diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-flink-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/flink/FlinkSQLEngine.scala b/externals/kyuubi-flink-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/flink/FlinkSQLEngine.scala
index dff9aa602..c3dc1c615 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-flink-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/flink/FlinkSQLEngine.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-flink-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/flink/FlinkSQLEngine.scala
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ object FlinkSQLEngine extends Logging {
     FlinkEngineUtils.checkFlinkVersion()
 
     try {
-      kyuubiConf.loadFileDefaults()
       Utils.fromCommandLineArgs(args, kyuubiConf)
       val flinkConfDir = sys.env.getOrElse(
         "FLINK_CONF_DIR", {