diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/OpenSearchSecurityPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/OpenSearchSecurityPlugin.java
index 90df8433aa..8e9b71cc54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/OpenSearchSecurityPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/OpenSearchSecurityPlugin.java
@@ -940,7 +940,6 @@ public Collection<Object> createComponents(
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         this.cs = clusterService;
         this.localClient = localClient;
-        setClusterService(this.cs);
 
         final List<Object> components = new ArrayList<Object>();