diff --git a/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml b/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml
index aaf299e1378d..a0f72912f52e 100644
--- a/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-endpoint/pom.xml
@@ -386,13 +386,6 @@
             </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- Hadoop needs Netty 3.x at test scope for the minicluster -->
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.2.Final</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-minikdc</artifactId>