diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index c709d9ea4b9bf..12b8ede59c0c0 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -934,8 +934,6 @@ object TestSettings {
     // Show full stack trace and duration in test cases.
     testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument("-oDF"),
     testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.JUnit, "-v", "-a"),
-    // Required to detect Junit tests for each project, see also https://github.com/sbt/junit-interface/issues/35
-    crossPaths := false,
     // Enable Junit testing.
     libraryDependencies += "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.11" % "test",
     // `parallelExecutionInTest` controls whether test suites belonging to the same SBT project