diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/ApplicationDescription.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/ApplicationDescription.scala
index 86305d2ea8a0..65a1a8fd7e92 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/ApplicationDescription.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/ApplicationDescription.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ private[spark] class ApplicationDescription(
     val maxCores: Option[Int],
     val memoryPerSlave: Int,
     val command: Command,
-    val sparkHome: Option[String],
     var appUiUrl: String,
     val eventLogDir: Option[String] = None)
   extends Serializable {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala
index c4f5e294a393..696f32a6f573 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocol.scala
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ private[spark] object JsonProtocol {
     ("cores" -> obj.maxCores) ~
     ("memoryperslave" -> obj.memoryPerSlave) ~
     ("user" -> obj.user) ~
-    ("sparkhome" -> obj.sparkHome) ~
     ("command" -> obj.command.toString)
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/client/TestClient.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/client/TestClient.scala
index e15a87bd38fd..30cabc591701 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/client/TestClient.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/client/TestClient.scala
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ private[spark] object TestClient {
       conf = conf, securityManager = new SecurityManager(conf))
     val desc = new ApplicationDescription(
       "TestClient", Some(1), 512, Command("spark.deploy.client.TestExecutor", Seq(), Map(), Seq(),
-        Seq()), Some("dummy-spark-home"), "ignored")
+        Seq()), "ignored")
     val listener = new TestListener
     val client = new AppClient(actorSystem, Array(url), desc, listener, new SparkConf)
     client.start()
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/worker/Worker.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/worker/Worker.scala
index ce425443051b..e007467b89e1 100755
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/worker/Worker.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/worker/Worker.scala
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ private[spark] class Worker(
           logInfo("Asked to launch executor %s/%d for %s".format(appId, execId, appDesc.name))
           val manager = new ExecutorRunner(appId, execId, appDesc, cores_, memory_,
             self, workerId, host,
-            appDesc.sparkHome.map(userSparkHome => new File(userSparkHome)).getOrElse(sparkHome),
+            sparkHome,
             workDir, akkaUrl, conf, ExecutorState.RUNNING)
           executors(appId + "/" + execId) = manager
           manager.start()
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/SparkDeploySchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/SparkDeploySchedulerBackend.scala
index 9c07b3f7b695..8891c0db94b9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/SparkDeploySchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/SparkDeploySchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ private[spark] class SparkDeploySchedulerBackend(
     val command = Command(
       "org.apache.spark.executor.CoarseGrainedExecutorBackend", args, sc.executorEnvs,
       classPathEntries, libraryPathEntries, extraJavaOpts)
-    val sparkHome = sc.getSparkHome()
     val appDesc = new ApplicationDescription(sc.appName, maxCores, sc.executorMemory, command,
-      sparkHome, sc.ui.appUIAddress, sc.eventLogger.map(_.logDir))
+      sc.ui.appUIAddress, sc.eventLogger.map(_.logDir))
 
     client = new AppClient(sc.env.actorSystem, masters, appDesc, this, conf)
     client.start()
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocolSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocolSuite.scala
index 01ab2d549325..88ccecd72e7c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocolSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/JsonProtocolSuite.scala
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class JsonProtocolSuite extends FunSuite {
 
   def createAppDesc(): ApplicationDescription = {
     val cmd = new Command("mainClass", List("arg1", "arg2"), Map(), Seq(), Seq())
-    new ApplicationDescription("name", Some(4), 1234, cmd, Some("sparkHome"), "appUiUrl")
+    new ApplicationDescription("name", Some(4), 1234, cmd, "appUiUrl")
   }
 
   def createAppInfo() : ApplicationInfo = {
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/worker/ExecutorRunnerTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/worker/ExecutorRunnerTest.scala
index e5f748d55500..73c0ccb6a4ac 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/worker/ExecutorRunnerTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/worker/ExecutorRunnerTest.scala
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ExecutorRunnerTest extends FunSuite {
     val sparkHome = sys.env.get("SPARK_HOME").orElse(sys.props.get("spark.home"))
     val appDesc = new ApplicationDescription("app name", Some(8), 500,
       Command("foo", Seq(), Map(), Seq(), Seq()),
-      sparkHome, "appUiUrl")
+      "appUiUrl")
     val appId = "12345-worker321-9876"
     val er = new ExecutorRunner(appId, 1, appDesc, 8, 500, null, "blah", "worker321", f(sparkHome.getOrElse(".")),
       f("ooga"), "blah", new SparkConf, ExecutorState.RUNNING)