diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameReader.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameReader.scala
index 2cc937034651..dfba12a5856e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameReader.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameReader.scala
@@ -213,9 +213,8 @@ class DataFrameReader private[sql](sparkSession: SparkSession) extends Logging {
         val objectMapper = new ObjectMapper()
         Some("paths" -> objectMapper.writeValueAsString(paths.toArray))
       }
-      // TODO SPARK-27113: remove this option.
-      val checkFilesExistsOpt = "check_files_exist" -> "true"
-      val finalOptions = sessionOptions ++ extraOptions.toMap ++ pathsOption + checkFilesExistsOpt
+
+      val finalOptions = sessionOptions ++ extraOptions.toMap ++ pathsOption
       val dsOptions = new CaseInsensitiveStringMap(finalOptions.asJava)
       val table = userSpecifiedSchema match {
         case Some(schema) => provider.getTable(dsOptions, schema)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
index e58225e0f58a..3c51edd8ab60 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameWriter.scala
@@ -261,10 +261,9 @@ final class DataFrameWriter[T] private[sql](ds: Dataset[T]) {
       val provider = cls.getConstructor().newInstance().asInstanceOf[TableProvider]
       val sessionOptions = DataSourceV2Utils.extractSessionConfigs(
         provider, session.sessionState.conf)
-      // TODO SPARK-27113: remove this option.
-      val checkFilesExistsOption = "check_files_exist" -> "false"
-      val options = sessionOptions ++ extraOptions + checkFilesExistsOption
+      val options = sessionOptions ++ extraOptions
       val dsOptions = new CaseInsensitiveStringMap(options.asJava)
+
       provider.getTable(dsOptions) match {
         case table: SupportsBatchWrite =>
           lazy val relation = DataSourceV2Relation.create(table, dsOptions)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileTable.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileTable.scala
index 08873a3b5a64..21fb6fda98a9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileTable.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/FileTable.scala
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ abstract class FileTable(
   lazy val fileIndex: PartitioningAwareFileIndex = {
     val scalaMap = options.asScala.toMap
     val hadoopConf = sparkSession.sessionState.newHadoopConfWithOptions(scalaMap)
-    // This is an internal config so must be present.
-    val checkFilesExist = options.get("check_files_exist").toBoolean
     val rootPathsSpecified = DataSource.checkAndGlobPathIfNecessary(paths, hadoopConf,
-      checkEmptyGlobPath = true, checkFilesExist = checkFilesExist)
+      checkEmptyGlobPath = true, checkFilesExist = true)
     val fileStatusCache = FileStatusCache.getOrCreate(sparkSession)
     new InMemoryFileIndex(
       sparkSession, rootPathsSpecified, scalaMap, userSpecifiedSchema, fileStatusCache)