Index: common/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/conf/HiveConf.java =================================================================== --- common/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/conf/HiveConf.java (revision 1488786) +++ common/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/conf/HiveConf.java (working copy) @@ -905,7 +905,8 @@ private static synchronized InputStream getConfVarInputStream() { if (confVarByteArray == null) { try { - Configuration conf = new Configuration(); + // Create a Hadoop configuration without inheriting default settings. + Configuration conf = new Configuration(false); applyDefaultNonNullConfVars(conf); @@ -1164,10 +1165,6 @@ // Don't override ConfVars with null values continue; } - if (conf.get(var.varname) != null) { - l4j.debug("Overriding Hadoop conf property " + var.varname + "='" + conf.get(var.varname) - + "' with Hive default value '" + var.defaultVal +"'"); - } conf.set(var.varname, var.defaultVal); } }