diff --git a/hbase-rest/pom.xml b/hbase-rest/pom.xml
index 734f8db0b5be..cf629b62991a 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-rest/pom.xml
@@ -289,15 +289,6 @@
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>**/hbase-webapps/**</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <!-- Make a jar and put the sources in the jar -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/hbase-server/pom.xml b/hbase-server/pom.xml
index cb47a8ea7df0..92b696d2feca 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -453,7 +453,6 @@
             <exclude>log4j.properties</exclude>
             <exclude>mapred-queues.xml</exclude>
             <exclude>mapred-site.xml</exclude>
-            <exclude>**/hbase-webapps/**</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
index fd21b18db5cf..b75b288c8789 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -194,15 +194,6 @@
           <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludes>
-            <exclude>**/hbase-webapps/**</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
       <!-- General ant tasks, bound to different build phases -->
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>