diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
index d1ee9d590bdd..0d9a3723af66 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/pom.xml
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
       <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
-      <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.4</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
       <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>