diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TasksIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TasksIT.java
index 404ad939b8ad5..9ceeec2b129fb 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TasksIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TasksIT.java
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ public void testTasksUnblocking() throws Exception {
             )
         );
 
-        new TestTaskPlugin.UnblockTestTasksRequestBuilder(client(), UNBLOCK_TASK_ACTION).get();
+        client().execute(UNBLOCK_TASK_ACTION, new TestTaskPlugin.UnblockTestTasksRequest()).get();
 
         future.get();
         assertBusy(
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ public void onTaskUnregistered(Task task) {
             waitForWaitingToStart.await();
         } finally {
             // Unblock the request so the wait for completion request can finish
-            new TestTaskPlugin.UnblockTestTasksRequestBuilder(client(), UNBLOCK_TASK_ACTION).get();
+            client().execute(UNBLOCK_TASK_ACTION, new TestTaskPlugin.UnblockTestTasksRequest()).get();
         }
 
         // Now that the task is unblocked the list response will come back
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ private void waitForTimeoutTestCase(Function<TaskId, ? extends Iterable<? extend
             }
         } finally {
             // Now we can unblock those requests
-            new TestTaskPlugin.UnblockTestTasksRequestBuilder(client(), UNBLOCK_TASK_ACTION).get();
+            client().execute(UNBLOCK_TASK_ACTION, new TestTaskPlugin.UnblockTestTasksRequest()).get();
         }
         future.get();
     }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TestTaskPlugin.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TestTaskPlugin.java
index 9e95b3f7c1f79..581473eb074be 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TestTaskPlugin.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/tasks/TestTaskPlugin.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.FailedNodeException;
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.BaseTasksResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.tasks.TransportTasksAction;
-import org.elasticsearch.client.internal.ElasticsearchClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterName;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
@@ -425,13 +423,6 @@ protected void taskOperation(
 
     }
 
-    public static class UnblockTestTasksRequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<UnblockTestTasksRequest, UnblockTestTasksResponse> {
-
-        protected UnblockTestTasksRequestBuilder(ElasticsearchClient client, ActionType<UnblockTestTasksResponse> action) {
-            super(client, action, new UnblockTestTasksRequest());
-        }
-    }
-
     private static class OriginAssertingInterceptor implements TransportInterceptor {
         private final ThreadContext threadContext;