diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aec0cdc9..4a01cd27 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ to identify which configuration options belong to a certain transformer instance
 ##### Spark settings
 | Property Name | Required | Description |
 | :--- | :---: | :--- |
-| `ingestor.spark.app.name` | Yes | User-defined name of the Spark application. See Spark property `spark.app.name` |
 | `ingestor.spark.termination.method` | No | Either `processAllAvailable` (stop query when no more messages are incoming) or `awaitTermination` (stop query on signal, e.g. Ctrl-C). Default: `awaitTermination`. See also [Combination of trigger and termination method](#combination-of-trigger-and-termination-method) |
 | `ingestor.spark.await.termination.timeout` | No | Timeout in milliseconds. Stops query when timeout is reached. This option is only valid with termination method `awaitTermination` |
 
diff --git a/driver/src/main/resources/Ingestion.properties.template b/driver/src/main/resources/Ingestion.properties.template
index 8cbfd437..ca4e38c2 100644
--- a/driver/src/main/resources/Ingestion.properties.template
+++ b/driver/src/main/resources/Ingestion.properties.template
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ component.transformer.id.0=[avro.decoder]
 component.transformer.class.[avro.decoder]=za.co.absa.hyperdrive.ingestor.implementation.transformer.avro.confluent.ConfluentAvroDecodingTransformer
 component.writer=za.co.absa.hyperdrive.ingestor.implementation.writer.parquet.ParquetStreamWriter
 
-# Spark settings
-ingestor.spark.app.name=ingestor-app-pane
-
 # Source(Kafka) settings
 reader.kafka.topic=souce-payload-topic
 reader.kafka.brokers=PLAINTEXT\://broker1\:9091,SSL\://broker2:9092
diff --git a/driver/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/SparkIngestor.scala b/driver/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/SparkIngestor.scala
index f49137b2..e253db29 100644
--- a/driver/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/SparkIngestor.scala
+++ b/driver/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/SparkIngestor.scala
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ object SparkIngestor extends SparkIngestorAttributes {
 
   def apply(conf: Configuration): SparkIngestor = {
     ComponentFactoryUtil.validateConfiguration(conf, getProperties)
-    val spark = getSparkSession(conf)
+    val spark = SparkSession.builder().getOrCreate()
     val terminationMethod = getTerminationMethod(conf)
     val awaitTerminationTimeout = getAwaitTerminationTimeoutMs(conf)
 
@@ -138,10 +138,4 @@ object SparkIngestor extends SparkIngestorAttributes {
         }
       )
   }
-
-  private def getSparkSession(conf: Configuration): SparkSession = {
-    val name = ConfigUtils.getOrThrow(KEY_APP_NAME, conf)
-    SparkSession.builder().appName(name).getOrCreate()
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/driver/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/SparkIngestorAttributes.scala b/driver/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/SparkIngestorAttributes.scala
index a82857e1..a60ebb34 100644
--- a/driver/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/SparkIngestorAttributes.scala
+++ b/driver/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/SparkIngestorAttributes.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import za.co.absa.hyperdrive.ingestor.api.{HasComponentAttributes, PropertyMetad
 
 trait SparkIngestorAttributes extends HasComponentAttributes {
   val keysPrefix = "ingestor.spark"
-  val KEY_APP_NAME = s"$keysPrefix.app.name"
   val KEY_TERMINATION_METHOD = s"$keysPrefix.termination.method"
   val KEY_AWAIT_TERMINATION_TIMEOUT = s"$keysPrefix.await.termination.timeout"
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ trait SparkIngestorAttributes extends HasComponentAttributes {
   override def getDescription: String = "Component that invokes Spark for the ingestion"
 
   override def getProperties: Map[String, PropertyMetadata] = Map(
-    KEY_APP_NAME -> PropertyMetadata("Name of Spark application", None, required = true),
     KEY_TERMINATION_METHOD -> PropertyMetadata("Termination method",
       Some(s"Either '$ProcessAllAvailable' (stop when no more messages arrive) or '$AwaitTermination' (stop on signal)." +
         s" Default is '$ProcessAllAvailable'"), required = false),
diff --git a/driver/src/test/resources/ingestion.properties b/driver/src/test/resources/ingestion.properties
index 391881bd..9e73e2ed 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/resources/ingestion.properties
+++ b/driver/src/test/resources/ingestion.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-ingestor.spark.app.name=any_name
 reader.kafka.brokers=localhost:9092,otherhost:9093
 ssl.keystore.password=any-keystore!!@#$% password
 ssl.truststore.password=kd9910))383(((*-+
diff --git a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/TestSparkIngestor.scala b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/TestSparkIngestor.scala
index a376e5bc..eddfde10 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/TestSparkIngestor.scala
+++ b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/TestSparkIngestor.scala
@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ class TestSparkIngestor extends FlatSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with MockitoSug
 
   private val dataFrame: DataFrame = mock[DataFrame]
   private val streamingQuery: StreamingQuery = mock[StreamingQuery]
-  private val configuration = {
-    val config = new BaseConfiguration
-    config.addProperty(SparkIngestor.KEY_APP_NAME, "my-app-name")
-    config
-  }
+  private val configuration = new BaseConfiguration
 
   override def beforeEach(): Unit = {
     reset(
@@ -100,23 +96,8 @@ class TestSparkIngestor extends FlatSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with MockitoSug
     verify(streamingQuery).awaitTermination()
   }
 
-  it should "use the configured app name" in {
-    val config = new BaseConfiguration
-    config.addProperty(SparkIngestor.KEY_APP_NAME, "my-app-name")
-    val sparkIngestor = SparkIngestor(config)
-
-    sparkIngestor.spark.conf.get("spark.app.name") shouldBe "my-app-name"
-  }
-
-  it should "throw if no app name is configured" in {
-    val throwable = intercept[IllegalArgumentException](SparkIngestor(new BaseConfiguration))
-
-    throwable.getMessage should include(SparkIngestor.KEY_APP_NAME)
-  }
-
   it should "use terminationMethod awaitTermination if configured" in {
     val config = new BaseConfiguration
-    config.addProperty(SparkIngestor.KEY_APP_NAME, "my-spark-app")
     val sparkIngestor = SparkIngestor(config)
     when(streamReader.read(any[SparkSession])).thenReturn(dataFrame)
     when(streamTransformer.transform(dataFrame)).thenReturn(dataFrame)
@@ -129,7 +110,6 @@ class TestSparkIngestor extends FlatSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with MockitoSug
 
   it should "use timeout if configured with terminationMethod awaitTermination" in {
     val config = new BaseConfiguration
-    config.addProperty(SparkIngestor.KEY_APP_NAME, "my-spark-app")
     config.addProperty(s"${SparkIngestor.KEY_AWAIT_TERMINATION_TIMEOUT}", "10000")
     val sparkIngestor = SparkIngestor(config)
     when(streamReader.read(any[SparkSession])).thenReturn(dataFrame)
@@ -143,7 +123,6 @@ class TestSparkIngestor extends FlatSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with MockitoSug
 
   it should "throw if an invalid terminationMethod is configured" in {
     val config = new BaseConfiguration
-    config.addProperty(SparkIngestor.KEY_APP_NAME, "my-spark-app")
     config.addProperty(s"${SparkIngestor.KEY_TERMINATION_METHOD}", "non-existent")
     val throwable = intercept[IllegalArgumentException](SparkIngestor(config))
 
@@ -152,7 +131,6 @@ class TestSparkIngestor extends FlatSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with MockitoSug
 
   it should "throw if a timeout is not a number" in {
     val config = new BaseConfiguration
-    config.addProperty(SparkIngestor.KEY_APP_NAME, "my-spark-app")
     config.addProperty(s"${SparkIngestor.KEY_AWAIT_TERMINATION_TIMEOUT}", "nan")
     val throwable = intercept[IllegalArgumentException](SparkIngestor(config))
 
diff --git a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToKafkaDeduplicationAfterRetryDockerTest.scala b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToKafkaDeduplicationAfterRetryDockerTest.scala
index c675c66d..f6d78058 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToKafkaDeduplicationAfterRetryDockerTest.scala
+++ b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToKafkaDeduplicationAfterRetryDockerTest.scala
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ class KafkaToKafkaDeduplicationAfterRetryDockerTest extends FlatSpec with Matche
       "component.writer" -> "za.co.absa.hyperdrive.ingestor.implementation.writer.kafka.KafkaStreamWriter",
 
       // Spark settings
-      "ingestor.spark.app.name" -> "ingestor-app",
       "ingestor.spark.termination.timeout" -> "60000",
 
       // Source(Kafka) settings
diff --git a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToKafkaDockerTest.scala b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToKafkaDockerTest.scala
index 493ebd64..8e06bd9e 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToKafkaDockerTest.scala
+++ b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToKafkaDockerTest.scala
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ class KafkaToKafkaDockerTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers with SparkTestBase w
       "component.writer" -> "za.co.absa.hyperdrive.ingestor.implementation.writer.kafka.KafkaStreamWriter",
 
       // Spark settings
-      "ingestor.spark.app.name" -> "ingestor-app",
       "ingestor.spark.termination.method" -> "ProcessAllAvailable",
 
       // Source(Kafka) settings
diff --git a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToParquetDockerTest.scala b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToParquetDockerTest.scala
index 418fd4ea..b3f33293 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToParquetDockerTest.scala
+++ b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToParquetDockerTest.scala
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ class KafkaToParquetDockerTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers with SparkTestBase
       "component.transformer.class.column.selector" -> "za.co.absa.hyperdrive.ingestor.implementation.transformer.column.selection.ColumnSelectorStreamTransformer",
       "component.writer" -> "za.co.absa.hyperdrive.ingestor.implementation.writer.parquet.ParquetStreamWriter",
 
-      // Spark settings
-      "ingestor.spark.app.name" -> "ingestor-app",
-
       // Source(Kafka) settings
       "reader.kafka.topic" -> topic,
       "reader.kafka.brokers" -> kafkaSchemaRegistryWrapper.kafkaUrl,
diff --git a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToParquetIncrementingVersionDockerTest.scala b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToParquetIncrementingVersionDockerTest.scala
index feaf3206..038d4ad0 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToParquetIncrementingVersionDockerTest.scala
+++ b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/KafkaToParquetIncrementingVersionDockerTest.scala
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ class KafkaToParquetIncrementingVersionDockerTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers
       "component.transformer.class.[column.renamer]" -> "za.co.absa.hyperdrive.ingestor.implementation.transformer.column.renaming.ColumnRenamingStreamTransformer",
       "component.writer" -> "za.co.absa.hyperdrive.ingestor.implementation.writer.parquet.ParquetStreamWriter",
 
-      // Spark settings
-      "ingestor.spark.app.name" -> "ingestor-app",
-
       // Source(Kafka) settings
       "reader.kafka.topic" -> topic,
       "reader.kafka.brokers" -> kafkaSchemaRegistryWrapper.kafkaUrl,
diff --git a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/TestCommandLineIngestionDriver.scala b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/TestCommandLineIngestionDriver.scala
index 42765fea..53c82eff 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/TestCommandLineIngestionDriver.scala
+++ b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/TestCommandLineIngestionDriver.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package za.co.absa.hyperdrive.driver.drivers
 
 import org.scalatest.{FlatSpec, Matchers}
-import za.co.absa.hyperdrive.driver.SparkIngestor.KEY_APP_NAME
 
 class TestCommandLineIngestionDriver extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
 
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ class TestCommandLineIngestionDriver extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
 
     val config = CommandLineIngestionDriver.parseConfiguration(settings)
 
-    config.getString("ingestor.spark.app.name") shouldBe "any_name"
     config.getStringArray("reader.kafka.brokers") shouldBe Array("localhost:9092", "otherhost:9093")
     config.getString("ssl.keystore.password") shouldBe "any-keystore!!@#$% password"
     config.getString("ssl.truststore.password") shouldBe "kd9910))383(((*-+"
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ class TestCommandLineIngestionDriver extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
   private def getSettings: Array[String] = {
     import za.co.absa.hyperdrive.ingestor.implementation.reader.kafka.KafkaStreamReader.KEY_BROKERS
     Array(
-      s"$KEY_APP_NAME=any_name",
       s"$KEY_BROKERS=localhost:9092,otherhost:9093",
       "ssl.keystore.password=any-keystore!!@#$% password",
       "ssl.truststore.password=kd9910))383(((*-+",
diff --git a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/TestPropertiesIngestionDriver.scala b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/TestPropertiesIngestionDriver.scala
index cd9452ab..e6e854d9 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/TestPropertiesIngestionDriver.scala
+++ b/driver/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/hyperdrive/driver/drivers/TestPropertiesIngestionDriver.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package za.co.absa.hyperdrive.driver.drivers
 
 import org.scalatest.{FlatSpec, Matchers}
-import za.co.absa.hyperdrive.driver.SparkIngestor.KEY_APP_NAME
 
 class TestPropertiesIngestionDriver extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
 
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ class TestPropertiesIngestionDriver extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
 
     val config = PropertiesIngestionDriver.loadConfiguration(configurationFile)
 
-    config.getString("ingestor.spark.app.name") shouldBe "any_name"
     config.getStringArray("reader.kafka.brokers") shouldBe Array("localhost:9092", "otherhost:9093")
     config.getString("ssl.keystore.password") shouldBe "any-keystore!!@#$% password"
     config.getString("ssl.truststore.password") shouldBe "kd9910))383(((*-+"