diff --git a/multi-cluster-run.gradle b/multi-cluster-run.gradle
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index 616ddaf2c57f0..0000000000000
--- a/multi-cluster-run.gradle
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@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-rootProject {
-  if (project.name == 'elasticsearch') {
-    afterEvaluate {
-      testClusters.configureEach {
-        numberOfNodes = 2
-      }
-      def cluster = testClusters.named("runTask").get()
-      cluster.getNodes().each { node ->
-        node.setting('cluster.initial_master_nodes', cluster.getLastNode().getName())
-        node.setting('node.roles', '[master,data_hot,data_content]')
-      }
-      cluster.getFirstNode().setting('node.roles', '[]')
-    }
-  }
-}