update pom
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8780c36..e116fce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,15 +92,14 @@
     </developer>
   </developers>
   <properties>
-    
+
     <!-- UNIQUE FOR THIS JAVA COMPONENT -->
     <datasketches-java.version>1.1.0-incubating</datasketches-java.version>
     <hive-exec.version>2.3.4</hive-exec.version>
     <hadoop-common.version>2.8.5</hadoop-common.version>
-    <hadoop-mapreduce-client-core.version>2.8.5</hadoop-mapreduce-client-core.version>
     <slf4j-simple.version>1.7.27</slf4j-simple.version>
     <!-- END:UNIQUE FOR THIS JAVA COMPONENT -->
-    
+
     <!-- Test -->
     <testng.version>6.14.3</testng.version>
     <!-- System-wide properties -->
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@
     </repository>
   </repositories>
   <dependencies>
-    
+
     <!-- UNIQUE FOR THIS JAVA COMPONENT -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.datasketches</groupId>
@@ -180,15 +179,8 @@
       <version>${hadoop-common.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <!--
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${hadoop-mapreduce-client-core.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency> -->
     <!-- END: UNIQUE FOR THIS JAVA COMPONENT -->
-    
+
     <!-- Test Scope -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testng</groupId>