diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-api/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-api/pom.xml
index b4b81011eb517..93977b0f029db 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-api/pom.xml
@@ -213,13 +213,6 @@
                         <exclude>**/pom.xml</exclude>
                       </excludes>
                     </relocation>
-                    <relocation>
-                      <pattern>javax/servlet/</pattern>
-                      <shadedPattern>${shaded.dependency.prefix}.javax.servlet.</shadedPattern>
-                      <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/pom.xml</exclude>
-                      </excludes>
-                    </relocation>
                     <relocation>
                       <pattern>javax/ws/</pattern>
                       <shadedPattern>${shaded.dependency.prefix}.javax.ws.</shadedPattern>
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/src/test/resources/ensure-jars-have-correct-contents.sh b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/src/test/resources/ensure-jars-have-correct-contents.sh
index 2e927402d2542..a1b8c55fd9662 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/src/test/resources/ensure-jars-have-correct-contents.sh
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/src/test/resources/ensure-jars-have-correct-contents.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ allowed_expr+="|^krb5_udp-template.conf$"
 allowed_expr+="|^jetty-dir.css$"
 # Snappy java is native library. We cannot relocate it to under org/apache/hadoop.
 allowed_expr+="|^org/xerial/"
+# Jetty checks if class isAssignableFrom javax.servlet.Filter
+# throws exception due to relocation
+allowed_expr+="|^javax/"
 
 allowed_expr+=")"
 declare -i bad_artifacts=0
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml
index 208345d5f5a53..14d2609c0517b 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml
@@ -990,13 +990,6 @@
                         <exclude>**/pom.xml</exclude>
                       </excludes>
                     </relocation>
-                    <relocation>
-                      <pattern>javax/servlet/</pattern>
-                      <shadedPattern>${shaded.dependency.prefix}.javax.servlet.</shadedPattern>
-                      <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/pom.xml</exclude>
-                      </excludes>
-                    </relocation>
                     <relocation>
                       <pattern>javax/ws/</pattern>
                       <shadedPattern>${shaded.dependency.prefix}.javax.ws.</shadedPattern>
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml
index d5185f0fffc41..ae00e25ff6c1a 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -335,13 +335,6 @@
                         <exclude>**/pom.xml</exclude>
                       </excludes>
                     </relocation>
-                    <relocation>
-                      <pattern>javax/servlet/</pattern>
-                      <shadedPattern>${shaded.dependency.prefix}.javax.servlet.</shadedPattern>
-                      <excludes>
-                        <exclude>**/pom.xml</exclude>
-                      </excludes>
-                    </relocation>
                     <relocation>
                       <pattern>javax/activation/</pattern>
                       <shadedPattern>${shaded.dependency.prefix}.javax.activation.</shadedPattern>