diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65de8dfb5b464..2b41db0feeaea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
  - Modified EnvironmentSettingsRequest to pass entire Settings object ([#4731](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4731))
  - Added contentParser method to ExtensionRestRequest ([#4760](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4760))
  - Enforce type safety for RegisterTransportActionsRequest([#4796](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4796))
+ - Modified local node request to return Discovery Node ([#4862](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4862))
  - Enforce type safety for NamedWriteableRegistryParseRequest ([#4923](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4923))
 
 ## [2.x]
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/LocalNodeResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/LocalNodeResponse.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ef1ef4a49ad62..0000000000000
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/LocalNodeResponse.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +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.cluster;
-
-import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
-import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
-import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
-import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
-import org.opensearch.transport.TransportResponse;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Objects;
-
-/**
- * LocalNode Response for Extensibility
- *
- * @opensearch.internal
- */
-public class LocalNodeResponse extends TransportResponse {
-    private final DiscoveryNode localNode;
-
-    public LocalNodeResponse(ClusterService clusterService) {
-        this.localNode = clusterService.localNode();
-    }
-
-    public LocalNodeResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super(in);
-        this.localNode = new DiscoveryNode(in);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
-        this.localNode.writeTo(out);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-        return "LocalNodeResponse{" + "localNode=" + localNode + '}';
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean equals(Object o) {
-        if (this == o) return true;
-        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
-        LocalNodeResponse that = (LocalNodeResponse) o;
-        return Objects.equals(localNode, that.localNode);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int hashCode() {
-        return Objects.hash(localNode);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsOrchestrator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsOrchestrator.java
index ac129780792a9..838c5924d213c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsOrchestrator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsOrchestrator.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.state.ClusterStateResponse;
 import org.opensearch.client.node.NodeClient;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterSettingsResponse;
-import org.opensearch.cluster.LocalNodeResponse;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.FileSystemUtils;
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ public class ExtensionsOrchestrator implements ReportingService<PluginsAndModule
     public static final String INDICES_EXTENSION_POINT_ACTION_NAME = "indices:internal/extensions";
     public static final String INDICES_EXTENSION_NAME_ACTION_NAME = "indices:internal/name";
     public static final String REQUEST_EXTENSION_CLUSTER_STATE = "internal:discovery/clusterstate";
-    public static final String REQUEST_EXTENSION_LOCAL_NODE = "internal:discovery/localnode";
     public static final String REQUEST_EXTENSION_CLUSTER_SETTINGS = "internal:discovery/clustersettings";
     public static final String REQUEST_EXTENSION_ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS = "internal:discovery/enviornmentsettings";
     public static final String REQUEST_EXTENSION_ADD_SETTINGS_UPDATE_CONSUMER = "internal:discovery/addsettingsupdateconsumer";
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ public class ExtensionsOrchestrator implements ReportingService<PluginsAndModule
      */
     public static enum RequestType {
         REQUEST_EXTENSION_CLUSTER_STATE,
-        REQUEST_EXTENSION_LOCAL_NODE,
         REQUEST_EXTENSION_CLUSTER_SETTINGS,
         REQUEST_EXTENSION_ACTION_LISTENER_ON_FAILURE,
         REQUEST_EXTENSION_REGISTER_REST_ACTIONS,
@@ -235,14 +232,6 @@ private void registerRequestHandler() {
             ExtensionRequest::new,
             ((request, channel, task) -> channel.sendResponse(handleExtensionRequest(request)))
         );
-        transportService.registerRequestHandler(
-            REQUEST_EXTENSION_LOCAL_NODE,
-            ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC,
-            false,
-            false,
-            ExtensionRequest::new,
-            ((request, channel, task) -> channel.sendResponse(handleExtensionRequest(request)))
-        );
         transportService.registerRequestHandler(
             REQUEST_EXTENSION_CLUSTER_SETTINGS,
             ThreadPool.Names.GENERIC,
@@ -430,8 +419,6 @@ TransportResponse handleExtensionRequest(ExtensionRequest extensionRequest) thro
         switch (extensionRequest.getRequestType()) {
             case REQUEST_EXTENSION_CLUSTER_STATE:
                 return new ClusterStateResponse(clusterService.getClusterName(), clusterService.state(), false);
-            case REQUEST_EXTENSION_LOCAL_NODE:
-                return new LocalNodeResponse(clusterService);
             case REQUEST_EXTENSION_CLUSTER_SETTINGS:
                 return new ClusterSettingsResponse(clusterService);
             case REQUEST_EXTENSION_ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS:
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsOrchestratorTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsOrchestratorTests.java
index 7cc02a7f6b5ce..6b2335a2333f3 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsOrchestratorTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/ExtensionsOrchestratorTests.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.state.ClusterStateResponse;
 import org.opensearch.client.node.NodeClient;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterSettingsResponse;
-import org.opensearch.cluster.LocalNodeResponse;
 import org.opensearch.env.EnvironmentSettingsResponse;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
@@ -455,9 +454,6 @@ public void testHandleExtensionRequest() throws Exception {
         );
         assertEquals(ClusterSettingsResponse.class, extensionsOrchestrator.handleExtensionRequest(clusterSettingRequest).getClass());
 
-        ExtensionRequest localNodeRequest = new ExtensionRequest(ExtensionsOrchestrator.RequestType.REQUEST_EXTENSION_LOCAL_NODE);
-        assertEquals(LocalNodeResponse.class, extensionsOrchestrator.handleExtensionRequest(localNodeRequest).getClass());
-
         ExtensionRequest environmentSettingsRequest = new ExtensionRequest(
             ExtensionsOrchestrator.RequestType.REQUEST_EXTENSION_ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS
         );
@@ -672,7 +668,7 @@ public void testRegisterHandler() throws Exception {
             settings,
             client
         );
-        verify(mockTransportService, times(10)).registerRequestHandler(anyString(), anyString(), anyBoolean(), anyBoolean(), any(), any());
+        verify(mockTransportService, times(9)).registerRequestHandler(anyString(), anyString(), anyBoolean(), anyBoolean(), any(), any());
     }
 
     private static class Example implements NamedWriteable {