diff --git a/tez-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/api/TezConfiguration.java b/tez-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/api/TezConfiguration.java
index 6fc61dddbe..3057c6ad68 100644
--- a/tez-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/api/TezConfiguration.java
+++ b/tez-api/src/main/java/org/apache/tez/dag/api/TezConfiguration.java
@@ -2412,7 +2412,7 @@ static Set<String> getPropertySet() {
 
   @ConfigurationScope(Scope.AM)
   @ConfigurationProperty
-  public static final String TEZ_FRAMEWORK_MODE = TEZ_PREFIX + ".framework.mode";
+  public static final String TEZ_FRAMEWORK_MODE = TEZ_PREFIX + "framework.mode";
 
   /**
    * List of additional hadoop config files to load from CLASSPATH in ZOOKEEPER_STANDALONE framework mode.