diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/document/RestDeleteAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/document/RestDeleteAction.java
index 716a14182fee2..a7331ec882ad2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/document/RestDeleteAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/document/RestDeleteAction.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.delete.DeleteRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.ActiveShardCount;
 import org.opensearch.client.node.NodeClient;
-import org.opensearch.common.logging.DeprecationLogger;
 import org.opensearch.index.VersionType;
 import org.opensearch.rest.BaseRestHandler;
 import org.opensearch.rest.RestRequest;
@@ -50,13 +49,10 @@
 import static org.opensearch.rest.RestRequest.Method.DELETE;
 
 public class RestDeleteAction extends BaseRestHandler {
-    private static final DeprecationLogger deprecationLogger = DeprecationLogger.getLogger(RestDeleteAction.class);
-    public static final String TYPES_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE = "[types removal] Specifying types in "
-        + "document index requests is deprecated, use the /{index}/_doc/{id} endpoint instead.";
 
     @Override
     public List<Route> routes() {
-        return unmodifiableList(asList(new Route(DELETE, "/{index}/_doc/{id}")));
+        return unmodifiableList(asList(new Route(DELETE, "/{index}/_doc/{id}"), new Route(DELETE, "/{index}/{id}")));
     }
 
     @Override