diff --git a/build-scripts/prepare_environment.sh b/build-scripts/prepare_environment.sh
index 4b63081430bd..e4c3195059e8 100755
--- a/build-scripts/prepare_environment.sh
+++ b/build-scripts/prepare_environment.sh
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@ fi
 RELEASE="${RELEASE}.${BUILD_NUMBER}"
 FULL_BUILD_VERSION="${HBASE_VERSION}-${RELEASE}"
 
-# Add into MAVEN_ARGS because we added this property in hbase-common/pom.xml so we 
-# could accurately reflect the full build version in the UI and elsewhere.
-MAVEN_ARGS="$MAVEN_ARGS -Dhubspot.build.version=$FULL_BUILD_VERSION"
-
 #
 # Dump generated env vars into rc file
 #
diff --git a/hbase-common/pom.xml b/hbase-common/pom.xml
index 3f29afdec8a2..5a099f3b913b 100644
--- a/hbase-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-common/pom.xml
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
   <name>Apache HBase - Common</name>
   <description>Common functionality for HBase</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <hubspot.build.version>${project.version}</hubspot.build.version>
-  </properties>
-
   <build>
     <resources>
       <resource>
@@ -80,7 +76,7 @@
             <configuration>
               <target>
                 <replace file="${project.build.outputDirectory}/hbase-default.xml"
-                  token="@@@VERSION@@@" value="${hubspot.build.version}" />
+                  token="@@@VERSION@@@" value="${project.version}" />
               </target>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
@@ -96,7 +92,7 @@
                             <property name="generated.sources" location="${project.build.directory}/generated-sources"/>
 
                             <exec executable="bash" failonerror="true">
-                                <arg line="${basedir}/src/saveVersion.sh ${hubspot.build.version} ${generated.sources}/java"/>
+                                <arg line="${basedir}/src/saveVersion.sh ${project.version} ${generated.sources}/java"/>
                             </exec>
                         </target>
                     </configuration>