diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/GatewayMetaState.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/GatewayMetaState.java
index 7d5878e99dbfa..5d417ce78fe5c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/GatewayMetaState.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/GatewayMetaState.java
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.recovery.RemoteStoreRestoreService.RemoteRestoreResult;
 import org.opensearch.node.Node;
 import org.opensearch.plugins.MetadataUpgrader;
-import org.opensearch.repositories.RepositoryMissingException;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService;