diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/timelineservice/NMTimelinePublisher.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/timelineservice/NMTimelinePublisher.java
index 3f07a3475d4..2425ca4dabb 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/timelineservice/NMTimelinePublisher.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/timelineservice/NMTimelinePublisher.java
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ public class NMTimelinePublisher extends CompositeService {
         containerStatus.getDiagnostics());
     eventInfo.put(ContainerMetricsConstants.EXIT_STATUS_EVENT_INFO,
         containerStatus.getExitStatus());
-    eventInfo.put(ContainerMetricsConstants.STATE_EVENT_INFO, containerStatus
-        .getState().toString());
 
     TimelineEvent tEvent = new TimelineEvent();
     tEvent.setId(ContainerMetricsConstants.FINISHED_EVENT_TYPE);
@@ -402,4 +400,4 @@ public class NMTimelinePublisher extends CompositeService {
   private TimelineClient getTimelineClient(ApplicationId appId) {
     return appToClientMap.get(appId);
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}