diff --git a/providers/apache/spark/src/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_submit.py b/providers/apache/spark/src/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_submit.py
index 8a2129e967300..290ec50cd9107 100644
--- a/providers/apache/spark/src/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_submit.py
+++ b/providers/apache/spark/src/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_submit.py
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ def __init__(
         self._deploy_mode = deploy_mode
         self._hook: SparkSubmitHook | None = None
         self.post_submit_commands = post_submit_commands
-        self._post_submit_commands = list(post_submit_commands) if post_submit_commands else []
         self._conn_id = conn_id
         self._use_krb5ccache = use_krb5ccache
         self._yarn_track_via_rm_api = yarn_track_via_rm_api
diff --git a/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt b/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
index 01fd5bc56dbb7..4f33b93d0ea84 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
+++ b/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ providers/anthropic/src/airflow/providers/anthropic/operators/agent.py::Anthropi
 providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/hive_partition.py::HivePartitionSensor
 providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/named_hive_partition.py::NamedHivePartitionSensor
 providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/operators/produce.py::ProduceToTopicOperator
-providers/apache/spark/src/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_submit.py::SparkSubmitOperator
 providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/kueue.py::KubernetesInstallKueueOperator
 providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py::KubernetesPodOperator
 providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/resource.py::KubernetesResourceBaseOperator