diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bf180b15001..2947def227d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
       - name: Compile Ozone using Java ${{ matrix.java }}
-        run: hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/build.sh -Pdist -Dskip.npx -Dskip.installnpx -Dmaven.javadoc.failOnWarnings=${{ matrix.java != 8 }} -Djavac.version=${{ matrix.java }} ${{ inputs.ratis_args }}
+        run: hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/build.sh -Pdist -DskipRecon -Dmaven.javadoc.failOnWarnings=${{ matrix.java != 8 }} -Djavac.version=${{ matrix.java }} ${{ inputs.ratis_args }}
         env:
           OZONE_WITH_COVERAGE: false
           DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/intermittent-test-check.yml b/.github/workflows/intermittent-test-check.yml
index 33a1ee2c6e1..cb765f36217 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/intermittent-test-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/intermittent-test-check.yml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 8
       - name: Build (most) of Ozone
         run: |
-          args="-Dskip.npx -Dskip.installnpx -DskipShade -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true"
+          args="-DskipRecon -DskipShade -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true"
           if [[ "${{ github.event.inputs.ratis-ref }}" != "" ]]; then
             args="$args -Dratis.version=${{ needs.ratis.outputs.ratis-version }}"
             args="$args -Dratis.thirdparty.version=${{ needs.ratis.outputs.thirdparty-version }}"
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/checkstyle.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/checkstyle.sh
index 18ae3905975..edab230766c 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/checkstyle.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/checkstyle.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ REPORT_DIR=${OUTPUT_DIR:-"$DIR/../../../target/checkstyle"}
 mkdir -p "$REPORT_DIR"
 REPORT_FILE="$REPORT_DIR/summary.txt"
 
-MAVEN_OPTIONS='-B -fae -Dskip.npx -Dskip.installnpx -Dcheckstyle.failOnViolation=false --no-transfer-progress'
+MAVEN_OPTIONS='-B -fae -DskipRecon -Dcheckstyle.failOnViolation=false --no-transfer-progress'
 
 declare -i rc
 mvn ${MAVEN_OPTIONS} checkstyle:check > "${REPORT_DIR}/output.log"
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh
index 8c61c524a9e..95555c177f1 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/findbugs.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ source "${DIR}/_lib.sh"
 
 install_spotbugs
 
-MAVEN_OPTIONS='-B -fae -Dskip.npx -Dskip.installnpx --no-transfer-progress'
+MAVEN_OPTIONS='-B -fae -DskipRecon --no-transfer-progress'
 
 if [[ "${OZONE_WITH_COVERAGE}" != "true" ]]; then
   MAVEN_OPTIONS="${MAVEN_OPTIONS} -Djacoco.skip"
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/junit.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/junit.sh
index f0002d4eedc..fa3c219c960 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/junit.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/junit.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if [[ ${ITERATIONS} -le 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx4096m ${MAVEN_OPTS:-}"
-MAVEN_OPTIONS="-B -V -Dskip.npx -Dskip.installnpx -Dnative.lib.tmp.dir=/tmp --no-transfer-progress"
+MAVEN_OPTIONS="-B -V -DskipRecon -Dnative.lib.tmp.dir=/tmp --no-transfer-progress"
 
 if [[ "${OZONE_WITH_COVERAGE}" != "true" ]]; then
   MAVEN_OPTIONS="${MAVEN_OPTIONS} -Djacoco.skip"
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/license.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/license.sh
index 90accc85662..304b84e539e 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/license.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/license.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ DEFAULT_SRC="target/generated-sources/license/THIRD-PARTY.txt"
 src="${1:-${DEFAULT_SRC}}"
 
 if [[ ! -e ${src} ]]; then
-  MAVEN_OPTIONS="-B -fae -Dskip.npx -Dskip.installnpx --no-transfer-progress ${MAVEN_OPTIONS:-}"
+  MAVEN_OPTIONS="-B -fae -DskipRecon --no-transfer-progress ${MAVEN_OPTIONS:-}"
   mvn ${MAVEN_OPTIONS} license:aggregate-add-third-party | tee "${REPORT_DIR}/output.log"
   src="${DEFAULT_SRC}"
 fi
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/sonar.sh b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/sonar.sh
index 27a971f691c..b9948a31d4e 100755
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/sonar.sh
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dev-support/checks/sonar.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if [ ! "$SONAR_TOKEN" ]; then
 fi
 
 
-mvn -V -B -DskipShade -DskipTests -Dskip.npx -Dskip.installnpx --no-transfer-progress \
+mvn -V -B -DskipShade -DskipTests -DskipRecon --no-transfer-progress \
   -Dsonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths="$(pwd)/target/coverage/all.xml" \
   -Dsonar.host.url=https://sonarcloud.io -Dsonar.organization=apache -Dsonar.projectKey=hadoop-ozone \
   verify org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:3.6.0.1398:sonar
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/dist/pom.xml
index e010ecdb60f..1da959002a3 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/pom.xml
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
       <artifactId>hdds-container-service</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ozone-recon</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
       <artifactId>ozone-s3gateway</artifactId>
@@ -234,21 +238,6 @@
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>build-with-recon</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!skipRecon</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-
-      <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.ozone</groupId>
-          <artifactId>ozone-recon</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
 
     <profile>
       <!-- turn on the profile to copy all the required jar files to measure coverage -->
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
index ed118c89472..a8b32c686a0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     <module>ozonefs-common</module>
     <module>ozonefs</module>
     <module>datanode</module>
+    <module>recon</module>
+    <module>recon-codegen</module>
     <module>s3gateway</module>
     <module>dist</module>
     <module>csi</module>
@@ -396,18 +398,6 @@
         <module>ozonefs-hadoop2</module>
       </modules>
     </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>build-with-recon</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>!skipRecon</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <modules>
-        <module>recon</module>
-        <module>recon-codegen</module>
-      </modules>
-    </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>parallel-tests</id>
       <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89a12e7083a..56ab9252aec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2107,12 +2107,26 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
       <properties>
         <test>void</test>
         <skip.npx>true</skip.npx>
-        <skip.installnpx>true</skip.installnpx>
+        <skip.installnodenpm>true</skip.installnodenpm>
         <skipDocs>true</skipDocs>
         <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
         <maven.shade.skip>true</maven.shade.skip>
       </properties>
     </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>skip-frontend</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>skipRecon</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <properties>
+        <skip.npx>true</skip.npx>
+        <skip.installnodenpm>true</skip.installnodenpm>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+
     <profile>
       <!-- @Native tests are excluded by default.  This profile removes the exclusion if native build is enabled. -->
       <id>rocks-native-tests</id>