diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveShim.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveShim.scala
index 99c9199e466f9..4ab0599e4477b 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveShim.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveShim.scala
@@ -1327,8 +1327,6 @@ private[client] class Shim_v3_0 extends Shim_v2_3 {
       inheritTableSpecs: Boolean,
       isSkewedStoreAsSubdir: Boolean,
       isSrcLocal: Boolean): Unit = {
-    val session = SparkSession.getActiveSession
-    assert(session.nonEmpty)
     val table = hive.getTable(tableName)
     val loadFileType = if (replace) {
       clazzLoadFileType.getEnumConstants.find(_.toString.equalsIgnoreCase("REPLACE_ALL"))