diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVector.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVector.java
index 3fed6316215..c83fe6adca1 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVector.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/ColumnVector.java
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ public static ColumnVector md5Hash(ColumnView... columns) {
           "Unsupported nested type column";
       columnViews[i] = columns[i].getNativeView();
     }
-    return new ColumnVector(hash(columnViews, HashType.HASH_MD5.getNativeId(), new int[0], 0));
+    return new ColumnVector(hash(columnViews, HashType.HASH_MD5.getNativeId(), 0));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ public static ColumnVector serial32BitMurmurHash3(int seed, ColumnView columns[]
       assert !columns[i].getType().equals(DType.LIST) : "List columns are not supported";
       columnViews[i] = columns[i].getNativeView();
     }
-    return new ColumnVector(hash(columnViews, HashType.HASH_SERIAL_MURMUR3.getNativeId(), new int[0], seed));
+    return new ColumnVector(hash(columnViews, HashType.HASH_SERIAL_MURMUR3.getNativeId(), seed));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ public static ColumnVector spark32BitMurmurHash3(int seed, ColumnView columns[])
       assert !columns[i].getType().equals(DType.LIST) : "List columns are not supported";
       columnViews[i] = columns[i].getNativeView();
     }
-    return new ColumnVector(hash(columnViews, HashType.HASH_SPARK_MURMUR3.getNativeId(), new int[0], seed));
+    return new ColumnVector(hash(columnViews, HashType.HASH_SPARK_MURMUR3.getNativeId(), seed));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -859,14 +859,10 @@ private static native long stringConcatenationSepCol(long[] columnViews,
    *
    * @param viewHandles array of native handles to the cudf::column_view columns being operated on.
    * @param hashId integer native ID of the hashing function identifier HashType.
-   * @param initialValues array of integer values, one per column, only used by non-serial murmur3
-   *                      hash. Each element's hash value is merged with its column's initial value
-   *                      before the row is merged into a single value.
    * @param seed integer seed for the hash. Only used by serial murmur3 hash.
    * @return native handle of the resulting cudf column containing the hex-string hashing results.
    */
-  private static native long hash(long[] viewHandles, int hashId, int[] initialValues,
-                                  int seed) throws CudfException;
+  private static native long hash(long[] viewHandles, int hashId, int seed) throws CudfException;
 
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // INTERNAL/NATIVE ACCESS
diff --git a/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnVectorJni.cpp b/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnVectorJni.cpp
index 7fe466f828f..cfad89cb399 100644
--- a/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnVectorJni.cpp
+++ b/java/src/main/native/src/ColumnVectorJni.cpp
@@ -327,10 +327,8 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_ColumnVector_concatenate(JNIEnv *env
 
 JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_ColumnVector_hash(JNIEnv *env, jobject j_object,
                                                               jlongArray column_handles,
-                                                              jint hash_function_id,
-                                                              jintArray initial_values, jint seed) {
+                                                              jint hash_function_id, jint seed) {
   JNI_NULL_CHECK(env, column_handles, "array of column handles is null", 0);
-  JNI_NULL_CHECK(env, initial_values, "array of initial values is null", 0);
 
   try {
     cudf::jni::native_jpointerArray<cudf::column_view> n_cudf_columns(env, column_handles);
@@ -340,13 +338,8 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_ai_rapids_cudf_ColumnVector_hash(JNIEnv *env, jobje
                    [](auto const &p_column) { return *p_column; });
     cudf::table_view *input_table = new cudf::table_view(column_views);
 
-    cudf::jni::native_jintArray native_iv(env, initial_values);
-    std::vector<uint32_t> vector_iv;
-    std::transform(native_iv.data(), native_iv.data() + native_iv.size(),
-                   std::back_inserter(vector_iv), [](auto const &iv) { return iv; });
-
     std::unique_ptr<cudf::column> result =
-        cudf::hash(*input_table, static_cast<cudf::hash_id>(hash_function_id), vector_iv, seed);
+        cudf::hash(*input_table, static_cast<cudf::hash_id>(hash_function_id), seed);
     return reinterpret_cast<jlong>(result.release());
   }
   CATCH_STD(env, 0);