diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index c590f7c6c3e8bdfd281ce6f1374884846fd76d63..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlSerializer.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-/*
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- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
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- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
-
-import java.nio.ByteBuffer
-import java.util.{HashMap => JavaHashMap}
-
-import scala.reflect.ClassTag
-
-import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.{Kryo, Serializer}
-import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.{Input, Output}
-import com.twitter.chill.ResourcePool
-
-import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkEnv}
-import org.apache.spark.network.util.JavaUtils
-import org.apache.spark.serializer.{KryoSerializer, SerializerInstance}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.Decimal
-import org.apache.spark.util.MutablePair
-
-private[sql] class SparkSqlSerializer(conf: SparkConf) extends KryoSerializer(conf) {
-  override def newKryo(): Kryo = {
-    val kryo = super.newKryo()
-    kryo.setRegistrationRequired(false)
-    kryo.register(classOf[MutablePair[_, _]])
-    kryo.register(classOf[org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.GenericRow])
-    kryo.register(classOf[org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.GenericInternalRow])
-    kryo.register(classOf[org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.GenericMutableRow])
-    kryo.register(classOf[java.math.BigDecimal], new JavaBigDecimalSerializer)
-    kryo.register(classOf[BigDecimal], new ScalaBigDecimalSerializer)
-
-    kryo.register(classOf[Decimal])
-    kryo.register(classOf[JavaHashMap[_, _]])
-
-    kryo.setReferences(false)
-    kryo
-  }
-}
-
-private[execution] class KryoResourcePool(size: Int)
-  extends ResourcePool[SerializerInstance](size) {
-
-  val ser: SparkSqlSerializer = {
-    val sparkConf = Option(SparkEnv.get).map(_.conf).getOrElse(new SparkConf())
-    new SparkSqlSerializer(sparkConf)
-  }
-
-  def newInstance(): SerializerInstance = ser.newInstance()
-}
-
-private[sql] object SparkSqlSerializer {
-  @transient lazy val resourcePool = new KryoResourcePool(30)
-
-  private[this] def acquireRelease[O](fn: SerializerInstance => O): O = {
-    val kryo = resourcePool.borrow
-    try {
-      fn(kryo)
-    } finally {
-      resourcePool.release(kryo)
-    }
-  }
-
-  def serialize[T: ClassTag](o: T): Array[Byte] =
-    acquireRelease { k =>
-      JavaUtils.bufferToArray(k.serialize(o))
-    }
-
-  def deserialize[T: ClassTag](bytes: Array[Byte]): T =
-    acquireRelease { k =>
-      k.deserialize[T](ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes))
-    }
-}
-
-private[sql] class JavaBigDecimalSerializer extends Serializer[java.math.BigDecimal] {
-  def write(kryo: Kryo, output: Output, bd: java.math.BigDecimal) {
-    // TODO: There are probably more efficient representations than strings...
-    output.writeString(bd.toString)
-  }
-
-  def read(kryo: Kryo, input: Input, tpe: Class[java.math.BigDecimal]): java.math.BigDecimal = {
-    new java.math.BigDecimal(input.readString())
-  }
-}
-
-private[sql] class ScalaBigDecimalSerializer extends Serializer[BigDecimal] {
-  def write(kryo: Kryo, output: Output, bd: BigDecimal) {
-    // TODO: There are probably more efficient representations than strings...
-    output.writeString(bd.toString)
-  }
-
-  def read(kryo: Kryo, input: Input, tpe: Class[BigDecimal]): BigDecimal = {
-    new java.math.BigDecimal(input.readString())
-  }
-}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RowSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RowSuite.scala
index 4552eb6ce00a53f1c253bb7540d9117672aaf2c4..34936b38fb5d453b4ba0fffcb05beb6ee51bdcf7 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RowSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/RowSuite.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{GenericMutableRow, SpecificMutableRow}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkSqlSerializer
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSQLContext
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
@@ -55,15 +54,6 @@ class RowSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SharedSQLContext {
     assert(row.isNullAt(0))
   }
 
-  test("serialize w/ kryo") {
-    val row = Seq((1, Seq(1), Map(1 -> 1), BigDecimal(1))).toDF().first()
-    val serializer = new SparkSqlSerializer(sparkContext.getConf)
-    val instance = serializer.newInstance()
-    val ser = instance.serialize(row)
-    val de = instance.deserialize(ser).asInstanceOf[Row]
-    assert(de === row)
-  }
-
   test("get values by field name on Row created via .toDF") {
     val row = Seq((1, Seq(1))).toDF("a", "b").first()
     assert(row.getAs[Int]("a") === 1)