diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/ResourceRequest.java b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/ResourceRequest.java
index db161077..3c4a4d23 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/ResourceRequest.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/client/request/ResourceRequest.java
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ protected String doHttpRequest(String strURL, String method, String data) {
       HttpURLConnection conn = new AuthenticatedURL().openConnection(url, token);
 
       conn.setRequestMethod(method);
-//      Provide name of user executing request
-      conn.setRequestProperty(SqoopProtocolConstants.HEADER_SQOOP_USERNAME, System.getProperty("user.name"));
 //      Sqoop is using JSON for data transfers
       conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
 //      Transfer client locale to return client specific data
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/common/SqoopProtocolConstants.java b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/common/SqoopProtocolConstants.java
index d08c855d..8f4f7091 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/common/SqoopProtocolConstants.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/common/SqoopProtocolConstants.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 package org.apache.sqoop.common;
 
 public final class SqoopProtocolConstants {
-  public static final String HEADER_SQOOP_USERNAME = "sqoop-user-name";
-
   public static final String HEADER_SQOOP_ERROR_CODE = "sqoop-error-code";
 
   public static final String HEADER_SQOOP_ERROR_MESSAGE = "sqoop-error-message";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/server/RequestContext.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/server/RequestContext.java
index 54e9cca0..d0963f5b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/server/RequestContext.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/server/RequestContext.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.sqoop.server;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.client.PseudoAuthenticator;
 import org.apache.sqoop.common.SqoopException;
-import org.apache.sqoop.common.SqoopProtocolConstants;
 import org.apache.sqoop.server.common.ServerError;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -119,6 +119,6 @@ public Locale getAcceptLanguageHeader() {
    * @return Name of user sending the request
    */
   public String getUserName() {
-	return request.getHeader(SqoopProtocolConstants.HEADER_SQOOP_USERNAME);
+    return request.getParameter(PseudoAuthenticator.USER_NAME);
   }
 }