diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/features/KerberosConfDriverFeatureStep.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/features/KerberosConfDriverFeatureStep.scala
index 26090377c887..cb0a059e5047 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/features/KerberosConfDriverFeatureStep.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/features/KerberosConfDriverFeatureStep.scala
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ private[spark] class KerberosConfDriverFeatureStep(kubernetesConf: KubernetesDri
   private val existingSecretItemKey = kubernetesConf.get(KUBERNETES_KERBEROS_DT_SECRET_ITEM_KEY)
   private val krb5File = kubernetesConf.get(KUBERNETES_KERBEROS_KRB5_FILE)
   private val krb5CMap = kubernetesConf.get(KUBERNETES_KERBEROS_KRB5_CONFIG_MAP)
-  private val hadoopConf = SparkHadoopUtil.get.newConfiguration(kubernetesConf.sparkConf)
 
   KubernetesUtils.requireNandDefined(
     krb5File,