diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileAppend.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileAppend.java
index aa8afb0b19d..b65301f8c57 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileAppend.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/TestFileAppend.java
@@ -667,7 +667,6 @@ public class TestFileAppend{
     Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
     conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BLOCK_SIZE_KEY, 1024);
     conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_REPLICATION_KEY, 1);
-    conf.setInt("dfs.min.replication", 1);
     File builderBaseDir = new File(GenericTestUtils.getRandomizedTempPath());
     MiniDFSCluster cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf, builderBaseDir)
         .numDataNodes(1).build();
@@ -693,7 +692,6 @@ public class TestFileAppend{
     Configuration conf = new HdfsConfiguration();
     conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_BLOCK_SIZE_KEY, 1024);
     conf.setInt(DFSConfigKeys.DFS_REPLICATION_KEY, 1);
-    conf.setInt("dfs.min.replication", 1);
 
     File builderBaseDir = new File(GenericTestUtils.getRandomizedTempPath());
     MiniDFSCluster cluster = new MiniDFSCluster.Builder(conf, builderBaseDir)