diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java
index 0e311c9419b24..b944bd8bf6260 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java
@@ -460,9 +460,8 @@ public void reload(RepositoryMetadata newRepositoryMetadata) {
         readRepositoryMetadata();
 
         // Reload configs for S3RepositoryPlugin
-        final Map<String, S3ClientSettings> clientsSettings = S3ClientSettings.load(metadata.settings(), pluginConfigPath);
-        service.refreshAndClearCache(clientsSettings);
-        s3AsyncService.refreshAndClearCache(clientsSettings);
+        service.settings(metadata);
+        s3AsyncService.settings(metadata);
 
         // Reload configs for S3BlobStore
         BlobStore blobStore = getBlobStore();