diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java
index a1648b4457..1759e5c62e 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.PathIsNotEmptyDirectoryException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.OzoneConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OmUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.exceptions.OMException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
@@ -88,20 +87,11 @@ public class BasicOzoneFileSystem extends FileSystem {
   private static final Pattern URL_SCHEMA_PATTERN =
       Pattern.compile("([^\\.]+)\\.([^\\.]+)\\.{0,1}(.*)");
 
-  private OzoneConfiguration getOzoneConf(Configuration conf) {
-
-    return (conf instanceof OzoneConfiguration) ?
-        (OzoneConfiguration) conf : new OzoneConfiguration(conf);
-  }
-
-  private String getUriExceptionText(Configuration conf) {
-
-    return "Ozone file system URL should be one of the following formats: "
-        + "o3fs://bucket.volume/key  OR "
-        + "o3fs://bucket.volume.om-host.example.com/key  OR "
-        + "o3fs://bucket.volume.om-host.example.com:"
-        + OmUtils.getOmRpcPort(getOzoneConf(conf)) + "/key";
-  }
+  private static final String URI_EXCEPTION_TEXT = "Ozone file system URL " +
+      "should be one of the following formats: " +
+      "o3fs://bucket.volume/key  OR " +
+      "o3fs://bucket.volume.om-host.example.com/key  OR " +
+      "o3fs://bucket.volume.om-host.example.com:5678/key";
 
   @Override
   public void initialize(URI name, Configuration conf) throws IOException {
@@ -121,7 +111,7 @@ public void initialize(URI name, Configuration conf) throws IOException {
     Matcher matcher = URL_SCHEMA_PATTERN.matcher(authority);
 
     if (!matcher.matches()) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException(getUriExceptionText(conf));
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(URI_EXCEPTION_TEXT);
     }
     String bucketStr = matcher.group(1);
     String volumeStr = matcher.group(2);
@@ -133,14 +123,14 @@ public void initialize(URI name, Configuration conf) throws IOException {
       String[] parts = remaining.split(":");
       // Array length should be either 1(hostname or service id) or 2(host:port)
       if (parts.length > 2) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(getUriExceptionText(conf));
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(URI_EXCEPTION_TEXT);
       }
       omHost = parts[0];
       if (parts.length == 2) {
         try {
           omPort = Integer.parseInt(parts[1]);
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-          throw new IllegalArgumentException(getUriExceptionText(conf));
+          throw new IllegalArgumentException(URI_EXCEPTION_TEXT);
         }
       }
     }