diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/DependencyUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/DependencyUtils.scala
index cc436e2049503..5a17a6b6e169c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/DependencyUtils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/DependencyUtils.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.spark.deploy
 
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.URI
-import java.util.regex.Pattern
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ private[deploy] object DependencyUtils extends Logging {
       hadoopConf: Configuration,
       secMgr: SecurityManager): String = {
     val targetDir = Utils.createTempDir()
-    val fileSeparator = Pattern.quote(File.separator)
-    val userJarName = userJar.split(fileSeparator).last
+    val userJarName = userJar.split(File.separatorChar).last
     Option(jars)
       .map {
         resolveGlobPaths(_, hadoopConf)