diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 214babdfdf6b1..f64280e6f92dc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -223,26 +223,7 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging {
   private[spark] val ui = new SparkUI(this)
 
   /** A default Hadoop Configuration for the Hadoop code (e.g. file systems) that we reuse. */
-  val hadoopConfiguration: Configuration = {
-    val hadoopConf = SparkHadoopUtil.get.newConfiguration()
-    // Explicitly check for S3 environment variables
-    if (System.getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID") != null &&
-        System.getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY") != null) {
-      hadoopConf.set("fs.s3.awsAccessKeyId", System.getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"))
-      hadoopConf.set("fs.s3n.awsAccessKeyId", System.getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"))
-      hadoopConf.set("fs.s3.awsSecretAccessKey", System.getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"))
-      hadoopConf.set("fs.s3n.awsSecretAccessKey", System.getenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"))
-    }
-    // Copy any "spark.hadoop.foo=bar" system properties into conf as "foo=bar"
-    conf.getAll.foreach { case (key, value) =>
-      if (key.startsWith("spark.hadoop.")) {
-        hadoopConf.set(key.substring("spark.hadoop.".length), value)
-      }
-    }
-    val bufferSize = conf.get("spark.buffer.size", "65536")
-    hadoopConf.set("io.file.buffer.size", bufferSize)
-    hadoopConf
-  }
+  val hadoopConfiguration = SparkHadoopUtil.get.newConfiguration(conf)
 
   // Optionally log Spark events
   private[spark] val eventLogger: Option[EventLoggingListener] = {