diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
index 9087debde8c41..9554dd15b1d50 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
@@ -212,8 +212,6 @@ private[spark] class Executor(
         val (value, accumUpdates) = try {
           task.run(taskAttemptId = taskId, attemptNumber = attemptNumber)
         } finally {
-          // Note: this memory freeing logic is duplicated in DAGScheduler.runLocallyWithinThread;
-          // when changing this, make sure to update both copies.
           val freedMemory = taskMemoryManager.cleanUpAllAllocatedMemory()
           if (freedMemory > 0) {
             val errMsg = s"Managed memory leak detected; size = $freedMemory bytes, TID = $taskId"
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
index dd55cd8054332..5ef502459b123 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.partial.{ApproximateActionListener, ApproximateEvaluator
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.rpc.RpcTimeout
 import org.apache.spark.storage._
-import org.apache.spark.unsafe.memory.TaskMemoryManager
 import org.apache.spark.util._
 import org.apache.spark.storage.BlockManagerMessages.BlockManagerHeartbeat
 
@@ -128,10 +127,6 @@ class DAGScheduler(
   // This is only safe because DAGScheduler runs in a single thread.
   private val closureSerializer = SparkEnv.get.closureSerializer.newInstance()
 
-
-  /** If enabled, we may run certain actions like take() and first() locally. */
-  private val localExecutionEnabled = sc.getConf.getBoolean("spark.localExecution.enabled", false)
-
   /** If enabled, FetchFailed will not cause stage retry, in order to surface the problem. */
   private val disallowStageRetryForTest = sc.getConf.getBoolean("spark.test.noStageRetry", false)
 
@@ -654,73 +649,6 @@ class DAGScheduler(
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Run a job on an RDD locally, assuming it has only a single partition and no dependencies.
-   * We run the operation in a separate thread just in case it takes a bunch of time, so that we
-   * don't block the DAGScheduler event loop or other concurrent jobs.
-   */
-  protected def runLocally(job: ActiveJob) {
-    logInfo("Computing the requested partition locally")
-    new Thread("Local computation of job " + job.jobId) {
-      override def run() {
-        runLocallyWithinThread(job)
-      }
-    }.start()
-  }
-
-  // Broken out for easier testing in DAGSchedulerSuite.
-  protected def runLocallyWithinThread(job: ActiveJob) {
-    var jobResult: JobResult = JobSucceeded
-    try {
-      val rdd = job.finalStage.rdd
-      val split = rdd.partitions(job.partitions(0))
-      val taskMemoryManager = new TaskMemoryManager(env.executorMemoryManager)
-      val taskContext =
-        new TaskContextImpl(
-          job.finalStage.id,
-          job.partitions(0),
-          taskAttemptId = 0,
-          attemptNumber = 0,
-          taskMemoryManager = taskMemoryManager,
-          runningLocally = true)
-      TaskContext.setTaskContext(taskContext)
-      try {
-        val result = job.func(taskContext, rdd.iterator(split, taskContext))
-        job.listener.taskSucceeded(0, result)
-      } finally {
-        taskContext.markTaskCompleted()
-        TaskContext.unset()
-        // Note: this memory freeing logic is duplicated in Executor.run(); when changing this,
-        // make sure to update both copies.
-        val freedMemory = taskMemoryManager.cleanUpAllAllocatedMemory()
-        if (freedMemory > 0) {
-          if (sc.getConf.getBoolean("spark.unsafe.exceptionOnMemoryLeak", false)) {
-            throw new SparkException(s"Managed memory leak detected; size = $freedMemory bytes")
-          } else {
-            logError(s"Managed memory leak detected; size = $freedMemory bytes")
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    } catch {
-      case e: Exception =>
-        val exception = new SparkDriverExecutionException(e)
-        jobResult = JobFailed(exception)
-        job.listener.jobFailed(exception)
-      case oom: OutOfMemoryError =>
-        val exception = new SparkException("Local job aborted due to out of memory error", oom)
-        jobResult = JobFailed(exception)
-        job.listener.jobFailed(exception)
-    } finally {
-      val s = job.finalStage
-      // clean up data structures that were populated for a local job,
-      // but that won't get cleaned up via the normal paths through
-      // completion events or stage abort
-      stageIdToStage -= s.id
-      jobIdToStageIds -= job.jobId
-      listenerBus.post(SparkListenerJobEnd(job.jobId, clock.getTimeMillis(), jobResult))
-    }
-  }
-
   /** Finds the earliest-created active job that needs the stage */
   // TODO: Probably should actually find among the active jobs that need this
   // stage the one with the highest priority (highest-priority pool, earliest created).
@@ -801,29 +729,20 @@ class DAGScheduler(
     if (finalStage != null) {
       val job = new ActiveJob(jobId, finalStage, func, partitions, callSite, listener, properties)
       clearCacheLocs()
-      logInfo("Got job %s (%s) with %d output partitions (allowLocal=%s)".format(
-        job.jobId, callSite.shortForm, partitions.length, allowLocal))
+      logInfo("Got job %s (%s) with %d output partitions".format(
+        job.jobId, callSite.shortForm, partitions.length))
       logInfo("Final stage: " + finalStage + "(" + finalStage.name + ")")
       logInfo("Parents of final stage: " + finalStage.parents)
       logInfo("Missing parents: " + getMissingParentStages(finalStage))
-      val shouldRunLocally =
-        localExecutionEnabled && allowLocal && finalStage.parents.isEmpty && partitions.length == 1
       val jobSubmissionTime = clock.getTimeMillis()
-      if (shouldRunLocally) {
-        // Compute very short actions like first() or take() with no parent stages locally.
-        listenerBus.post(
-          SparkListenerJobStart(job.jobId, jobSubmissionTime, Seq.empty, properties))
-        runLocally(job)
-      } else {
-        jobIdToActiveJob(jobId) = job
-        activeJobs += job
-        finalStage.resultOfJob = Some(job)
-        val stageIds = jobIdToStageIds(jobId).toArray
-        val stageInfos = stageIds.flatMap(id => stageIdToStage.get(id).map(_.latestInfo))
-        listenerBus.post(
-          SparkListenerJobStart(job.jobId, jobSubmissionTime, stageInfos, properties))
-        submitStage(finalStage)
-      }
+      jobIdToActiveJob(jobId) = job
+      activeJobs += job
+      finalStage.resultOfJob = Some(job)
+      val stageIds = jobIdToStageIds(jobId).toArray
+      val stageInfos = stageIds.flatMap(id => stageIdToStage.get(id).map(_.latestInfo))
+      listenerBus.post(
+        SparkListenerJobStart(job.jobId, jobSubmissionTime, stageInfos, properties))
+      submitStage(finalStage)
     }
     submitWaitingStages()
   }