diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/ShuffleMapTask.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/ShuffleMapTask.scala
index 9ba586f7581cf8b627ddb5527a1faf5cd7dfe968..ed0f56f1abdf5e23f7cecb82614fe9dd0ad11b1f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/ShuffleMapTask.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/ShuffleMapTask.scala
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ private[spark] object ShuffleMapTask {
   }
 
   def deserializeInfo(stageId: Int, bytes: Array[Byte]): (RDD[_], ShuffleDependency[_,_]) = {
-    val loader = Thread.currentThread.getContextClassLoader
     val in = new GZIPInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes))
     val ser = SparkEnv.get.closureSerializer.newInstance()
     val objIn = ser.deserializeStream(in)