint</include>
-        <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-examples</include>
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-external-blockcache</include>
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-hadoop-compat</include>
         <include>org.apache.hbase:hbase-http</include>