diff --git a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HoodieHiveClient.java b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HoodieHiveClient.java
index 0bd388e70c96f..6d85395d3f6e5 100644
--- a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HoodieHiveClient.java
+++ b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HoodieHiveClient.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.processors.CommandProcessorResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState;
-import org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver;
 import org.apache.hudi.sync.common.AbstractSyncHoodieClient;
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
@@ -62,18 +61,8 @@
 public class HoodieHiveClient extends AbstractSyncHoodieClient {
 
   private static final String HOODIE_LAST_COMMIT_TIME_SYNC = "last_commit_time_sync";
-  // Make sure we have the hive JDBC driver in classpath
-  private static String driverName = HiveDriver.class.getName();
   private static final String HIVE_ESCAPE_CHARACTER = HiveSchemaUtil.HIVE_ESCAPE_CHARACTER;
 
-  static {
-    try {
-      Class.forName(driverName);
-    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Could not find " + driverName + " in classpath. ", e);
-    }
-  }
-
   private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(HoodieHiveClient.class);
   private final PartitionValueExtractor partitionValueExtractor;
   private IMetaStoreClient client;
@@ -426,7 +415,7 @@ private List<CommandProcessorResponse> updateHiveSQLs(List<String> sqls) {
   private void createHiveConnection() {
     if (connection == null) {
       try {
-        Class.forName(HiveDriver.class.getCanonicalName());
+        Class.forName("org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver");
       } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
         LOG.error("Unable to load Hive driver class", e);
         return;