diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/RolloverActionIT.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/RolloverActionIT.kt
index 43f1c45fb..3d347bf71 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/RolloverActionIT.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/RolloverActionIT.kt
@@ -633,59 +633,6 @@ class RolloverActionIT : IndexStateManagementRestTestCase() {
         assertTrue("New rollover index does not exist.", indexExists("$indexNameBase-000002"))
     }
 
-    fun `test rollover fails if metadata was not updated and is not a transient failure`() {
-        val aliasName = "${testIndexName}_alias"
-        val indexNameBase = "${testIndexName}_index"
-        val firstIndex = "$indexNameBase-1"
-        val policyID = "${testIndexName}_testPolicyName_1"
-        val actionConfig = RolloverAction(null, 0, null, null, 0)
-        val states = listOf(State(name = "RolloverAction", actions = listOf(actionConfig), transitions = listOf()))
-        val policy = Policy(
-            id = policyID,
-            description = "$testIndexName description",
-            schemaVersion = 1L,
-            lastUpdatedTime = Instant.now().truncatedTo(ChronoUnit.MILLIS),
-            errorNotification = randomErrorNotification(),
-            defaultState = states[0].name,
-            states = states
-        )
-
-        createPolicy(policy, policyID)
-        // create index defaults
-        createIndex(firstIndex, policyID, aliasName)
-
-        val managedIndexConfig = getExistingManagedIndexConfig(firstIndex)
-
-        // Change the start time so the job will trigger in 2 seconds, this will trigger the first initialization of the policy
-        updateManagedIndexConfigStartTime(managedIndexConfig)
-        waitFor { assertEquals(policyID, getExplainManagedIndexMetaData(firstIndex).policyID) }
-
-        // Need to speed up to second execution where it will trigger the first execution of the action
-        updateManagedIndexConfigStartTime(managedIndexConfig)
-        waitFor {
-            val info = getExplainManagedIndexMetaData(firstIndex).info as Map<String, Any?>
-            assertEquals("Index did not rollover.", AttemptRolloverStep.getSuccessMessage(firstIndex), info["message"])
-        }
-        Assert.assertTrue("New rollover index does not exist.", indexExists("$indexNameBase-000002"))
-        // Updating managed index metadata step status to "starting" to reproduce bug
-        waitFor {
-            val response = client().makeRequest(
-                "POST", ".opendistro-ism-config/_update/${managedIndexConfig.id}%23metadata",
-                StringEntity(
-                    "{\"script\":{\"managed_index\": \"ctx._source.managed_index_metadata.step.step_status = params.step_status\"," +
-                        "\"lang\": \"painless\", \"params\": {\"step_status\": \"starting\"}}}",
-                    ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON
-                )
-            )
-            assertEquals("Request failed", RestStatus.OK, response.restStatus())
-        }
-        // Should reproduce bug  "Previous action was not able to update IndexMetaData."
-        updateManagedIndexConfigStartTime(managedIndexConfig)
-        waitFor {
-            val info = getExplainManagedIndexMetaData(firstIndex).info as Map<String, Any?>
-            assertEquals("Index did not rollover.", "Previous action was not able to update IndexMetaData.", info["message"])
-        }
-    }
     fun `test rollover detects transient failure and continues executing`() {
         val aliasName = "${testIndexName}_alias"
         val indexNameBase = "${testIndexName}_index"