diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4ee3ccb0bff592ca664df0436078951b8a5b5d0..2bcc55b040a2637c20280035eaa74ec17bd24a80 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -179,9 +179,6 @@
     <jsr305.version>1.3.9</jsr305.version>
     <libthrift.version>0.9.2</libthrift.version>
 
-    <!-- For maven shade plugin (see SPARK-8819) -->
-    <create.dependency.reduced.pom>false</create.dependency.reduced.pom>
-
     <test.java.home>${java.home}</test.java.home>
 
     <!--