diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreRelation.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreRelation.scala
index 10d71bef94d24..88d8d4b8cd316 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreRelation.scala
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ private[hive] case class MetastoreRelation(
     Objects.hashCode(databaseName, tableName, alias, output)
   }
 
-  override protected def otherCopyArgs: Seq[AnyRef] = catalogTable :: client :: sparkSession :: Nil
+  override protected def otherCopyArgs: Seq[AnyRef] = catalogTable :: sparkSession :: Nil
 
   private def toHiveColumn(c: CatalogColumn): FieldSchema = {
     new FieldSchema(c.name, c.dataType, c.comment.orNull)
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreRelationSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreRelationSuite.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f3055dcac4c5..0000000000000
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/MetastoreRelationSuite.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/*
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-* this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-* The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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-*
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-* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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-
-package org.apache.spark.sql.hive
-
-import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.TableIdentifier
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.{CatalogStorageFormat, CatalogTable, CatalogTableType}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, StructField, StructType}
-
-class MetastoreRelationSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
-  test("makeCopy and toJSON should work") {
-    val table = CatalogTable(
-      identifier = TableIdentifier("test", Some("db")),
-      tableType = CatalogTableType.VIEW,
-      storage = CatalogStorageFormat.empty,
-      schema = StructType(StructField("a", IntegerType, true) :: Nil))
-    val relation = MetastoreRelation("db", "test")(table, null, null)
-
-    // No exception should be thrown
-    relation.makeCopy(Array("db", "test"))
-    // No exception should be thrown
-    relation.toJSON
-  }
-}