diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/SQLHadoopMapReduceCommitProtocol.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/SQLHadoopMapReduceCommitProtocol.scala
index 9b9ed28412cac..2a5579465ed8d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/SQLHadoopMapReduceCommitProtocol.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/SQLHadoopMapReduceCommitProtocol.scala
@@ -33,40 +33,32 @@ class SQLHadoopMapReduceCommitProtocol(jobId: String, path: String, isAppend: Bo
   extends HadoopMapReduceCommitProtocol(jobId, path) with Serializable with Logging {
 
   override protected def setupCommitter(context: TaskAttemptContext): OutputCommitter = {
-    var committer = context.getOutputFormatClass.newInstance().getOutputCommitter(context)
+    val clazz = context.getConfiguration
+      .getClass(SQLConf.OUTPUT_COMMITTER_CLASS.key, null, classOf[OutputCommitter])
 
-    if (!isAppend) {
-      // If we are appending data to an existing dir, we will only use the output committer
-      // associated with the file output format since it is not safe to use a custom
-      // committer for appending. For example, in S3, direct parquet output committer may
-      // leave partial data in the destination dir when the appending job fails.
-      // See SPARK-8578 for more details.
-      val configuration = context.getConfiguration
-      val clazz =
-        configuration.getClass(SQLConf.OUTPUT_COMMITTER_CLASS.key, null, classOf[OutputCommitter])
+    if (clazz != null) {
+      logInfo(s"Using user defined output committer class ${clazz.getCanonicalName}")
 
-      if (clazz != null) {
-        logInfo(s"Using user defined output committer class ${clazz.getCanonicalName}")
-
-        // Every output format based on org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.OutputFormat
-        // has an associated output committer. To override this output committer,
-        // we will first try to use the output committer set in SQLConf.OUTPUT_COMMITTER_CLASS.
-        // If a data source needs to override the output committer, it needs to set the
-        // output committer in prepareForWrite method.
-        if (classOf[FileOutputCommitter].isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
-          // The specified output committer is a FileOutputCommitter.
-          // So, we will use the FileOutputCommitter-specified constructor.
-          val ctor = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor(classOf[Path], classOf[TaskAttemptContext])
-          committer = ctor.newInstance(new Path(path), context)
-        } else {
-          // The specified output committer is just an OutputCommitter.
-          // So, we will use the no-argument constructor.
-          val ctor = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor()
-          committer = ctor.newInstance()
-        }
+      // Every output format based on org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.OutputFormat
+      // has an associated output committer. To override this output committer,
+      // we will first try to use the output committer set in SQLConf.OUTPUT_COMMITTER_CLASS.
+      // If a data source needs to override the output committer, it needs to set the
+      // output committer in prepareForWrite method.
+      if (classOf[FileOutputCommitter].isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
+        // The specified output committer is a FileOutputCommitter.
+        // So, we will use the FileOutputCommitter-specified constructor.
+        val ctor = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor(classOf[Path], classOf[TaskAttemptContext])
+        ctor.newInstance(new Path(path), context)
+      } else {
+        // The specified output committer is just an OutputCommitter.
+        // So, we will use the no-argument constructor.
+        val ctor = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor()
+        ctor.newInstance()
       }
+    } else {
+      val committer = context.getOutputFormatClass.newInstance().getOutputCommitter(context)
+      logInfo(s"Using output committer class ${committer.getClass.getCanonicalName}")
+      committer
     }
-    logInfo(s"Using output committer class ${committer.getClass.getCanonicalName}")
-    committer
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/HadoopFsRelationTest.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/HadoopFsRelationTest.scala
index d23b66a5300e7..e0195715e5803 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/HadoopFsRelationTest.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/HadoopFsRelationTest.scala
@@ -783,52 +783,6 @@ abstract class HadoopFsRelationTest extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils with Tes
     }
   }
 
-  test("SPARK-8578 specified custom output committer will not be used to append data") {
-    withSQLConf(SQLConf.FILE_COMMIT_PROTOCOL_CLASS.key ->
-        classOf[SQLHadoopMapReduceCommitProtocol].getCanonicalName) {
-      val extraOptions = Map[String, String](
-        SQLConf.OUTPUT_COMMITTER_CLASS.key -> classOf[AlwaysFailOutputCommitter].getName,
-        // Since Parquet has its own output committer setting, also set it
-        // to AlwaysFailParquetOutputCommitter at here.
-        "spark.sql.parquet.output.committer.class" ->
-          classOf[AlwaysFailParquetOutputCommitter].getName
-      )
-
-      val df = spark.range(1, 10).toDF("i")
-      withTempPath { dir =>
-        df.write.mode("append").format(dataSourceName).save(dir.getCanonicalPath)
-        // Because there data already exists,
-        // this append should succeed because we will use the output committer associated
-        // with file format and AlwaysFailOutputCommitter will not be used.
-        df.write.mode("append").format(dataSourceName).save(dir.getCanonicalPath)
-        checkAnswer(
-          spark.read
-            .format(dataSourceName)
-            .option("dataSchema", df.schema.json)
-            .options(extraOptions)
-            .load(dir.getCanonicalPath),
-          df.union(df))
-
-        // This will fail because AlwaysFailOutputCommitter is used when we do append.
-        intercept[Exception] {
-          df.write.mode("overwrite")
-            .options(extraOptions).format(dataSourceName).save(dir.getCanonicalPath)
-        }
-      }
-      withTempPath { dir =>
-        // Because there is no existing data,
-        // this append will fail because AlwaysFailOutputCommitter is used when we do append
-        // and there is no existing data.
-        intercept[Exception] {
-          df.write.mode("append")
-            .options(extraOptions)
-            .format(dataSourceName)
-            .save(dir.getCanonicalPath)
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   test("SPARK-8887: Explicitly define which data types can be used as dynamic partition columns") {
     val df = Seq(
       (1, "v1", Array(1, 2, 3), Map("k1" -> "v1"), Tuple2(1, "4")),