diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Catalog.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Catalog.scala
index df8d03b86c53..aca68375e47c 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Catalog.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/Catalog.scala
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LogicalPlan, Subquery}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType
 
 /**
  * An interface for looking up relations by name.  Used by an [[Analyzer]].
@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ trait Catalog {
 
   def unregisterAllTables(): Unit
 
+  def createDataSourceTable(
+      tableName: String,
+      userSpecifiedSchema: Option[StructType],
+      provider: String,
+      options: Map[String, String]): Unit
+
   protected def processTableIdentifier(tableIdentifier: Seq[String]): Seq[String] = {
     if (!caseSensitive) {
       tableIdentifier.map(_.toLowerCase)
@@ -81,6 +88,14 @@ class SimpleCatalog(val caseSensitive: Boolean) extends Catalog {
     tables.clear()
   }
 
+  override def createDataSourceTable(
+      tableName: String,
+      userSpecifiedSchema: Option[StructType],
+      provider: String,
+      options: Map[String, String]) = {
+    sys.error("Tables created with SQLContext must be TEMPORARY. Use a HiveContext instead.")
+  }
+
   override def tableExists(tableIdentifier: Seq[String]): Boolean = {
     val tableIdent = processTableIdentifier(tableIdentifier)
     tables.get(getDbTableName(tableIdent)) match {
@@ -180,5 +195,13 @@ object EmptyCatalog extends Catalog {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException
   }
 
+  def createDataSourceTable(
+      tableName: String,
+      userSpecifiedSchema: Option[StructType],
+      provider: String,
+      options: Map[String, String]): Unit  = {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException
+  }
+
   override def unregisterAllTables(): Unit = {}
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
index d9f3b3a53f58..2f2c5b8479ef 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ class SQLContext(@transient val sparkContext: SparkContext)
     def strategies: Seq[Strategy] =
       extraStrategies ++ (
       DataSourceStrategy ::
-      DDLStrategy ::
       TakeOrdered ::
       HashAggregation ::
       LeftSemiJoin ::
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala
index 0cc9d049c964..c6b655deb3fd 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkStrategies.scala
@@ -312,16 +312,4 @@ private[sql] abstract class SparkStrategies extends QueryPlanner[SparkPlan] {
     }
   }
 
-  object DDLStrategy extends Strategy {
-    def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): Seq[SparkPlan] = plan match {
-      case CreateTableUsing(tableName, userSpecifiedSchema, provider, true, options) =>
-        ExecutedCommand(
-          CreateTempTableUsing(tableName, userSpecifiedSchema, provider, options)) :: Nil
-
-      case CreateTableUsing(tableName, userSpecifiedSchema, provider, false, options) =>
-        sys.error("Tables created with SQLContext must be TEMPORARY. Use a HiveContext instead.")
-
-      case _ => Nil
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/ddl.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/ddl.scala
index 4cc9641c4d9e..f06bfc6a2d2d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/ddl.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/sources/ddl.scala
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ private[sql] class DDLParser extends StandardTokenParsers with PackratParsers wi
       ~ (tableCols).? ~ (USING ~> className) ~ (OPTIONS ~> options) ^^ {
       case temp ~ tableName ~ columns ~ provider ~ opts =>
         val userSpecifiedSchema = columns.flatMap(fields => Some(StructType(fields)))
-        CreateTableUsing(tableName, userSpecifiedSchema, provider, temp.isDefined, opts)
+        if (temp.isDefined) {
+          CreateTempTableUsing(tableName, userSpecifiedSchema, provider, opts)
+        } else {
+          CreateTableUsing(tableName, userSpecifiedSchema, provider, opts)
+        }
     }
   )
 
@@ -223,8 +227,13 @@ private[sql] case class CreateTableUsing(
     tableName: String,
     userSpecifiedSchema: Option[StructType],
     provider: String,
-    temporary: Boolean,
-    options: Map[String, String]) extends Command
+    options: Map[String, String]) extends RunnableCommand {
+
+  def run(sqlContext: SQLContext) = {
+    sqlContext.catalog.createDataSourceTable(tableName, userSpecifiedSchema, provider, options)
+    Seq.empty
+  }
+}
 
 private [sql] case class CreateTempTableUsing(
     tableName: String,
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 bf56e60cf995..3e9ac00ec21c 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
@@ -351,8 +351,6 @@ class HiveContext(sc: SparkContext) extends SQLContext(sc) {
     override def strategies: Seq[Strategy] = extraStrategies ++ Seq(
       DataSourceStrategy,
       HiveCommandStrategy(self),
-      HiveDDLStrategy,
-      DDLStrategy,
       TakeOrdered,
       ParquetOperations,
       InMemoryScans,
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
index d40f9936fd3b..c5321cacd273 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ private[hive] class HiveMetastoreCatalog(hive: HiveContext) extends Catalog with
 
   val caseSensitive: Boolean = false
 
-  def createDataSourceTable(
+  override def createDataSourceTable(
       tableName: String,
       userSpecifiedSchema: Option[StructType],
       provider: String,
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveStrategies.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveStrategies.scala
index 6952b126cf89..ab8a188ffe06 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveStrategies.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveStrategies.scala
@@ -210,16 +210,6 @@ private[hive] trait HiveStrategies {
     }
   }
 
-  object HiveDDLStrategy extends Strategy {
-    def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): Seq[SparkPlan] = plan match {
-      case CreateTableUsing(tableName, userSpecifiedSchema, provider, false, options) =>
-        ExecutedCommand(
-          CreateMetastoreDataSource(tableName, userSpecifiedSchema, provider, options)) :: Nil
-
-      case _ => Nil
-    }
-  }
-
   case class HiveCommandStrategy(context: HiveContext) extends Strategy {
     def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): Seq[SparkPlan] = plan match {
       case describe: DescribeCommand =>