diff --git a/testdata/pom.xml b/testdata/pom.xml
index 0b45fc02e..4eb4e7aa3 100644
--- a/testdata/pom.xml
+++ b/testdata/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ under the License.
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>com.cloudera</groupId>
-    <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-  </parent>
   <groupId>org.apache.impala</groupId>
   <artifactId>impala-testdata</artifactId>
   <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>