diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/avro/HoodieAvroWriteSupport.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/avro/HoodieAvroWriteSupport.java
index 9a6f26ac9..3207cfccd 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/avro/HoodieAvroWriteSupport.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/avro/HoodieAvroWriteSupport.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ public class HoodieAvroWriteSupport extends AvroWriteSupport {
   public static final String HOODIE_MIN_RECORD_KEY_FOOTER = "hoodie_min_record_key";
   public static final String HOODIE_MAX_RECORD_KEY_FOOTER = "hoodie_max_record_key";
   public static final String HOODIE_BLOOM_FILTER_TYPE_CODE = "hoodie_bloom_filter_type_code";
-  public static final String HOODIE_AVRO_SCHEMA_METADATA_KEY = "orc.avro.schema";
 
   public HoodieAvroWriteSupport(MessageType schema, Schema avroSchema, Option<BloomFilter> bloomFilterOpt) {
     super(schema, avroSchema);