diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala
index a7f40c6bff0b..01a503db78dd 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ private[spark] object HiveUtils extends Logging {
     //
     // Here we enumerate all time `ConfVar`s and convert their values to numeric strings according
     // to their output time units.
-    Seq(
+    val commonTimeVars = Seq(
       ConfVars.METASTORE_CLIENT_CONNECT_RETRY_DELAY -> TimeUnit.SECONDS,
       ConfVars.METASTORE_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT -> TimeUnit.SECONDS,
       ConfVars.METASTORE_CLIENT_SOCKET_LIFETIME -> TimeUnit.SECONDS,
@@ -207,8 +207,6 @@ private[spark] object HiveUtils extends Logging {
       ConfVars.METASTORE_AGGREGATE_STATS_CACHE_MAX_READER_WAIT -> TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
       ConfVars.HIVES_AUTO_PROGRESS_TIMEOUT -> TimeUnit.SECONDS,
       ConfVars.HIVE_LOG_INCREMENTAL_PLAN_PROGRESS_INTERVAL -> TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
-      ConfVars.HIVE_STATS_JDBC_TIMEOUT -> TimeUnit.SECONDS,
-      ConfVars.HIVE_STATS_RETRIES_WAIT -> TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
       ConfVars.HIVE_LOCK_SLEEP_BETWEEN_RETRIES -> TimeUnit.SECONDS,
       ConfVars.HIVE_ZOOKEEPER_SESSION_TIMEOUT -> TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
       ConfVars.HIVE_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECTION_BASESLEEPTIME -> TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS,
@@ -236,7 +234,18 @@ private[spark] object HiveUtils extends Logging {
       ConfVars.SPARK_RPC_CLIENT_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT -> TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
     ).map { case (confVar, unit) =>
       confVar.varname -> HiveConf.getTimeVar(hadoopConf, confVar, unit).toString
-    }.toMap
+    }
+
+    // The following configurations were removed by HIVE-12164(Hive 2.0)
+    val hardcodingTimeVars = Seq(
+      ("hive.stats.jdbc.timeout", "30s") -> TimeUnit.SECONDS,
+      ("hive.stats.retries.wait", "3000ms") -> TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
+    ).map { case ((key, defaultValue), unit) =>
+      val value = hadoopConf.get(key, defaultValue)
+      key -> HiveConf.toTime(value, unit, unit).toString
+    }
+
+    (commonTimeVars ++ hardcodingTimeVars).toMap
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtilsSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtilsSuite.scala
index 303dd70760a1..daf06645abc2 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtilsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtilsSuite.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.hive
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf.ConfVars
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
@@ -29,6 +30,12 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.ChildFirstURLClassLoader
 
 class HiveUtilsSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with TestHiveSingleton {
 
+  private def testFormatTimeVarsForHiveClient(key: String, value: String, expected: Long): Unit = {
+    val conf = new Configuration
+    conf.set(key, value)
+    assert(HiveUtils.formatTimeVarsForHiveClient(conf)(key) === expected.toString)
+  }
+
   test("newTemporaryConfiguration overwrites listener configurations") {
     Seq(true, false).foreach { useInMemoryDerby =>
       val conf = HiveUtils.newTemporaryConfiguration(useInMemoryDerby)
@@ -61,4 +68,17 @@ class HiveUtilsSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with TestHiveSingleton
       Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(contextClassLoader)
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-27349: Dealing with TimeVars removed in Hive 2.x") {
+    // Test default value
+    val defaultConf = new Configuration
+    assert(HiveUtils.formatTimeVarsForHiveClient(defaultConf)("hive.stats.jdbc.timeout") === "30")
+    assert(HiveUtils.formatTimeVarsForHiveClient(defaultConf)("hive.stats.retries.wait") === "3000")
+
+    testFormatTimeVarsForHiveClient("hive.stats.jdbc.timeout", "40s", 40)
+    testFormatTimeVarsForHiveClient("hive.stats.jdbc.timeout", "1d", 1 * 24 * 60 * 60)
+
+    testFormatTimeVarsForHiveClient("hive.stats.retries.wait", "4000ms", 4000)
+    testFormatTimeVarsForHiveClient("hive.stats.retries.wait", "1d", 1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
+  }
 }