diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/TransportCatShardsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/TransportCatShardsAction.java
index cae9472f323f1..01efa96a7369e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/TransportCatShardsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/shards/TransportCatShardsAction.java
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@ public void onResponse(ClusterStateResponse clusterStateResponse) {
                         indicesStatsRequest.setShouldCancelOnTimeout(true);
                         indicesStatsRequest.all();
                         indicesStatsRequest.indices(indices);
-                        // Since the indices for paginated query are already concrete and have been filtered to
-                        // only consider OPEN indices, invoking IndexNameExpressionResolver should be avoided.
-                        if (paginationStrategy != null) {
-                            indicesStatsRequest.skipIndexNameResolver(true);
-                        }
                         indicesStatsRequest.setParentTask(client.getLocalNodeId(), parentTask.getId());
                         client.admin().indices().stats(indicesStatsRequest, new ActionListener<IndicesStatsResponse>() {
                             @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsRequest.java
index b3ede1d5f606c..c36e53098d166 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsRequest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.stats;
 
-import org.opensearch.Version;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastRequest;
 import org.opensearch.common.annotation.PublicApi;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@
 public class IndicesStatsRequest extends BroadcastRequest<IndicesStatsRequest> {
 
     private CommonStatsFlags flags = new CommonStatsFlags();
-    private boolean skipIndexNameResolver = false;
 
     public IndicesStatsRequest() {
         super((String[]) null);
@@ -67,9 +65,6 @@ public IndicesStatsRequest() {
     public IndicesStatsRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);
         flags = new CommonStatsFlags(in);
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
-            skipIndexNameResolver = in.readBoolean();
-        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -306,22 +301,10 @@ public IndicesStatsRequest includeUnloadedSegments(boolean includeUnloadedSegmen
     public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
         super.writeTo(out);
         flags.writeTo(out);
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
-            out.writeBoolean(skipIndexNameResolver);
-        }
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean includeDataStreams() {
         return true;
     }
-
-    public boolean skipIndexNameResolver() {
-        return skipIndexNameResolver;
-    }
-
-    public IndicesStatsRequest skipIndexNameResolver(boolean skipIndexNameResolver) {
-        this.skipIndexNameResolver = skipIndexNameResolver;
-        return this;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java
index 7ddec140b49a6..2b85b6d5d6b5b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/indices/stats/TransportIndicesStatsAction.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -154,15 +153,4 @@ protected ShardStats shardOperation(IndicesStatsRequest request, ShardRouting sh
         }
         return new ShardStats(indexShard.routingEntry(), indexShard.shardPath(), commonStats, commitStats, seqNoStats, retentionLeaseStats);
     }
-
-    @Override
-    protected String[] resolveConcreteIndexNames(ClusterState clusterState, IndicesStatsRequest request) {
-        if (request.skipIndexNameResolver()) {
-            // filter out all the indices which might not be present in the local clusterState
-            return Arrays.stream(request.indices())
-                .filter(index -> clusterState.metadata().indices().containsKey(index))
-                .toArray(String[]::new);
-        }
-        return super.resolveConcreteIndexNames(clusterState, request);
-    }
 }