diff --git a/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroSuite.scala b/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroSuite.scala
index 3f2744014c199..b4a77b59f4c1d 100644
--- a/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroSuite.scala
+++ b/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/avro/AvroSuite.scala
@@ -1521,12 +1521,10 @@ class AvroV2Suite extends AvroSuite {
         .write
         .format("avro")
         .partitionBy("p1", "p2")
-        .option("header", true)
         .save(dir.getCanonicalPath)
       val df = spark
         .read
         .format("avro")
-        .option("header", true)
         .load(dir.getCanonicalPath)
         .where("p1 = 1 and p2 = 2 and value != \"a\"")