diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala
index 539dbb55eeff..5404aacae691 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala
@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@ object SparkEnv extends Logging {
 
     // Let the user specify short names for shuffle managers
     val shortShuffleMgrNames = Map(
-      "sort" -> classOf[org.apache.spark.shuffle.sort.SortShuffleManager].getName,
-      "tungsten-sort" -> classOf[org.apache.spark.shuffle.sort.SortShuffleManager].getName)
+      "sort" -> classOf[org.apache.spark.shuffle.sort.SortShuffleManager].getName)
     val shuffleMgrName = conf.get("spark.shuffle.manager", "sort")
     val shuffleMgrClass = shortShuffleMgrNames.getOrElse(shuffleMgrName.toLowerCase, shuffleMgrName)
     val shuffleManager = instantiateClass[ShuffleManager](shuffleMgrClass)