diff --git a/plugins/transport-grpc/build.gradle b/plugins/transport-grpc/build.gradle
index e1c47eecd6675..89f6b54dd8dff 100644
--- a/plugins/transport-grpc/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/transport-grpc/build.gradle
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import org.gradle.api.attributes.java.TargetJvmEnvironment
  * compatible open source license.
  */
 
-apply plugin: 'opensearch.internal-cluster-test'
-
 opensearchplugin {
   description 'gRPC based transport implementation'
   classname 'org.opensearch.transport.grpc.GrpcModulePlugin'
diff --git a/plugins/transport-grpc/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/transport/grpc/OpenSearchGrpcIntegTestCase.java b/plugins/transport-grpc/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/transport/grpc/OpenSearchGrpcIntegTestCase.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dae218440e4e..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/transport-grpc/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/transport/grpc/OpenSearchGrpcIntegTestCase.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- *
- * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
- * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
- * compatible open source license.
- */
-
-package org.opensearch.transport.grpc;
-
-import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
-import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
-import org.opensearch.plugins.Plugin;
-import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchIntegTestCase;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.List;
-
-public abstract class OpenSearchGrpcIntegTestCase extends OpenSearchIntegTestCase {
-    @Override
-    protected boolean ignoreExternalCluster() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected boolean addMockTransportService() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected Settings featureFlagSettings() {
-        return Settings.builder().put(super.featureFlagSettings()).put(FeatureFlags.GRPC_EXPERIMENTAL, true).build();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
-        return super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
-        return List.of(GrpcModulePlugin.class);
-    }
-}