diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/Setting.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/Setting.java
index 289917e386d96..aae5b3a4cb5f2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/Setting.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/Setting.java
@@ -1822,22 +1822,16 @@ public static Setting<TimeValue> timeSetting(String key, Setting<TimeValue> fall
         return new Setting<>(key, fallbackSetting, (s) -> TimeValue.parseTimeValue(s, key), properties);
     }
 
-    public static Setting<TimeValue> timeSetting(String key, Setting<TimeValue> fallBackSetting, Validator<TimeValue> validator,
-                                                 Property... properties) {
-        return new Setting<>(new SimpleKey(key), fallBackSetting, fallBackSetting::getRaw, (s) -> TimeValue.parseTimeValue(s, key),
-            validator, properties);
+    public static Setting<TimeValue> timeSetting(String key, Setting<TimeValue> fallBackSetting, Validator<TimeValue> validator, Property... properties) {
+        return new Setting<>(new SimpleKey(key), fallBackSetting, fallBackSetting::getRaw, (s) -> TimeValue.parseTimeValue(s, key), validator, properties);
     }
 
     public static Setting<TimeValue> positiveTimeSetting(String key, TimeValue defaultValue, Property... properties) {
         return timeSetting(key, defaultValue, TimeValue.timeValueMillis(0), properties);
     }
 
-    public static Setting<TimeValue> positiveTimeSetting(
-            final String key,
-            final Setting<TimeValue> fallbackSetting,
-            final TimeValue minValue,
-            final Property... properties) {
-        return timeSetting(key, fallbackSetting, minValue, properties);
+    public static Setting<TimeValue> positiveTimeSetting(final String key, final Setting<TimeValue> fallbackSetting, final Property... properties) {
+        return timeSetting(key, fallbackSetting, TimeValue.timeValueMillis(0), properties);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/ScriptService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/ScriptService.java
index 622c23ed76ba4..af4dae88ed786 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/ScriptService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/ScriptService.java
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ public class ScriptService implements Closeable, ClusterStateApplier {
     public static final Setting.AffixSetting<TimeValue> SCRIPT_CACHE_EXPIRE_SETTING =
         Setting.affixKeySetting(CONTEXT_PREFIX,
             "cache_expire",
-            key -> Setting.positiveTimeSetting(key, SCRIPT_GENERAL_CACHE_EXPIRE_SETTING, TimeValue.timeValueMillis(0),
-                                               Property.NodeScope, Property.Dynamic));
+            key -> Setting.positiveTimeSetting(key, SCRIPT_GENERAL_CACHE_EXPIRE_SETTING, Property.NodeScope, Property.Dynamic));
 
     // Unlimited compilation rate for context-specific script caches
     static final String UNLIMITED_COMPILATION_RATE_KEY = "unlimited";
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/RemoteClusterService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/RemoteClusterService.java
index e19a8eab3915e..1b792df8ec4e3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/RemoteClusterService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/transport/RemoteClusterService.java
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ public final class RemoteClusterService extends RemoteClusterAware implements Cl
             Setting.positiveTimeSetting(
                     "cluster.remote.initial_connect_timeout",
                     SEARCH_REMOTE_INITIAL_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SETTING, // the default needs to be thirty seconds when fallback is removed
-                    TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(30),
                     Setting.Property.NodeScope);
 
     public static final Setting<String> SEARCH_REMOTE_NODE_ATTRIBUTE =