diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/ExecutorClassLoader.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/ExecutorClassLoader.scala
index 48d7f150ad9b..6f8138da6f4f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/ExecutorClassLoader.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/executor/ExecutorClassLoader.scala
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ class ExecutorClassLoader(
 
   val parentLoader = new ParentClassLoader(parent)
 
-  // Allows HTTP connect and read timeouts to be controlled for testing / debugging purposes
-  private[executor] var httpUrlConnectionTimeoutMillis: Int = -1
-
   private val fetchFn: (String) => InputStream = uri.getScheme() match {
     case "spark" => getClassFileInputStreamFromSparkRPC
     case _ =>