diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonFileFormat.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonFileFormat.scala
index a57fc971b577..ed096cf289b5 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonFileFormat.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/json/JsonFileFormat.scala
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ case class JsonFileFormat() extends TextBasedFileFormat with DataSourceRegister
       hadoopConf: Configuration): PartitionedFile => Iterator[InternalRow] = {
     val broadcastedHadoopConf =
       SerializableConfiguration.broadcast(sparkSession.sparkContext, hadoopConf)
-      sparkSession.sparkContext.broadcast(new SerializableConfiguration(hadoopConf))
 
     val parsedOptions = new JSONOptionsInRead(
       options,