diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/commit/AbstractITCommitProtocol.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/commit/AbstractITCommitProtocol.java
index 5ae8f545227..e560e112c15 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/commit/AbstractITCommitProtocol.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/commit/AbstractITCommitProtocol.java
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractITCommitProtocol extends AbstractCommitITest {
     taskAttempt1 = TaskAttemptID.forName(attempt1);
 
     outDir = path(getMethodName());
-    S3AFileSystem fileSystem = getFileSystem();
-    bindFileSystem(fileSystem, outDir, fileSystem.getConf());
     abortMultipartUploadsUnderPath(outDir);
     cleanupDestDir();
   }
@@ -196,18 +194,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractITCommitProtocol extends AbstractCommitITest {
     return conf;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Bind a path to the FS in the cache.
-   * @param fs filesystem
-   * @param path s3 path
-   * @param conf configuration
-   * @throws IOException any problem
-   */
-  private void bindFileSystem(FileSystem fs, Path path, Configuration conf)
-      throws IOException {
-    FileSystemTestHelper.addFileSystemForTesting(path.toUri(), conf, fs);
-  }
-
   /***
    * Bind to the committer from the methods of
    * {@link #getCommitterFactoryName()} and {@link #getCommitterName()}.