diff --git a/plugins/transport-reactor-netty4/src/javaRestTest/java/org/opensearch/rest/ReactorNetty4StreamingIT.java b/plugins/transport-reactor-netty4/src/javaRestTest/java/org/opensearch/rest/ReactorNetty4StreamingIT.java
index 35515a8d95d67..e022dfedb788d 100644
--- a/plugins/transport-reactor-netty4/src/javaRestTest/java/org/opensearch/rest/ReactorNetty4StreamingIT.java
+++ b/plugins/transport-reactor-netty4/src/javaRestTest/java/org/opensearch/rest/ReactorNetty4StreamingIT.java
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ public void testStreamingLargeDocument() throws IOException {
             )
         );
 
-        final Duration delay = Duration.ofMillis(1);
         final StreamingRequest<ByteBuffer> streamingRequest = new StreamingRequest<>(
             "POST",
             "/_bulk/stream",
@@ -335,7 +334,6 @@ public void testStreamingLargeDocumentThatExceedsChunkSize() throws IOException
             )
         );
 
-        final Duration delay = Duration.ofMillis(1);
         final StreamingRequest<ByteBuffer> streamingRequest = new StreamingRequest<>(
             "POST",
             "/_bulk/stream",