diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
index c0f55d60571ce..491c04bab3adb 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ public ClusterMetadataManifest writeIncrementalMetadata(
             return null;
         }
         assert previousClusterState.metadata().coordinationMetadata().term() == clusterState.metadata().coordinationMetadata().term();
-        assert REMOTE_CLUSTER_STATE_ENABLED_SETTING.get(settings) == true : "Remote cluster state is not enabled";
         final Map<String, Long> previousStateIndexMetadataVersionByName = new HashMap<>();
         for (final IndexMetadata indexMetadata : previousClusterState.metadata().indices().values()) {
             previousStateIndexMetadataVersionByName.put(indexMetadata.getIndex().getName(), indexMetadata.getVersion());
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@ public ClusterMetadataManifest markLastStateAsCommitted(ClusterState clusterStat
         }
         assert clusterState != null : "Last accepted cluster state is not set";
         assert previousManifest != null : "Last cluster metadata manifest is not set";
-        assert REMOTE_CLUSTER_STATE_ENABLED_SETTING.get(settings) == true : "Remote cluster state is not enabled";
         return uploadManifest(clusterState, previousManifest.getIndices(), true);
     }