diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 4c6a4d76562..ca30567022b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1270,6 +1270,8 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     YARN-4614. Fix random failure in TestApplicationPriority#testApplicationPriority
     AllocationWithChangeInPriority. (Sunil G via rohithsharmaks)
 
+    YARN-4592. Remove unused GetContainerStatus proto. (Chang Li via aajisaka)
+
 Release 2.7.3 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto/yarn_service_protos.proto b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto/yarn_service_protos.proto
index 115df9a3b34..eae840b75a5 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto/yarn_service_protos.proto
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/src/main/proto/yarn_service_protos.proto
@@ -262,13 +262,6 @@ message StopContainerRequestProto {
 message StopContainerResponseProto {
 }
 
-message GetContainerStatusRequestProto {
-  optional ContainerIdProto container_id = 1;
-}
-
-message GetContainerStatusResponseProto {
-  optional ContainerStatusProto status = 1;
-}
 
 //// bulk API records
 message StartContainersRequestProto {