diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/FrameworkUploader.java b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/FrameworkUploader.java
index 3dea023ea7b..52ee38aaa93 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/FrameworkUploader.java
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-uploader/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/uploader/FrameworkUploader.java
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ public class FrameworkUploader implements Runnable {
   @VisibleForTesting
   void beginUpload() throws IOException, UploaderException {
     if (targetStream == null) {
-      validateTargetPath();
       int lastIndex = target.indexOf('#');
       targetPath =
           new Path(
@@ -480,13 +479,6 @@ public class FrameworkUploader implements Runnable {
     return false;
   }
 
-  private void validateTargetPath() throws UploaderException {
-    if (!target.startsWith("hdfs:/") &&
-        !target.startsWith("file:/")) {
-      throw new UploaderException("Target path is not hdfs or local " + target);
-    }
-  }
-
   @VisibleForTesting
   boolean parseArguments(String[] args) throws IOException {
     Options opts = new Options();