diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 01def222a948d..97a1abef89d2b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -580,7 +580,6 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging {
     _env.initializeShuffleManager()
     _env.initializeMemoryManager(SparkContext.numDriverCores(master, conf))
 
-
     // Create and start the scheduler
     val (sched, ts) = SparkContext.createTaskScheduler(this, master)
     _schedulerBackend = sched
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/plugin/PluginContainerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/plugin/PluginContainerSuite.scala
index b4cfce5f3b050..cdbe5553bc95d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/plugin/PluginContainerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/plugin/PluginContainerSuite.scala
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ class MemoryOverridePlugin extends SparkPlugin {
 }
 
 object MemoryOverridePlugin {
-  var driverContext: PluginContext = _
   var offHeapMemory: Long = _
 }