diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala
index 81bcf5a6f32dd114df1079e0dd0d21cb9c46bb65..edf8a5be64ff108f227ef49aea05f2779c268a0e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala
@@ -342,11 +342,6 @@ private[sql] abstract class SparkStrategies extends QueryPlanner[SparkPlan] {
         ExecutedCommand(
           RunnableDescribeCommand(resultPlan, resultPlan.output, isExtended)) :: Nil
 
-      case LogicalDescribeCommand(table, isExtended) =>
-        val resultPlan = self.sqlContext.executePlan(table).executedPlan
-        ExecutedCommand(
-          RunnableDescribeCommand(resultPlan, resultPlan.output, isExtended)) :: Nil
-
       case _ => Nil
     }
   }