diff --git a/hbase-rest/pom.xml b/hbase-rest/pom.xml
index cf629b62991a..734f8db0b5be 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-rest/pom.xml
@@ -289,6 +289,15 @@
           <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 92b696d2feca..cb47a8ea7df0 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@
             <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 b75b288c8789..fd21b18db5cf 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@
           <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>