diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
index 5c9bb9db1ce9e9269f394f045a67980826db3c69..0a4f10c94060bdcfa8c68634d446ac7521262aa3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/Executor.scala
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ private[spark] class Executor(
       }
     }
 
-    override def run(): Unit = SparkHadoopUtil.get.runAsUser(sparkUser) { () =>
+    // the runAsUser breaks secure HDFS access. It needs to add the credentials
+    // for the user if running as a user. Comment out for now. 
+    //override def run(): Unit = SparkHadoopUtil.get.runAsUser(sparkUser) { () =>
+    override def run(): Unit = {
       val startTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
       SparkEnv.set(env)
       Thread.currentThread.setContextClassLoader(replClassLoader)