diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/GeneralParams.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/GeneralParams.scala
index dd9e32516bfe..6dfa31b6f348 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/GeneralParams.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/GeneralParams.scala
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ private[spark] trait GeneralParams extends Params {
 
   setDefault(numRound -> 1, numWorkers -> 1, nthread -> 1,
     useExternalMemory -> false, silent -> 0, verbosity -> 1,
-    customObj -> null, customEval -> null, missing -> Float.NaN,
+    customObj -> null, missing -> Float.NaN,
     trackerConf -> TrackerConf(), seed -> 0, timeoutRequestWorkers -> 30 * 60 * 1000L,
     checkpointPath -> "", checkpointInterval -> -1,
     allowNonZeroForMissing -> false)