ac4957
@@ -145,19 +145,6 @@
public UserGroupInformation getHttpUGI() {
   @Override
   public synchronized void start() {
     super.start();
-    // Initialize and test a connection to the metastore
-    IMetaStoreClient metastoreClient = null;
-    try {
-      metastoreClient = new HiveMetaStoreClient(hiveConf);
-      metastoreClient.getDatabases("default");
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      throw new ServiceException("Unable to connect to MetaStore!", e);
-    }
-    finally {
-      if (metastoreClient != null) {
-        metastoreClient.close();
-      }
-    }
   }
 
   @Override
