diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse.java
index 52ec24a5d6653..edeb5b3b3a97c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.support.master.AcknowledgedResponse;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
-import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -20,7 +19,8 @@
  *
  * @opensearch.internal
  */
-public class ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse implements ToXContentObject {
+public class ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse extends AcknowledgedResponse {
+
     ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java
index 3d5258e46fcec..868fa5907fe85 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/routing/weighted/delete/TransportDeleteWeightedRoutingAction.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.support.clustermanager.TransportClusterManagerNodeAction;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockException;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.block.ClusterBlockLevel;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.WeightedRoutingService;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ protected ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOExc
 
     @Override
     protected ClusterBlockException checkBlock(ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest request, ClusterState state) {
-        return null;
+        return state.blocks().globalBlockedException(ClusterBlockLevel.METADATA_WRITE);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingService.java
index c18afaf87bdfd..5dce6d386fa34 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingService.java
@@ -111,30 +111,25 @@ public void deleteWeightedRoutingMetadata(
         final ClusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest request,
         final ActionListener<ClusterStateUpdateResponse> listener
     ) {
-        clusterService.submitStateUpdateTask("delete_weighted_routing", new ClusterStateUpdateTask(Priority.HIGH) {
+        clusterService.submitStateUpdateTask("delete_weighted_routing", new ClusterStateUpdateTask(Priority.URGENT) {
             @Override
             public ClusterState execute(ClusterState currentState) {
-                Metadata metadata = currentState.metadata();
+                logger.info("Deleting weighted routing metadata from the cluster state");
                 Metadata.Builder mdBuilder = Metadata.builder(currentState.metadata());
-                WeightedRoutingMetadata weightedRoutingMetadata = metadata.weightedRoutingMetadata();
-                if (weightedRoutingMetadata == null) {
-                    logger.info("weighted routing metadata is already deleted");
-                    return currentState;
-                }
                 mdBuilder.removeCustom(WeightedRoutingMetadata.TYPE);
-                logger.info("building cluster state with weighted routing removed");
                 return ClusterState.builder(currentState).metadata(mdBuilder).build();
             }
 
             @Override
             public void onFailure(String source, Exception e) {
-                logger.warn(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("failed to remove weighted routing from cluster state " + "metadata[{}]", e));
+                logger.warn(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("failed to remove weighted routing metadata from cluster state [{}]", e));
                 listener.onFailure(e);
             }
 
             @Override
             public void clusterStateProcessed(String source, ClusterState oldState, ClusterState newState) {
-                logger.info("cluster weighted routing metadata change is processed by all the nodes");
+                logger.debug("cluster weighted routing metadata change is processed by all the nodes");
+                assert newState.metadata().weightedRoutingMetadata() == null;
                 listener.onResponse(new ClusterStateUpdateResponse(true));
             }
         });
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingServiceTests.java
index dc61532a3ea24..f4bfa5208b0e9 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cluster/routing/WeightedRoutingServiceTests.java
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public void onResponse(ClusterStateUpdateResponse clusterStateUpdateResponse) {
 
             @Override
             public void onFailure(Exception e) {
-                fail("request should not fail");
+                fail("on failure shouldn't have been called");
             }
         };
         weightedRoutingService.deleteWeightedRoutingMetadata(clusterDeleteWeightedRoutingRequest, listener);