diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala
index 59708e7a0f2ff..19028939f3673 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/test/TestHive.scala
@@ -530,8 +530,6 @@ private[hive] class TestHiveSparkSession(
       // For some reason, RESET does not reset the following variables...
       // https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-9004
       metadataHive.runSqlHive("set hive.table.parameters.default=")
-      metadataHive.runSqlHive("set datanucleus.cache.collections=true")
-      metadataHive.runSqlHive("set datanucleus.cache.collections.lazy=true")
       // Lots of tests fail if we do not change the partition whitelist from the default.
       metadataHive.runSqlHive("set hive.metastore.partition.name.whitelist.pattern=.*")