diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/HadoopRDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/HadoopRDD.scala
index c8623314c98eb..fd9c4656041bb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/HadoopRDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/HadoopRDD.scala
@@ -132,24 +132,12 @@ class HadoopRDD[K, V](
   // Returns a JobConf that will be used on slaves to obtain input splits for Hadoop reads.
   protected def getJobConf(): JobConf = {
     val conf: Configuration = broadcastedConf.value.value
-    if (conf.isInstanceOf[JobConf]) {
-      // A user-broadcasted JobConf was provided to the HadoopRDD, so always use it.
-      conf.asInstanceOf[JobConf]
-    } else if (HadoopRDD.containsCachedMetadata(jobConfCacheKey)) {
-      // getJobConf() has been called previously, so there is already a local cache of the JobConf
-      // needed by this RDD.
-      HadoopRDD.getCachedMetadata(jobConfCacheKey).asInstanceOf[JobConf]
-    } else {
-      // Create a JobConf that will be cached and used across this RDD's getJobConf() calls in the
-      // local process. The local cache is accessed through HadoopRDD.putCachedMetadata().
-      // The caching helps minimize GC, since a JobConf can contain ~10KB of temporary objects.
-      // Synchronize to prevent ConcurrentModificationException (Spark-1097, Hadoop-10456).
-      HadoopRDD.CONFIGURATION_INSTANTIATION_LOCK.synchronized {
-        val newJobConf = new JobConf(conf)
+    HadoopRDD.CONFIGURATION_INSTANTIATION_LOCK.synchronized {
+      val newJobConf = new JobConf(conf)
+      if (!conf.isInstanceOf[JobConf]) {
         initLocalJobConfFuncOpt.map(f => f(newJobConf))
-        HadoopRDD.putCachedMetadata(jobConfCacheKey, newJobConf)
-        newJobConf
       }
+      newJobConf
     }
   }
 
@@ -257,7 +245,10 @@ class HadoopRDD[K, V](
 }
 
 private[spark] object HadoopRDD {
-  /** Constructing Configuration objects is not threadsafe, use this lock to serialize. */
+  /**
+   * Configuration's constructor is not threadsafe (see SPARK-1097 and HADOOP-10456).
+   * Therefore, we synchronize on this lock before calling new JobConf() or new Configuration().
+   */
   val CONFIGURATION_INSTANTIATION_LOCK = new Object()
 
   /**