diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
index 0b70edec8e37a..a147fff274139 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ abstract class Optimizer(sessionCatalog: SessionCatalog, conf: CatalystConf)
       ReplaceExceptWithAntiJoin,
       ReplaceDistinctWithAggregate) ::
     Batch("Aggregate", fixedPoint,
-      RemoveLiteralFromGroupExpressions) ::
+      RemoveLiteralFromGroupExpressions,
+      RemoveRepetitionFromGroupExpressions) ::
     Batch("Operator Optimizations", fixedPoint,
       // Operator push down
       SetOperationPushDown,
@@ -1439,6 +1440,18 @@ object RemoveLiteralFromGroupExpressions extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Removes repetition from group expressions in [[Aggregate]], as they have no effect to the result
+ * but only makes the grouping key bigger.
+ */
+object RemoveRepetitionFromGroupExpressions extends Rule[LogicalPlan] {
+  def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = plan transform {
+    case a @ Aggregate(grouping, _, _) =>
+      val newGrouping = ExpressionSet(grouping).toSeq
+      a.copy(groupingExpressions = newGrouping)
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Computes the current date and time to make sure we return the same result in a single query.
  */
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/AggregateOptimizeSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/AggregateOptimizeSuite.scala
index e458eb8a1d362..c94dcb33546f8 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/AggregateOptimizeSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/AggregateOptimizeSuite.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.optimizer
 
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.SimpleCatalystConf
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{Analyzer, EmptyFunctionRegistry}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.{InMemoryCatalog, SessionCatalog}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.plans._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Literal
@@ -25,10 +28,14 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LocalRelation, LogicalPlan}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.RuleExecutor
 
 class AggregateOptimizeSuite extends PlanTest {
+  val conf = new SimpleCatalystConf(caseSensitiveAnalysis = false)
+  val catalog = new SessionCatalog(new InMemoryCatalog, EmptyFunctionRegistry, conf)
+  val analyzer = new Analyzer(catalog, conf)
 
   object Optimize extends RuleExecutor[LogicalPlan] {
     val batches = Batch("Aggregate", FixedPoint(100),
-      RemoveLiteralFromGroupExpressions) :: Nil
+      RemoveLiteralFromGroupExpressions,
+      RemoveRepetitionFromGroupExpressions) :: Nil
   }
 
   test("remove literals in grouping expression") {
@@ -42,4 +49,15 @@ class AggregateOptimizeSuite extends PlanTest {
 
     comparePlans(optimized, correctAnswer)
   }
+
+  test("remove repetition in grouping expression") {
+    val input = LocalRelation('a.int, 'b.int, 'c.int)
+
+    val query = input.groupBy('a + 1, 'b + 2, Literal(1) + 'A, Literal(2) + 'B)(sum('c))
+    val optimized = Optimize.execute(analyzer.execute(query))
+
+    val correctAnswer = analyzer.execute(input.groupBy('a + 1, 'b + 2)(sum('c)))
+
+    comparePlans(optimized, correctAnswer)
+  }
 }