diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/node/TestQueryNode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/node/TestQueryNode.java
index 48ab8afa99..e34fd5b9a9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/node/TestQueryNode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/scm/node/TestQueryNode.java
@@ -116,9 +116,5 @@ public void testStaleNodesCount() throws Exception {
     nodeCount = scmClient.queryNode(EnumSet.of(DEAD),
         OzoneProtos.QueryScope.CLUSTER, "").getNodesCount();
     assertEquals("Mismatch of expected nodes count", 2, nodeCount);
-
-    cluster.restartDataNode(0);
-    cluster.restartDataNode(1);
-
   }
 }