diff --git a/hbase-rest/pom.xml b/hbase-rest/pom.xml
index 64ce0eb7746c..c57a896c8c0d 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-rest/pom.xml
@@ -290,6 +290,15 @@
           <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>
diff --git a/hbase-server/pom.xml b/hbase-server/pom.xml
index b81c1492af9e..327579d5b00e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-server/pom.xml
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@
             <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 0cd15bd48529..049ed345f939 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -203,6 +203,15 @@
           <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>