diff --git a/python/pyspark/context.py b/python/pyspark/context.py
index efd7828df629c86cc46a9d183c9630a2a76a34b2..597110321a86370c29063052eb892f9213a4bfb3 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/context.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/context.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class SparkContext(object):
     _active_spark_context = None
     _lock = Lock()
     _python_includes = None # zip and egg files that need to be added to PYTHONPATH
-    StorageLevel = None
 
     def __init__(self, master, jobName, sparkHome=None, pyFiles=None,
         environment=None, batchSize=1024):