diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage-template.html b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage-template.html
index 5a7a252231..a2b3826dd3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage-template.html
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage-template.html
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@
   <tbody>
   {{#applications}}
     <tr>
-      <td class="rowGroupColumn"><span title="{{id}}"><a href="{{url}}">{{id}}</a></span></td>
+      <td class="rowGroupColumn"><span title="{{id}}"><a href="/history/{{id}}/{{num}}/jobs/">{{id}}</a></span></td>
       <td class="rowGroupColumn">{{name}}</td>
       {{#attempts}}
-      <td class="attemptIDSpan"><a href="history/{{id}}/{{attemptId}}/">{{attemptId}}</a></td>
+      <td class="attemptIDSpan"><a href="/history/{{id}}/{{attemptId}}/jobs/">{{attemptId}}</a></td>
       <td>{{startTime}}</td>
       <td>{{endTime}}</td>
       <td><span title="{{duration}}" class="durationClass">{{duration}}</span></td>
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage.js b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage.js
index 6096513154..ef89a9a86f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage.js
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/ui/static/historypage.js
@@ -123,28 +123,13 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         if (app["attempts"].length > 1) {
             hasMultipleAttempts = true;
         }
-
-        var maxAttemptId = null
+        var num = app["attempts"].length;
         for (j in app["attempts"]) {
           var attempt = app["attempts"][j];
-          if (attempt['attemptId'] != null) {
-            if (maxAttemptId == null || attempt['attemptId'] > maxAttemptId) {
-              maxAttemptId = attempt['attemptId']
-            }
-          }
-
           attempt["startTime"] = formatDate(attempt["startTime"]);
           attempt["endTime"] = formatDate(attempt["endTime"]);
           attempt["lastUpdated"] = formatDate(attempt["lastUpdated"]);
-
-          var url = null
-          if (maxAttemptId == null) {
-            url = "history/" + id + "/"
-          } else {
-            url = "history/" + id + "/" + maxAttemptId + "/"
-          }
-
-          var app_clone = {"id" : id, "name" : name, "url" : url, "attempts" : [attempt]};
+          var app_clone = {"id" : id, "name" : name, "num" : num, "attempts" : [attempt]};
           array.push(app_clone);
         }
       }
diff --git a/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ApplicationMaster.scala b/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ApplicationMaster.scala
index 84445d60cd..e941089d1b 100644
--- a/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ApplicationMaster.scala
+++ b/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/ApplicationMaster.scala
@@ -137,12 +137,9 @@ private[spark] class ApplicationMaster(
         System.setProperty("spark.master", "yarn")
         System.setProperty("spark.submit.deployMode", "cluster")
 
-        // Propagate the application ID so that YarnClusterSchedulerBackend can pick it up.
+        // Set this internal configuration if it is running on cluster mode, this
+        // configuration will be checked in SparkContext to avoid misuse of yarn cluster mode.
         System.setProperty("spark.yarn.app.id", appAttemptId.getApplicationId().toString())
-
-        // Propagate the attempt if, so that in case of event logging,
-        // different attempt's logs gets created in different directory
-        System.setProperty("spark.yarn.app.attemptId", appAttemptId.getAttemptId().toString())
       }
 
       logInfo("ApplicationAttemptId: " + appAttemptId)
diff --git a/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnSchedulerBackend.scala b/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnSchedulerBackend.scala
index 0cc158b15a..a8781636f2 100644
--- a/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/YarnSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -96,11 +96,12 @@ private[spark] abstract class YarnSchedulerBackend(
   /**
    * Get the attempt ID for this run, if the cluster manager supports multiple
    * attempts. Applications run in client mode will not have attempt IDs.
+   * This attempt ID only includes attempt counter, like "1", "2".
    *
    * @return The application attempt id, if available.
    */
   override def applicationAttemptId(): Option[String] = {
-    attemptId.map(_.toString)
+    attemptId.map(_.getAttemptId.toString)
   }
 
   /**