diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteStatePublicationIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteStatePublicationIT.java
index e19923c37cc3e..c43ad2fb2fc9b 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteStatePublicationIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteStatePublicationIT.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.client.Client;
 import org.opensearch.common.blobstore.BlobPath;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
-import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.discovery.DiscoveryStats;
 import org.opensearch.gateway.remote.model.RemoteClusterMetadataManifest;
 import org.opensearch.indices.recovery.RecoverySettings;
@@ -35,12 +34,8 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import static org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.node.info.NodesInfoRequest.Metric.SETTINGS;
-import static org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.node.stats.NodesStatsRequest.Metric.DISCOVERY;
-import static org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.Metadata.isGlobalStateEquals;
 import static org.opensearch.gateway.remote.RemoteClusterStateAttributesManager.DISCOVERY_NODES;
 import static org.opensearch.gateway.remote.RemoteClusterStateService.REMOTE_CLUSTER_STATE_ENABLED_SETTING;
-import static org.opensearch.gateway.remote.RemoteClusterStateService.REMOTE_PUBLICATION_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.gateway.remote.RemoteClusterStateService.REMOTE_PUBLICATION_SETTING_KEY;
 import static org.opensearch.gateway.remote.RemoteClusterStateUtils.DELIMITER;
 import static org.opensearch.gateway.remote.model.RemoteClusterBlocks.CLUSTER_BLOCKS;