diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala
index 07361cfdce9da..9284b35fb3e35 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.test
 
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.URI
-import java.util.{Set => JavaSet}
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.collection.mutable
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ import scala.collection.mutable
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf.ConfVars
-import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FunctionRegistry
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.`lazy`.LazySimpleSerDe
 
 import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkContext}
@@ -523,12 +521,6 @@ private[hive] class TestHiveSparkSession(
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Records the UDFs present when the server starts, so we can delete ones that are created by
-   * tests.
-   */
-  protected val originalUDFs: JavaSet[String] = FunctionRegistry.getFunctionNames
-
   /**
    * Resets the test instance by deleting any table, view, temp view, and UDF that have been created
    */