diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
index d1592199621bc..e6daf150b352d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexService.java
@@ -439,8 +439,7 @@ private ClusterState applyCreateIndexWithTemporaryService(final ClusterState cur
      * Given a state and index settings calculated after applying templates, validate metadata for
      * the new index, returning an {@link IndexMetadata} for the new index
      */
-    private IndexMetadata buildAndValidateTemporaryIndexMetadata(final ClusterState currentState,
-                                                                 final Settings aggregatedIndexSettings,
+    private IndexMetadata buildAndValidateTemporaryIndexMetadata(final Settings aggregatedIndexSettings,
                                                                  final CreateIndexClusterStateUpdateRequest request,
                                                                  final int routingNumShards) {
 
@@ -481,7 +480,7 @@ private ClusterState applyCreateIndexRequestWithV1Templates(final ClusterState c
             aggregateIndexSettings(currentState, request, MetadataIndexTemplateService.resolveSettings(templates),
                 null, settings, indexScopedSettings, shardLimitValidator, indexSettingProviders);
         int routingNumShards = getIndexNumberOfRoutingShards(aggregatedIndexSettings, null);
-        IndexMetadata tmpImd = buildAndValidateTemporaryIndexMetadata(currentState, aggregatedIndexSettings, request, routingNumShards);
+        IndexMetadata tmpImd = buildAndValidateTemporaryIndexMetadata(aggregatedIndexSettings, request, routingNumShards);
 
         return applyCreateIndexWithTemporaryService(currentState, request, silent, null, tmpImd, List.of(mappings),
             indexService -> resolveAndValidateAliases(request.index(), request.aliases(),
@@ -514,7 +513,7 @@ private ClusterState applyCreateIndexRequestWithV2Template(final ClusterState cu
                 MetadataIndexTemplateService.resolveSettings(currentState.metadata(), templateName),
                 null, settings, indexScopedSettings, shardLimitValidator, indexSettingProviders);
         int routingNumShards = getIndexNumberOfRoutingShards(aggregatedIndexSettings, null);
-        IndexMetadata tmpImd = buildAndValidateTemporaryIndexMetadata(currentState, aggregatedIndexSettings, request, routingNumShards);
+        IndexMetadata tmpImd = buildAndValidateTemporaryIndexMetadata(aggregatedIndexSettings, request, routingNumShards);
 
         return applyCreateIndexWithTemporaryService(currentState, request, silent, null, tmpImd, mappings,
             indexService -> resolveAndValidateAliases(request.index(), request.aliases(),
@@ -560,7 +559,7 @@ private ClusterState applyCreateIndexRequestWithExistingMetadata(final ClusterSt
         final Settings aggregatedIndexSettings = aggregateIndexSettings(currentState, request, Settings.EMPTY,
             sourceMetadata, settings, indexScopedSettings, shardLimitValidator, indexSettingProviders);
         final int routingNumShards = getIndexNumberOfRoutingShards(aggregatedIndexSettings, sourceMetadata);
-        IndexMetadata tmpImd = buildAndValidateTemporaryIndexMetadata(currentState, aggregatedIndexSettings, request, routingNumShards);
+        IndexMetadata tmpImd = buildAndValidateTemporaryIndexMetadata(aggregatedIndexSettings, request, routingNumShards);
 
         return applyCreateIndexWithTemporaryService(currentState, request, silent, sourceMetadata, tmpImd, List.of(mappings),
             indexService -> resolveAndValidateAliases(request.index(), request.aliases(), Collections.emptyList(),