diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/RestSubmissionClient.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/RestSubmissionClient.scala
index 31a8e3e60c06..afa413fe165d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/RestSubmissionClient.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/RestSubmissionClient.scala
@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ private[spark] class RestSubmissionClient(master: String) extends Logging {
 }
 
 private[spark] object RestSubmissionClient {
+
+  // SPARK_HOME and SPARK_CONF_DIR are filtered out because they are usually wrong
+  // on the remote machine (SPARK-12345) (SPARK-25934)
+  private val BLACKLISTED_SPARK_ENV_VARS = Set("SPARK_ENV_LOADED", "SPARK_HOME", "SPARK_CONF_DIR")
   private val REPORT_DRIVER_STATUS_INTERVAL = 1000
   private val REPORT_DRIVER_STATUS_MAX_TRIES = 10
   val PROTOCOL_VERSION = "v1"
@@ -417,9 +421,7 @@ private[spark] object RestSubmissionClient {
    */
   private[rest] def filterSystemEnvironment(env: Map[String, String]): Map[String, String] = {
     env.filterKeys { k =>
-      // SPARK_HOME is filtered out because it is usually wrong on the remote machine (SPARK-12345)
-      (k.startsWith("SPARK_") && k != "SPARK_ENV_LOADED" && k != "SPARK_HOME") ||
-        k.startsWith("MESOS_")
+      (k.startsWith("SPARK_") && !BLACKLISTED_SPARK_ENV_VARS.contains(k)) || k.startsWith("MESOS_")
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/StandaloneRestSubmitSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/StandaloneRestSubmitSuite.scala
index 4839c842cc78..89b8bb4ff7d0 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/StandaloneRestSubmitSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/rest/StandaloneRestSubmitSuite.scala
@@ -396,6 +396,18 @@ class StandaloneRestSubmitSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterEach {
     assert(filteredVariables == Map("SPARK_VAR" -> "1"))
   }
 
+  test("client does not send 'SPARK_HOME' env var by default") {
+    val environmentVariables = Map("SPARK_VAR" -> "1", "SPARK_HOME" -> "1")
+    val filteredVariables = RestSubmissionClient.filterSystemEnvironment(environmentVariables)
+    assert(filteredVariables == Map("SPARK_VAR" -> "1"))
+  }
+
+  test("client does not send 'SPARK_CONF_DIR' env var by default") {
+    val environmentVariables = Map("SPARK_VAR" -> "1", "SPARK_CONF_DIR" -> "1")
+    val filteredVariables = RestSubmissionClient.filterSystemEnvironment(environmentVariables)
+    assert(filteredVariables == Map("SPARK_VAR" -> "1"))
+  }
+
   test("client includes mesos env vars") {
     val environmentVariables = Map("SPARK_VAR" -> "1", "MESOS_VAR" -> "1", "OTHER_VAR" -> "1")
     val filteredVariables = RestSubmissionClient.filterSystemEnvironment(environmentVariables)