diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala
index 678bf8da733f..6e6b1c2a2bcf 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.MetastoreRelation
  * @param ignoreIfExists allow continue working if it's already exists, otherwise
  *                      raise exception
  */
-private[hive]
 case class CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand(
     tableDesc: CatalogTable,
     query: LogicalPlan,
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/ScriptTransformation.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/ScriptTransformation.scala
index d063dd6b7f59..c553c03a9b70 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/ScriptTransformation.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/ScriptTransformation.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.{CircularBuffer, RedirectThread, SerializableConfig
  * @param script the command that should be executed.
  * @param output the attributes that are produced by the script.
  */
-private[hive]
 case class ScriptTransformation(
     input: Seq[Expression],
     script: String,
@@ -338,7 +337,6 @@ private class ScriptTransformationWriterThread(
   }
 }
 
-private[hive]
 object HiveScriptIOSchema {
   def apply(input: ScriptInputOutputSchema): HiveScriptIOSchema = {
     HiveScriptIOSchema(
@@ -357,7 +355,6 @@ object HiveScriptIOSchema {
 /**
  * The wrapper class of Hive input and output schema properties
  */
-private[hive]
 case class HiveScriptIOSchema (
     inputRowFormat: Seq[(String, String)],
     outputRowFormat: Seq[(String, String)],
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
index 1d3c4663c339..c74d948a6fa5 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/orc/OrcFileFormat.scala
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.SerializableConfiguration
  * [[FileFormat]] for reading ORC files. If this is moved or renamed, please update
  * [[DataSource]]'s backwardCompatibilityMap.
  */
-private[sql] class OrcFileFormat
-  extends FileFormat with DataSourceRegister with Serializable {
+class OrcFileFormat extends FileFormat with DataSourceRegister with Serializable {
 
   override def shortName(): String = "orc"