diff --git a/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala b/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
index 0a53aaca404e6bdbb86b6fd2a5e596b1b57c2a69..45791c69b4cb78de585c13024bed42bacc63de98 100644
--- a/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/compatibility/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveCompatibilitySuite.scala
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class HiveCompatibilitySuite extends HiveQueryFileTest with BeforeAndAfter {
   private val originalLocale = Locale.getDefault
   private val originalColumnBatchSize = TestHive.conf.columnBatchSize
   private val originalInMemoryPartitionPruning = TestHive.conf.inMemoryPartitionPruning
-  private val originalConvertMetastoreOrc = TestHive.conf.getConf(HiveUtils.CONVERT_METASTORE_ORC)
   private val originalCrossJoinEnabled = TestHive.conf.crossJoinEnabled
   private val originalSessionLocalTimeZone = TestHive.conf.sessionLocalTimeZone
 
@@ -58,9 +57,6 @@ class HiveCompatibilitySuite extends HiveQueryFileTest with BeforeAndAfter {
     TestHive.setConf(SQLConf.COLUMN_BATCH_SIZE, 5)
     // Enable in-memory partition pruning for testing purposes
     TestHive.setConf(SQLConf.IN_MEMORY_PARTITION_PRUNING, true)
-    // Ensures that the plans generation use metastore relation and not OrcRelation
-    // Was done because SqlBuilder does not work with plans having logical relation
-    TestHive.setConf(HiveUtils.CONVERT_METASTORE_ORC, false)
     // Ensures that cross joins are enabled so that we can test them
     TestHive.setConf(SQLConf.CROSS_JOINS_ENABLED, true)
     // Fix session local timezone to America/Los_Angeles for those timezone sensitive tests
@@ -76,7 +72,6 @@ class HiveCompatibilitySuite extends HiveQueryFileTest with BeforeAndAfter {
       Locale.setDefault(originalLocale)
       TestHive.setConf(SQLConf.COLUMN_BATCH_SIZE, originalColumnBatchSize)
       TestHive.setConf(SQLConf.IN_MEMORY_PARTITION_PRUNING, originalInMemoryPartitionPruning)
-      TestHive.setConf(HiveUtils.CONVERT_METASTORE_ORC, originalConvertMetastoreOrc)
       TestHive.setConf(SQLConf.CROSS_JOINS_ENABLED, originalCrossJoinEnabled)
       TestHive.setConf(SQLConf.SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE, originalSessionLocalTimeZone)