diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/monitor/TestContainerMetrics.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/monitor/TestContainerMetrics.java
index 60f6604259..6966489603 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/monitor/TestContainerMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/monitor/TestContainerMetrics.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.AbstractMetric;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricsRecord;
-import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.MetricsSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.impl.MetricsCollectorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.impl.MetricsRecords;
 import org.apache.hadoop.metrics2.impl.MetricsSystemImpl;
@@ -37,9 +36,6 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
 public class TestContainerMetrics {
@@ -48,10 +44,6 @@ public class TestContainerMetrics {
   public void testContainerMetricsFlow() throws InterruptedException {
     final String ERR = "Error in number of records";
 
-    // Create a dummy MetricsSystem
-    MetricsSystem system = mock(MetricsSystem.class);
-    doReturn(this).when(system).register(anyString(), anyString(), any());
-
     MetricsCollectorImpl collector = new MetricsCollectorImpl();
     ContainerId containerId = mock(ContainerId.class);
     ContainerMetrics metrics = ContainerMetrics.forContainer(containerId,
@@ -89,9 +81,6 @@ public void testContainerMetricsFlow() throws InterruptedException {
   public void testContainerMetricsLimit() throws InterruptedException {
     final String ERR = "Error in number of records";
 
-    MetricsSystem system = mock(MetricsSystem.class);
-    doReturn(this).when(system).register(anyString(), anyString(), any());
-
     MetricsCollectorImpl collector = new MetricsCollectorImpl();
     ContainerId containerId = mock(ContainerId.class);
     ContainerMetrics metrics = ContainerMetrics.forContainer(containerId,