diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/s3guard/AbstractS3GuardToolTestBase.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/s3guard/AbstractS3GuardToolTestBase.java
index 3fda0eb0144..3e187a15156 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/s3guard/AbstractS3GuardToolTestBase.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/s3guard/AbstractS3GuardToolTestBase.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ExitUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 
-import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.METADATASTORE_AUTHORITATIVE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.S3GUARD_DDB_REGION_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.S3GUARD_DDB_TABLE_CREATE_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.Constants.S3GUARD_DDB_TABLE_NAME_KEY;
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractS3GuardToolTestBase extends AbstractS3ATestBase {
     conf.set(S3_METADATA_STORE_IMPL, S3GUARD_METASTORE_NULL);
     URI fsUri = fs.getUri();
     S3AUtils.setBucketOption(conf,fsUri.getHost(),
-        METADATASTORE_AUTHORITATIVE,
+        S3_METADATA_STORE_IMPL,
         S3GUARD_METASTORE_NULL);
     rawFs = (S3AFileSystem) FileSystem.newInstance(fsUri, conf);
   }