diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad849112ce..234fd5dea1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1958,7 +1958,6 @@
               <spark.master.rest.enabled>false</spark.master.rest.enabled>
               <spark.ui.enabled>false</spark.ui.enabled>
               <spark.ui.showConsoleProgress>false</spark.ui.showConsoleProgress>
-              <spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts>true</spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts>
               <spark.unsafe.exceptionOnMemoryLeak>true</spark.unsafe.exceptionOnMemoryLeak>
               <!-- Needed by sql/hive tests. -->
               <test.src.tables>src</test.src.tables>
@@ -1997,7 +1996,6 @@
               <spark.testing>1</spark.testing>
               <spark.ui.enabled>false</spark.ui.enabled>
               <spark.ui.showConsoleProgress>false</spark.ui.showConsoleProgress>
-              <spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts>true</spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts>
               <spark.unsafe.exceptionOnMemoryLeak>true</spark.unsafe.exceptionOnMemoryLeak>
               <!-- Needed by sql/hive tests. -->
               <test.src.tables>__not_used__</test.src.tables>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 67724c4e9e..f575f0012d 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -632,7 +632,6 @@ object TestSettings {
     javaOptions in Test += "-Dspark.master.rest.enabled=false",
     javaOptions in Test += "-Dspark.ui.enabled=false",
     javaOptions in Test += "-Dspark.ui.showConsoleProgress=false",
-    javaOptions in Test += "-Dspark.driver.allowMultipleContexts=true",
     javaOptions in Test += "-Dspark.unsafe.exceptionOnMemoryLeak=true",
     javaOptions in Test += "-Dsun.io.serialization.extendedDebugInfo=true",
     javaOptions in Test += "-Dderby.system.durability=test",