diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index bab50f5ce288..0777c5b1f03d 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -258,35 +258,6 @@
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
     <testOutputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
-              <target>
-                <property name="spark.classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath" />
-                <property environment="env" />
-                <fail message="Please set the SCALA_HOME (or SCALA_LIBRARY_PATH if scala is on the path) environment variables and retry.">
-                  <condition>
-                    <not>
-                      <or>
-                        <isset property="env.SCALA_HOME" />
-                        <isset property="env.SCALA_LIBRARY_PATH" />
-                      </or>
-                    </not>
-                  </condition>
-                </fail>
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
         <artifactId>scalatest-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86264d1132ec..d097d91bd450 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -809,6 +809,10 @@
             <filereports>${project.build.directory}/SparkTestSuite.txt</filereports>
             <argLine>-Xmx3g -XX:MaxPermSize=${MaxPermGen} -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=512m</argLine>
             <stderr/>
+            <environmentVariables>
+              <SPARK_HOME>${session.executionRootDirectory}</SPARK_HOME>
+              <SPARK_TESTING>1</SPARK_TESTING>
+            </environmentVariables>
           </configuration>
           <executions>
             <execution>
diff --git a/repl/pom.xml b/repl/pom.xml
index b761a176ce25..bcdb24b040cc 100644
--- a/repl/pom.xml
+++ b/repl/pom.xml
@@ -92,42 +92,12 @@
     <outputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/classes</outputDirectory>
     <testOutputDirectory>target/scala-${scala.binary.version}/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
-              <target>
-                <property name="spark.classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath" />
-                <property environment="env" />
-                <fail message="Please set the SCALA_HOME (or SCALA_LIBRARY_PATH if scala is on the path) environment variables and retry.">
-                  <condition>
-                    <not>
-                      <or>
-                        <isset property="env.SCALA_HOME" />
-                        <isset property="env.SCALA_LIBRARY_PATH" />
-                      </or>
-                    </not>
-                  </condition>
-                </fail>
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
         <artifactId>scalatest-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <environmentVariables>
             <SPARK_HOME>${basedir}/..</SPARK_HOME>
-            <SPARK_TESTING>1</SPARK_TESTING>
           </environmentVariables>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/yarn/pom.xml b/yarn/pom.xml
index 6993c89525d8..2811ffffbdfa 100644
--- a/yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/yarn/pom.xml
@@ -117,42 +117,12 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>test</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
-              <target>
-                <property name="spark.classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath" />
-                <property environment="env" />
-                <fail message="Please set the SCALA_HOME (or SCALA_LIBRARY_PATH if scala is on the path) environment variables and retry.">
-                  <condition>
-                    <not>
-                      <or>
-                        <isset property="env.SCALA_HOME" />
-                        <isset property="env.SCALA_LIBRARY_PATH" />
-                      </or>
-                    </not>
-                  </condition>
-                </fail>
-              </target>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
         <artifactId>scalatest-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <environmentVariables>
             <SPARK_HOME>${basedir}/../..</SPARK_HOME>
-            <SPARK_TESTING>1</SPARK_TESTING>
             <SPARK_CLASSPATH>${spark.classpath}</SPARK_CLASSPATH>
           </environmentVariables>
         </configuration>