diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/SparkListener.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/SparkListener.scala
index 6bda8b00aca5b..4840d8bd2d2f0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/SparkListener.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/SparkListener.scala
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ case class SparkListenerExecutorAdded(executorId: String, executorInfo: Executor
   extends SparkListenerEvent
 
 @DeveloperApi
-case class SparkListenerExecutorRemoved(executorId: String, executorInfo: ExecutorInfo)
+case class SparkListenerExecutorRemoved(executorId: String)
   extends SparkListenerEvent
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
index 193f6c48e6fca..5786d367464f4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend(scheduler: TaskSchedulerImpl, val actorSyste
           totalCoreCount.addAndGet(-executorInfo.totalCores)
           totalRegisteredExecutors.addAndGet(-1)
           scheduler.executorLost(executorId, SlaveLost(reason))
-          listenerBus.post(SparkListenerExecutorRemoved(executorId, executorInfo))
+          listenerBus.post(SparkListenerExecutorRemoved(executorId))
         case None => logError(s"Asked to remove non-existent executor $executorId")
       }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
index 8faa10baf528a..a025011006156 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocol.scala
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ private[spark] object JsonProtocol {
 
   def executorRemovedToJson(executorRemoved: SparkListenerExecutorRemoved): JValue = {
     ("Event" -> Utils.getFormattedClassName(executorRemoved)) ~
-    ("Executor ID" -> executorRemoved.executorId) ~
-    ("Executor Info" -> executorInfoToJson(executorRemoved.executorInfo))
+    ("Executor ID" -> executorRemoved.executorId)
   }
 
   /** ------------------------------------------------------------------- *
@@ -555,8 +554,7 @@ private[spark] object JsonProtocol {
 
   def executorRemovedFromJson(json: JValue): SparkListenerExecutorRemoved = {
     val executorId = (json \ "Executor ID").extract[String]
-    val executorInfo = executorInfoFromJson(json \ "Executor Info")
-    SparkListenerExecutorRemoved(executorId, executorInfo)
+    SparkListenerExecutorRemoved(executorId)
   }
 
   /** --------------------------------------------------------------------- *
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocolSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocolSuite.scala
index 432a9c20cb4ba..5ba94ff67d395 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocolSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/JsonProtocolSuite.scala
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ class JsonProtocolSuite extends FunSuite {
     val applicationEnd = SparkListenerApplicationEnd(42L)
     val executorAdded = SparkListenerExecutorAdded("exec1",
       new ExecutorInfo("Hostee.awesome.com", 11))
-    val executorRemoved = SparkListenerExecutorRemoved("exec2",
-      new ExecutorInfo("Hoster.awesome.com", 42))
+    val executorRemoved = SparkListenerExecutorRemoved("exec2")
 
     testEvent(stageSubmitted, stageSubmittedJsonString)
     testEvent(stageCompleted, stageCompletedJsonString)
@@ -352,7 +351,6 @@ class JsonProtocolSuite extends FunSuite {
         assertEquals(e1.executorInfo, e2.executorInfo)
       case (e1: SparkListenerExecutorRemoved, e2: SparkListenerExecutorRemoved) =>
         assert(e1.executorId == e1.executorId)
-        assertEquals(e1.executorInfo, e2.executorInfo)
       case (e1, e2) =>
         assert(e1 === e2)
       case _ => fail("Events don't match in types!")
@@ -1447,11 +1445,7 @@ class JsonProtocolSuite extends FunSuite {
     """
       |{
       |  "Event": "SparkListenerExecutorRemoved",
-      |  "Executor ID": "exec2",
-      |  "Executor Info": {
-      |    "Host": "Hoster.awesome.com",
-      |    "Total Cores": 42
-      |  }
+      |  "Executor ID": "exec2"
       |}
     """
 }