diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java
index 1ff6e5a4482..e6402221e45 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/io/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfig.java
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfig
 
   private volatile HadoopIngestionSpec schema;
   private volatile PathSpec pathSpec;
-  private volatile ColumnConfig columnConfig;
   private volatile Map<DateTime,ShardSpecLookup> shardSpecLookups = Maps.newHashMap();
   private volatile Map<ShardSpec, HadoopyShardSpec> hadoopShardSpecLookup = Maps.newHashMap();
 
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfig
       final @JsonProperty("schema") HadoopIngestionSpec schema
   )
   {
-    this.columnConfig = columnConfig;
     this.schema = schema;
     this.pathSpec = jsonMapper.convertValue(schema.getIOConfig().getPathSpec(), PathSpec.class);
     for (Map.Entry<DateTime, List<HadoopyShardSpec>> entry : schema.getTuningConfig().getShardSpecs().entrySet()) {
@@ -213,11 +211,6 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerConfig
     return schema;
   }
 
-  public ColumnConfig getColumnConfig()
-  {
-    return columnConfig;
-  }
-
   public String getDataSource()
   {
     return schema.getDataSchema().getDataSource();