diff --git a/resource-managers/mesos/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala b/resource-managers/mesos/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
index 96a553510db16..5b5f449548988 100644
--- a/resource-managers/mesos/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/mesos/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/mesos/MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ private[spark] class MesosCoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend(
   extends CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend(scheduler, sc.env.rpcEnv)
     with org.apache.mesos.Scheduler with MesosSchedulerUtils {
 
-  private lazy val hadoopDelegationTokenManager: MesosHadoopDelegationTokenManager =
-    new MesosHadoopDelegationTokenManager(conf, sc.hadoopConfiguration, driverEndpoint)
-      
   private val maxCoresOption = conf.get(config.CORES_MAX)
 
   private val executorCoresOption = conf.getOption(config.EXECUTOR_CORES.key).map(_.toInt)