diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
index 34fc21e61f60f..6008e46fefa86 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveContext.scala
@@ -414,9 +414,7 @@ object HiveContext {
     case (d: Date, DateType) => new DateWritable(d).toString
     case (t: Timestamp, TimestampType) => new TimestampWritable(t).toString
     case (bin: Array[Byte], BinaryType) => new String(bin, "UTF-8")
-    case (decimal: Decimal, DecimalType()) =>  // Hive strips trailing zeros so use its toString
-      HiveShim.createDecimal(decimal.toBigDecimal.underlying()).toString
-    case (decimal: BigDecimal, DecimalType()) =>
+    case (decimal: BigDecimal, DecimalType()) => // Hive strips trailing zeros so use its toString
       HiveShim.createDecimal(decimal.underlying()).toString
     case (other, tpe) if primitiveTypes contains tpe => other.toString
   }