diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f539f9af34..c6142f47af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
     <hadoop.version>3.4.1</hadoop.version>
     <jdk.tools.version>1.8</jdk.tools.version>
     <jersey.version>1.19.4</jersey.version>
-    <jettison.version>1.5.4</jettison.version>
     <jsr305.version>3.0.0</jsr305.version>
     <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
     <leveldbjni-all.version>1.8</leveldbjni-all.version>
@@ -774,21 +773,11 @@
         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
         <version>${guava.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-        <version>${jettison.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
         <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
        <version>${jersey.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
-        <version>${jersey.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <!-- BouncyCastle should be in default scope to make their way to tez.tar.gz since Hadoop 3.4.1 -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
diff --git a/tez-api/pom.xml b/tez-api/pom.xml
index ff1f9d2e6a..4e6bb1f99d 100644
--- a/tez-api/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-api/pom.xml
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
@@ -94,10 +90,6 @@
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
       <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
diff --git a/tez-dag/pom.xml b/tez-dag/pom.xml
index a765fb708a..f44418c611 100644
--- a/tez-dag/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-dag/pom.xml
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-history-parser/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-history-parser/pom.xml
index 4bb312eee9..1703881309 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-history-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-history-parser/pom.xml
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
@@ -144,10 +140,6 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</artifactId>
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-acls/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-acls/pom.xml
index dc8ecc1cb4..fd81372d4b 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-acls/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-acls/pom.xml
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
@@ -134,11 +130,6 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</artifactId>
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-fs/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-fs/pom.xml
index 19930ccda0..dc89c44cc0 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-fs/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history-with-fs/pom.xml
@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
@@ -142,11 +138,6 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml
index 1be2c44bfd..54f9a88044 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-yarn-timeline-history/pom.xml
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
@@ -128,11 +124,6 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/tez-tools/analyzers/job-analyzer/pom.xml b/tez-tools/analyzers/job-analyzer/pom.xml
index e797842e6c..35bc5fba70 100644
--- a/tez-tools/analyzers/job-analyzer/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-tools/analyzers/job-analyzer/pom.xml
@@ -130,10 +130,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
@@ -152,10 +148,6 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle</artifactId>