diff --git a/extensions-contrib/cassandra-storage/pom.xml b/extensions-contrib/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
index 2d73e897007b..6171a008fc33 100644
--- a/extensions-contrib/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-contrib/cassandra-storage/pom.xml
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@
                     <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
                     <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions-core/druid-kerberos/pom.xml b/extensions-core/druid-kerberos/pom.xml
index a474bf1edfef..c554f6f7a528 100644
--- a/extensions-core/druid-kerberos/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-core/druid-kerberos/pom.xml
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@
           <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions-core/hdfs-storage/pom.xml b/extensions-core/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
index c4de4c4b5107..49e19650fb08 100644
--- a/extensions-core/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-core/hdfs-storage/pom.xml
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@
                 <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
               </exclusion>
-              <exclusion>
-                <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-              </exclusion>
               <exclusion>
                 <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
@@ -161,10 +157,6 @@
               <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
               <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-              <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
             <exclusion>
               <groupId>log4j</groupId>
               <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 154847a0d2f4..912d63705325 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
         <!-- jackson 2.7.x causes injection error and 2.8.x can't be used because avatica is using 2.6.3 -->
         <jackson.version>2.6.7</jackson.version>
         <log4j.version>2.5</log4j.version>
-        <!-- HttpClient has not yet been ported to Netty 4.x -->
         <netty3.version>3.10.6.Final</netty3.version>
         <!-- Spark updated in https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/19884 -->
         <netty4.version>4.1.30.Final</netty4.version>
@@ -202,11 +201,6 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
                 <version>1.12</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>