diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/PythonRunner.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/PythonRunner.scala
index dc68b1fbda8bb..b66c3ba4d5fb0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/PythonRunner.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/PythonRunner.scala
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ object PythonRunner {
     val builder = new ProcessBuilder(Seq(pythonExec, "-u", formattedPythonFile) ++ otherArgs)
     val env = builder.environment()
     env.put("PYTHONPATH", pythonPath)
-    env.put("PYSPARK_PYTHON", pythonExec)
     env.put("PYSPARK_GATEWAY_PORT", "" + gatewayServer.getListeningPort)
     builder.redirectErrorStream(true) // Ugly but needed for stdout and stderr to synchronize
     val process = builder.start()
diff --git a/python/pyspark/java_gateway.py b/python/pyspark/java_gateway.py
index f3c6d231ab777..6650a4cd10be4 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/java_gateway.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/java_gateway.py
@@ -118,4 +118,5 @@ def run(self):
     java_import(gateway.jvm, "org.apache.spark.sql.hive.LocalHiveContext")
     java_import(gateway.jvm, "org.apache.spark.sql.hive.TestHiveContext")
     java_import(gateway.jvm, "scala.Tuple2")
+
     return gateway
diff --git a/python/pyspark/streaming/dstream.py b/python/pyspark/streaming/dstream.py
index d152485a3a17d..f75d7c7f1b259 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/streaming/dstream.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/streaming/dstream.py
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ def get_output(rdd, time):
 # TODO: implement countByWindow
 # TODO: implement reduceByWindow
 
-# transform Operation
+# Transform Operation
 # TODO: implement transform
 # TODO: implement transformWith
 # Following operation has dependency with transform
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ def get_output(rdd, time):
 # TODO: implement cogroup
 # TODO: implement join
 # TODO: implement leftOuterJoin
-# TODO: implemtnt rightOuterJoin
+# TODO: implement rightOuterJoin
 
 
 class PipelinedDStream(DStream):