diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/remote/RemoteRoutingTableServiceFactoryTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/remote/RemoteRoutingTableServiceFactoryTests.java
index b03ab8b4d1719..683942fd34a37 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/remote/RemoteRoutingTableServiceFactoryTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/remote/RemoteRoutingTableServiceFactoryTests.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.ClusterSettings;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
-import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.repositories.RepositoriesService;
 import org.opensearch.repositories.fs.FsRepository;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
@@ -50,9 +49,8 @@ public void testGetServiceWhenRemoteRoutingEnabled() {
         Settings settings = Settings.builder()
             .put("node.attr." + REMOTE_STORE_ROUTING_TABLE_REPOSITORY_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, "routing_repository")
             .put(FsRepository.REPOSITORIES_COMPRESS_SETTING.getKey(), false)
+            .put(REMOTE_PUBLICATION_SETTING_KEY, "true")
             .build();
-        Settings nodeSettings = Settings.builder().put(REMOTE_PUBLICATION_SETTING_KEY, "true").build();
-        FeatureFlags.initializeFeatureFlags(nodeSettings);
         RemoteRoutingTableService service = RemoteRoutingTableServiceFactory.getService(
             repositoriesService,
             settings,
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/remote/RemoteRoutingTableServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/remote/RemoteRoutingTableServiceTests.java
index 72faa3b83cd98..8da0494cd0eb4 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/remote/RemoteRoutingTableServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/remote/RemoteRoutingTableServiceTests.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public void setup() {
 
         Settings settings = Settings.builder()
             .put("node.attr." + REMOTE_STORE_ROUTING_TABLE_REPOSITORY_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, "routing_repository")
+            .put(REMOTE_PUBLICATION_SETTING_KEY, "true")
             .build();
         clusterSettings = new ClusterSettings(settings, ClusterSettings.BUILT_IN_CLUSTER_SETTINGS);
         clusterService = mock(ClusterService.class);
@@ -126,8 +127,6 @@ public void setup() {
         when(repositoriesService.repository("routing_repository")).thenReturn(blobStoreRepository);
         when(blobStoreRepository.blobStore()).thenReturn(blobStore);
         when(blobStore.blobContainer(any())).thenReturn(blobContainer);
-        Settings nodeSettings = Settings.builder().put(REMOTE_PUBLICATION_SETTING_KEY, "true").build();
-        FeatureFlags.initializeFeatureFlags(nodeSettings);
         compressor = new NoneCompressor();
         basePath = BlobPath.cleanPath().add("base-path");
         when(blobStoreRepository.basePath()).thenReturn(basePath);
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
index 5e13ecde98dbd..ef3b5e86e6aee 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
@@ -2929,11 +2929,10 @@ private void initializeRoutingTable() {
             .put("node.attr." + REMOTE_STORE_ROUTING_TABLE_REPOSITORY_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, "routing_repository")
             .put("node.attr." + REMOTE_STORE_CLUSTER_STATE_REPOSITORY_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, "remote_store_repository")
             .put(RemoteClusterStateService.REMOTE_CLUSTER_STATE_ENABLED_SETTING.getKey(), true)
+            .put(REMOTE_PUBLICATION_SETTING_KEY, "true")
             .build();
         clusterSettings.applySettings(newSettings);
 
-        Settings nodeSettings = Settings.builder().put(REMOTE_PUBLICATION_SETTING_KEY, "true").build();
-        FeatureFlags.initializeFeatureFlags(nodeSettings);
         remoteClusterStateService = new RemoteClusterStateService(
             "test-node-id",
             repositoriesServiceSupplier,