diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaSparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaSparkContext.scala
index 2a55edd2db0d4..4cbc624ad9cc0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaSparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaSparkContext.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.{InputFormat => NewInputFormat}
 
 import org.apache.spark._
 import org.apache.spark.AccumulatorParam._
-import org.apache.spark.annotation.{DeveloperApi, Experimental}
+import org.apache.spark.annotation.Experimental
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext.fakeClassTag
 import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.{EmptyRDD, HadoopRDD, NewHadoopRDD, RDD}
@@ -688,15 +688,6 @@ class JavaSparkContext(val sc: SparkContext)
     sc.clearFiles()
   }
 
-  /**
-   * :: DeveloperApi ::
-   * Register a listener to receive up-calls from events that happen during execution.
-   */
-  @DeveloperApi
-  def addSparkListener(listener: SparkListener): Unit = {
-    sc.addSparkListener(listener)
-  }
-
   /**
    * Returns the Hadoop configuration used for the Hadoop code (e.g. file systems) we reuse.
    */