diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 66a8b5a6f7fa..8196af731c35 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -352,10 +352,7 @@ object SparkBuild extends PomBuild {
         "org.apache.spark.util.collection"
       ).mkString(":"),
       "-doc-title", "Spark " + version.value.replaceAll("-SNAPSHOT", "") + " ScalaDoc"
-    ) ++ {
-      // Do not attempt to scaladoc javadoc comments under 2.12 since it can't handle inner classes
-      if (scalaBinaryVersion.value == "2.12") Seq("-no-java-comments") else Seq.empty
-    },
+    ),
 
     // disable Mima check for all modules,
     // to be enabled in specific ones that have previous artifacts