diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchCluster.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchCluster.java
index f8f921f3baceb..6fda549979e85 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchCluster.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchCluster.java
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ public void setTestDistribution(TestDistribution distribution) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void extension(ExtensionsProperties extension) {
-        nodes.all(each -> each.extension(extension));
+    public void extension(boolean extensionsEnabled) {
+        nodes.all(each -> each.extension(extensionsEnabled));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
index b8696f4e6c9f3..9040dfcb97822 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/OpenSearchNode.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.gradle.Version;
 import org.opensearch.gradle.VersionProperties;
 import org.opensearch.gradle.info.BuildParams;
-import org.yaml.snakeyaml.DumperOptions;
-import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 import org.gradle.api.Action;
 import org.gradle.api.Named;
 import org.gradle.api.NamedDomainObjectContainer;
@@ -94,7 +92,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Scanner;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -145,7 +142,7 @@ public class OpenSearchNode implements TestClusterConfiguration {
     private final Map<String, Configuration> pluginAndModuleConfigurations = new HashMap<>();
     private final List<Provider<File>> plugins = new ArrayList<>();
     private final List<Provider<File>> modules = new ArrayList<>();
-    private final List<ExtensionsProperties> extensions = new ArrayList<>();
+    private boolean extensionsEnabled = false;
     final LazyPropertyMap<String, CharSequence> settings = new LazyPropertyMap<>("Settings", this);
     private final LazyPropertyMap<String, CharSequence> keystoreSettings = new LazyPropertyMap<>("Keystore", this);
     private final LazyPropertyMap<String, File> keystoreFiles = new LazyPropertyMap<>("Keystore files", this, FileEntry::new);
@@ -437,39 +434,8 @@ public void module(String moduleProjectPath) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void extension(ExtensionsProperties extensions) {
-        this.extensions.add(extensions);
-    }
-
-    public void writeExtensionFiles() {
-        try {
-            // Creates extensions.yml in the target directory
-            Path destination = getDistroDir().resolve("extensions").resolve("extensions.yml");
-            if (!Files.exists(getDistroDir().resolve("extensions"))) {
-                Files.createDirectory(getDistroDir().resolve("extensions"));
-            }
-            DumperOptions dumperOptions = new DumperOptions();
-            TestExtensionsList extensionsList = new TestExtensionsList(this.extensions);
-            dumperOptions.setDefaultFlowStyle(DumperOptions.FlowStyle.BLOCK);
-            Yaml yaml = new Yaml(dumperOptions);
-            Files.write(destination, yaml.dump(extensionsList).getBytes());
-
-            /*
-             * SnakeYaml creates a Yaml file with an unnecessary line at the top with the class name
-             * This section of code removes that line while keeping everything else the same.
-             */
-
-            Scanner scanner = new Scanner(destination);
-            scanner.nextLine();
-            StringBuilder extensionsString = new StringBuilder();
-            while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
-                extensionsString.append("\n" + scanner.nextLine());
-            }
-            Files.write(destination, extensionsString.toString().getBytes());
-
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new UncheckedIOException("Failed to write to extensions.yml", e);
-        }
+    public void extension(boolean extensionsEnabled) {
+        this.extensionsEnabled = extensionsEnabled;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -648,10 +614,6 @@ public synchronized void start() {
             }
         }
 
-        if (!extensions.isEmpty()) {
-            writeExtensionFiles();
-        }
-
         logToProcessStdout("Creating " + currentConfig.command + " keystore with password set to [" + keystorePassword + "]");
 
         if (keystorePassword.length() > 0) {
@@ -937,7 +899,7 @@ private void startOpenSearchProcess() {
         environment.clear();
         environment.putAll(getOpenSearchEnvironment());
 
-        if (!extensions.isEmpty()) {
+        if (extensionsEnabled) {
             environment.put("OPENSEARCH_JAVA_OPTS", "-Dopensearch.experimental.feature.extensions.enabled=true");
         }
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/TestClusterConfiguration.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/TestClusterConfiguration.java
index 7378804d59d41..87cce2f0b32c0 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/TestClusterConfiguration.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testclusters/TestClusterConfiguration.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public interface TestClusterConfiguration {
 
     void setTestDistribution(TestDistribution distribution);
 
-    void extension(ExtensionsProperties extension);
+    void extension(boolean extensionsEnabled);
 
     void plugin(Provider<RegularFile> plugin);