diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/avro/HoodieClusteringGroup.avsc b/hudi-common/src/main/avro/HoodieClusteringGroup.avsc
index b2444be84aa00..f2af6b68db873 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/avro/HoodieClusteringGroup.avsc
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/avro/HoodieClusteringGroup.avsc
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
    "namespace":"org.apache.hudi.avro.model",
    "type":"record",
    "name":"HoodieClusteringGroup",
-   "type":"record",
    "fields":[
       {
          /* Group of files that needs to merged. All the slices in a group will belong to same partition initially.