diff --git a/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/default.go b/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/default.go
index 885412d..50ad382 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/default.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/default.go
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ func setDefaultsTypeWorker(spec *common.ReplicaSpec) {
 }
 
 func SetDefaults_MPIJob(mpiJob *MPIJob) {
-	// set default BackoffLimit
-	if mpiJob.Spec.BackoffLimit == nil {
-		mpiJob.Spec.BackoffLimit = new(int32)
-		*mpiJob.Spec.BackoffLimit = 6
-	}
-
 	// Set default cleanpod policy to None.
 	if mpiJob.Spec.CleanPodPolicy == nil {
 		none := common.CleanPodPolicyNone
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/openapi_generated.go b/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/openapi_generated.go
index 44734b4..fa96b84 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/openapi_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/openapi_generated.go
@@ -348,20 +348,6 @@ func GetOpenAPIDefinitions(ref common.ReferenceCallback) map[string]common.OpenA
 								Format:      "int32",
 							},
 						},
-						"backoffLimit": {
-							SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-								Description: "Specifies the number of retries before marking this job failed. Defaults to 6.",
-								Type:        []string{"integer"},
-								Format:      "int32",
-							},
-						},
-						"activeDeadlineSeconds": {
-							SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-								Description: "Specifies the duration in seconds relative to the start time that the job may be active before the system tries to terminate it. Note that this takes precedence over `BackoffLimit` field.",
-								Type:        []string{"integer"},
-								Format:      "int64",
-							},
-						},
 						"cleanPodPolicy": {
 							SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
 								Description: "CleanPodPolicy defines the policy that whether to kill pods after the job completes. Defaults to None.",
@@ -391,7 +377,7 @@ func GetOpenAPIDefinitions(ref common.ReferenceCallback) map[string]common.OpenA
 						},
 						"runPolicy": {
 							SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-								Description: "`RunPolicy` encapsulates various runtime policies of the distributed training job, for example how to clean up resources and how long the job can stay active. The policies specified in `RunPolicy` take precedence over the following fields: `BackoffLimit` and `ActiveDeadlineSeconds`.",
+								Description: "`RunPolicy` encapsulates various runtime policies of the distributed training job, for example how to clean up resources and how long the job can stay active.",
 								Ref:         ref("github.com/kubeflow/common/pkg/apis/common/v1.RunPolicy"),
 							},
 						},
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/types.go
index 5d70a66..54565e9 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/types.go
@@ -44,17 +44,6 @@ type MPIJobSpec struct {
 	// +optional
 	SlotsPerWorker *int32 `json:"slotsPerWorker,omitempty"`
 
-	// Specifies the number of retries before marking this job failed.
-	// Defaults to 6.
-	// +optional
-	BackoffLimit *int32 `json:"backoffLimit,omitempty"`
-
-	// Specifies the duration in seconds relative to the start time that
-	// the job may be active before the system tries to terminate it.
-	// Note that this takes precedence over `BackoffLimit` field.
-	// +optional
-	ActiveDeadlineSeconds *int64 `json:"activeDeadlineSeconds,omitempty"`
-
 	// CleanPodPolicy defines the policy that whether to kill pods after the job completes.
 	// Defaults to None.
 	CleanPodPolicy *common.CleanPodPolicy `json:"cleanPodPolicy,omitempty"`
@@ -69,8 +58,7 @@ type MPIJobSpec struct {
 
 	// `RunPolicy` encapsulates various runtime policies of the distributed training
 	// job, for example how to clean up resources and how long the job can stay
-	// active. The policies specified in `RunPolicy` take precedence over
-	// the following fields: `BackoffLimit` and `ActiveDeadlineSeconds`.
+	// active.
 	RunPolicy *common.RunPolicy `json:"runPolicy,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 5c754e0..b6da314 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kubeflow/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -92,16 +92,6 @@ func (in *MPIJobSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *MPIJobSpec) {
 		*out = new(int32)
 		**out = **in
 	}
-	if in.BackoffLimit != nil {
-		in, out := &in.BackoffLimit, &out.BackoffLimit
-		*out = new(int32)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.ActiveDeadlineSeconds != nil {
-		in, out := &in.ActiveDeadlineSeconds, &out.ActiveDeadlineSeconds
-		*out = new(int64)
-		**out = **in
-	}
 	if in.CleanPodPolicy != nil {
 		in, out := &in.CleanPodPolicy, &out.CleanPodPolicy
 		*out = new(commonv1.CleanPodPolicy)
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/v1/mpi_job_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/v1/mpi_job_controller.go
index 2b7cd1c..df51c8b 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/v1/mpi_job_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/v1/mpi_job_controller.go
@@ -1324,19 +1324,6 @@ func (c *MPIJobController) newLauncher(mpiJob *kubeflow.MPIJob, kubectlDeliveryI
 				},
 			},
 		})
-	backOffLimit := mpiJob.Spec.BackoffLimit
-	activeDeadlineSeconds := mpiJob.Spec.ActiveDeadlineSeconds
-	if mpiJob.Spec.RunPolicy != nil {
-		warnMsg := fmt.Sprintf(
-			"runPolicy is specified in MPIJobSpec so backOffLimit/activeDeadlineSeconds in MPIJobSpec will be overwritten")
-		glog.Warning(warnMsg)
-		if mpiJob.Spec.RunPolicy.BackoffLimit != nil {
-			backOffLimit = mpiJob.Spec.RunPolicy.BackoffLimit
-		}
-		if mpiJob.Spec.RunPolicy.ActiveDeadlineSeconds != nil {
-			activeDeadlineSeconds = mpiJob.Spec.RunPolicy.ActiveDeadlineSeconds
-		}
-	}
 	return &batchv1.Job{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      launcherName,
@@ -1347,8 +1334,8 @@ func (c *MPIJobController) newLauncher(mpiJob *kubeflow.MPIJob, kubectlDeliveryI
 			},
 		},
 		Spec: batchv1.JobSpec{
-			BackoffLimit:          backOffLimit,
-			ActiveDeadlineSeconds: activeDeadlineSeconds,
+			BackoffLimit:          mpiJob.Spec.RunPolicy.BackoffLimit,
+			ActiveDeadlineSeconds: mpiJob.Spec.RunPolicy.ActiveDeadlineSeconds,
 			Template:              *podSpec,
 		},
 	}