diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/NoSuchItemException.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/NoSuchItemException.scala
index 805f3080c8472..5813c2fa4dad3 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/NoSuchItemException.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/NoSuchItemException.scala
@@ -74,19 +74,17 @@ case class NoSuchPartitionException(
 case class NoSuchPermanentFunctionException(db: String, func: String)
   extends AnalysisException(s"Function '$func' not found in database '$db'")
 
-case class NoSuchFunctionException(
-    override val message: String,
-    override val cause: Option[Throwable])
-  extends AnalysisException(message, cause = cause) {
+case class NoSuchFunctionException(override val message: String)
+  extends AnalysisException(message) {
 
-  def this(db: String, func: String, cause: Option[Throwable] = None) = {
+  def this(db: String, func: String) = {
     this(s"Undefined function: '$func'. " +
-        s"This function is neither a registered temporary function nor " +
-        s"a permanent function registered in the database '$db'.", cause = cause)
+        "This function is neither a registered temporary function nor " +
+        s"a permanent function registered in the database '$db'.")
   }
 
   def this(identifier: Identifier) = {
-    this(s"Undefined function: ${identifier.quoted}", cause = None)
+    this(s"Undefined function: ${identifier.quoted}")
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalog.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalog.scala
index 5d5d8b202c533..1ada2ffa4fc15 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalog.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
-import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.FunctionRegistry.FunctionBuilder
@@ -1588,10 +1587,9 @@ class SessionCatalog(
       TableFunctionRegistry.builtin.functionExists(name)
   }
 
-  protected[sql] def failFunctionLookup(
-      name: FunctionIdentifier, cause: Option[Throwable] = None): Nothing = {
+  protected[sql] def failFunctionLookup(name: FunctionIdentifier): Nothing = {
     throw new NoSuchFunctionException(
-      db = name.database.getOrElse(getCurrentDatabase), func = name.funcName, cause)
+      db = name.database.getOrElse(getCurrentDatabase), func = name.funcName)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1732,11 +1730,7 @@ class SessionCatalog(
       // The function has not been loaded to the function registry, which means
       // that the function is a persistent function (if it actually has been registered
       // in the metastore). We need to first put the function in the function registry.
-      val catalogFunction = try {
-        externalCatalog.getFunction(db, funcName)
-      } catch {
-        case _: AnalysisException => failFunctionLookup(qualifiedIdent)
-      }
+      val catalogFunction = externalCatalog.getFunction(db, funcName)
       loadFunctionResources(catalogFunction.resources)
       // Please note that qualifiedName is provided by the user. However,
       // catalogFunction.identifier.unquotedString is returned by the underlying
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalogSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalogSuite.scala
index 62491e04831cc..6ed14bd641653 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalogSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/SessionCatalogSuite.scala
@@ -1728,20 +1728,6 @@ abstract class SessionCatalogSuite extends AnalysisTest with Eventually {
     }
   }
 
-  test("SPARK-24544: test print actual failure cause when look up function failed") {
-    withBasicCatalog { catalog =>
-      val cause = intercept[NoSuchFunctionException] {
-        catalog.failFunctionLookup(FunctionIdentifier("failureFunc"),
-          Some(new Exception("Actual error")))
-      }
-
-      // fullStackTrace will be printed, but `cause.getMessage` has been
-      // override in `AnalysisException`,so here we get the root cause
-      // exception message for check.
-      assert(cause.cause.get.getMessage.contains("Actual error"))
-    }
-  }
-
   test("expire table relation cache if TTL is configured") {
     case class TestCommand() extends LeafCommand