diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/Metadata.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/Metadata.java
index 8e5fdeb090e03..e427d9e037ff6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/Metadata.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/Metadata.java
@@ -181,11 +181,6 @@ static Custom fromXContent(XContentParser parser, String name) throws IOExceptio
             // handling any Exception is caller's responsibility
             return parser.namedObject(Custom.class, name, null);
         }
-
-        static Custom fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOException {
-            String currentFieldName = parser.currentName();
-            return fromXContent(parser, currentFieldName);
-        }
     }
 
     public static final Setting<Integer> DEFAULT_REPLICA_COUNT_SETTING = Setting.intSetting(
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
index ac821cd15a5b3..835d68d82c6b3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class RemoteClusterStateService implements Closeable {
     public static final ChecksumBlobStoreFormat<Metadata.Custom> CUSTOM_METADATA_FORMAT = new ChecksumBlobStoreFormat<>(
         "custom",
         METADATA_NAME_FORMAT,
-        Metadata.Custom::fromXContent
+        null // no need to reader here, as this object is only used to write/serialize the object
     );
 
     /**