diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala
index dd8c96d5fa1d6..0255103b63d81 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ private[sql] abstract class SparkStrategies extends QueryPlanner[SparkPlan] {
       case ExtractEquiJoinKeys(LeftSemi, leftKeys, rightKeys, condition, left, right) =>
         joins.LeftSemiJoinHash(
           leftKeys, rightKeys, planLater(left), planLater(right), condition) :: Nil
-      // no predicate can be evaluated by matching hash keys
-      case logical.Join(left, right, LeftSemi, condition) =>
-        joins.LeftSemiJoinBNL(planLater(left), planLater(right), condition) :: Nil
       case _ => Nil
     }
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/LeftSemiJoinBNL.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/LeftSemiJoinBNL.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index df6dac88187cc..0000000000000
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/LeftSemiJoinBNL.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.joins
-
-import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.physical._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.execution._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.metric.SQLMetrics
-
-/**
- * Using BroadcastNestedLoopJoin to calculate left semi join result when there's no join keys
- * for hash join.
- */
-case class LeftSemiJoinBNL(
-    streamed: SparkPlan, broadcast: SparkPlan, condition: Option[Expression]) extends BinaryNode {
-
-  override private[sql] lazy val metrics = Map(
-    "numOutputRows" -> SQLMetrics.createLongMetric(sparkContext, "number of output rows"))
-
-  override def outputPartitioning: Partitioning = streamed.outputPartitioning
-
-  override def output: Seq[Attribute] = left.output
-
-  /** The Streamed Relation */
-  override def left: SparkPlan = streamed
-
-  /** The Broadcast relation */
-  override def right: SparkPlan = broadcast
-
-  override def requiredChildDistribution: Seq[Distribution] = {
-    UnspecifiedDistribution :: BroadcastDistribution(IdentityBroadcastMode) :: Nil
-  }
-
-  @transient private lazy val boundCondition =
-    newPredicate(condition.getOrElse(Literal(true)), left.output ++ right.output)
-
-  protected override def doExecute(): RDD[InternalRow] = {
-    val numOutputRows = longMetric("numOutputRows")
-
-    val broadcastedRelation = broadcast.executeBroadcast[Array[InternalRow]]()
-
-    streamed.execute().mapPartitions { streamedIter =>
-      val joinedRow = new JoinedRow
-      val relation = broadcastedRelation.value
-
-      streamedIter.filter(streamedRow => {
-        var i = 0
-        var matched = false
-
-        while (i < relation.length && !matched) {
-          if (boundCondition(joinedRow(streamedRow, relation(i)))) {
-            matched = true
-          }
-          i += 1
-        }
-        if (matched) {
-          numOutputRows += 1
-        }
-        matched
-      })
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/JoinSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/JoinSuite.scala
index 3dab848e7b033..5b98c11ef2a4b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/JoinSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/JoinSuite.scala
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ class JoinSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val operators = physical.collect {
       case j: LeftSemiJoinHash => j
       case j: BroadcastHashJoin => j
-      case j: LeftSemiJoinBNL => j
       case j: CartesianProduct => j
       case j: BroadcastNestedLoopJoin => j
       case j: BroadcastLeftSemiJoinHash => j
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ class JoinSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     withSQLConf("spark.sql.autoBroadcastJoinThreshold" -> "0") {
       Seq(
         ("SELECT * FROM testData LEFT SEMI JOIN testData2 ON key = a", classOf[LeftSemiJoinHash]),
-        ("SELECT * FROM testData LEFT SEMI JOIN testData2", classOf[LeftSemiJoinBNL]),
+        ("SELECT * FROM testData LEFT SEMI JOIN testData2", classOf[BroadcastNestedLoopJoin]),
         ("SELECT * FROM testData JOIN testData2", classOf[CartesianProduct]),
         ("SELECT * FROM testData JOIN testData2 WHERE key = 2", classOf[CartesianProduct]),
         ("SELECT * FROM testData LEFT JOIN testData2", classOf[BroadcastNestedLoopJoin]),
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ class JoinSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
         ("SELECT * FROM testData LEFT SEMI JOIN testData2 ON key = a",
           classOf[LeftSemiJoinHash]),
         ("SELECT * FROM testData LEFT SEMI JOIN testData2",
-          classOf[LeftSemiJoinBNL]),
+          classOf[BroadcastNestedLoopJoin]),
         ("SELECT * FROM testData JOIN testData2",
           classOf[BroadcastNestedLoopJoin]),
         ("SELECT * FROM testData JOIN testData2 WHERE key = 2",
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/SemiJoinSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/SemiJoinSuite.scala
index 355f916a97552..bc341db5571be 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/SemiJoinSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/joins/SemiJoinSuite.scala
@@ -95,15 +95,6 @@ class SemiJoinSuite extends SparkPlanTest with SharedSQLContext {
       }
     }
 
-    test(s"$testName using LeftSemiJoinBNL") {
-      withSQLConf(SQLConf.SHUFFLE_PARTITIONS.key -> "1") {
-        checkAnswer2(leftRows, rightRows, (left: SparkPlan, right: SparkPlan) =>
-          LeftSemiJoinBNL(left, right, Some(condition)),
-          expectedAnswer.map(Row.fromTuple),
-          sortAnswers = true)
-      }
-    }
-
     test(s"$testName using BroadcastNestedLoopJoin build left") {
       withSQLConf(SQLConf.SHUFFLE_PARTITIONS.key -> "1") {
         checkAnswer2(leftRows, rightRows, (left: SparkPlan, right: SparkPlan) =>