diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
index 5c7c58aadaf4c..40d8eae644a07 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
@@ -1107,8 +1107,6 @@ class SparkSubmitSuite
         "--master", "local",
         unusedJar.toString)
       val appArgs = new SparkSubmitArguments(args, env = Map("SPARK_CONF_DIR" -> path))
-      assert(appArgs.propertiesFile != null)
-      assert(appArgs.propertiesFile.startsWith(path))
       appArgs.executorMemory should be ("3g")
     }
   }