diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/amrmproxy/FederationInterceptor.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/amrmproxy/FederationInterceptor.java
index 5d165c995843f..992dc823dfc7f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/amrmproxy/FederationInterceptor.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/amrmproxy/FederationInterceptor.java
@@ -1446,11 +1446,6 @@ protected void mergeAllocateResponse(AllocateResponse homeResponse,
       }
     }
 
-    if (otherResponse.getApplicationPriority() != null) {
-      homeResponse.setApplicationPriority(
-          otherResponse.getApplicationPriority());
-    }
-
     homeResponse.setNumClusterNodes(
         homeResponse.getNumClusterNodes() + otherResponse.getNumClusterNodes());