https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Spark-java-lang-IllegalAccessError-tried-to-access-method/m-p/293342#M216644 <P>I get the same error even after removing guava dependancy used in our project. I'm not sure how guava stopwatch is being started twice..</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I still get the same error&nbsp;</P><P>java.lang.IllegalAccessError: tried to access method com.google.common.base.Stopwatch.&lt;init&gt;()V from class org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.FileInputFormat</P> Mon, 06 Apr 2020 09:40:17 GMT rs1992 2020-04-06T09:40:17Z