diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
index 06f2430fd91f6..14ee3a6bcd234 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ private[history] class FsHistoryProvider(conf: SparkConf, clock: Clock)
           val appListener = replay(fileStatus, isApplicationCompleted(fileStatus), replayBus)
 
           if (appListener.appId.isDefined) {
-            ui.setAppSparkVersion(appListener.appSparkVersion.getOrElse(""))
+            ui.appSparkVersion = appListener.appSparkVersion.getOrElse("")
             ui.getSecurityManager.setAcls(HISTORY_UI_ACLS_ENABLE)
             // make sure to set admin acls before view acls so they are properly picked up
             val adminAcls = HISTORY_UI_ADMIN_ACLS + "," + appListener.adminAcls.getOrElse("")
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListener.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListener.scala
index 410542a1c9edc..f481436332249 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListener.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/EventLoggingListener.scala
@@ -283,8 +283,10 @@ private[spark] object EventLoggingListener extends Logging {
    *
    * @param logStream Raw output stream to the event log file.
    */
-  def initEventLog(logStream: OutputStream, testing: Boolean,
-                   loggedEvents: ArrayBuffer[JValue]): Unit = {
+  def initEventLog(
+      logStream: OutputStream,
+      testing: Boolean,
+      loggedEvents: ArrayBuffer[JValue]): Unit = {
     val metadata = SparkListenerLogStart(SPARK_VERSION)
     val eventJson = JsonProtocol.logStartToJson(metadata)
     val metadataJson = compact(eventJson) + "\n"
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/SparkUI.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/SparkUI.scala
index 8735ec1be9821..a99b71db2abc5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/SparkUI.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/SparkUI.scala
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ private[spark] class SparkUI private (
     appId = id
   }
 
-  def setAppSparkVersion(version: String): Unit = {
-    appSparkVersion = version
-  }
-
   /** Stop the server behind this web interface. Only valid after bind(). */
   override def stop() {
     super.stop()