diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/tuning/TrainValidationSplit.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/tuning/TrainValidationSplit.scala
index 2fe5c5f7bf8f5..70fa5f0234753 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/tuning/TrainValidationSplit.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/tuning/TrainValidationSplit.scala
@@ -119,10 +119,6 @@ class TrainValidationSplit @Since("1.5.0") (@Since("1.5.0") override val uid: St
   @Since("1.5.0")
   override def transformSchema(schema: StructType): StructType = transformSchemaImpl(schema)
 
-  @Since("1.5.0")
-  override def validateParams(): Unit = {
-  }
-
   @Since("1.5.0")
   override def copy(extra: ParamMap): TrainValidationSplit = {
     val copied = defaultCopy(extra).asInstanceOf[TrainValidationSplit]
diff --git a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/tuning/CrossValidatorSuite.scala b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/tuning/CrossValidatorSuite.scala
index a3a8760dee376..7af3c6d6ede47 100644
--- a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/tuning/CrossValidatorSuite.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/tuning/CrossValidatorSuite.scala
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ class CrossValidatorSuite
       .setEstimatorParamMaps(paramMaps)
       .setEvaluator(eval)
 
+    cv.transformSchema(new StructType()) // This should pass.
+
     val invalidParamMaps = paramMaps :+ ParamMap(est.inputCol -> "")
     cv.setEstimatorParamMaps(invalidParamMaps)
     intercept[IllegalArgumentException] {