diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessController.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessController.java
index e90fe053a5d..b06b2bf5aaf 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessController.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessController.java
@@ -2741,10 +2741,4 @@ public class AccessController extends BaseMasterAndRegionObserver
       String groupName) throws IOException {
     requirePermission("balanceRSGroup", Action.ADMIN);
   }
-
-  @Override
-  public void preGetClusterStatus(final ObserverContext<MasterCoprocessorEnvironment> ctx)
-      throws IOException {
-    requirePermission("getClusterStatus", Action.ADMIN);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestAccessController.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestAccessController.java
index 5770a41f7d0..5071ca0e38b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestAccessController.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/TestAccessController.java
@@ -3051,7 +3051,7 @@ public class TestAccessController extends SecureTestUtil {
       }
     };
 
-    verifyAllowed(action, SUPERUSER, USER_ADMIN);
-    verifyDenied(action, USER_CREATE, USER_RW, USER_RO, USER_NONE, USER_OWNER);
+    verifyAllowed(
+        action, SUPERUSER, USER_ADMIN, USER_CREATE, USER_RW, USER_RO, USER_NONE, USER_OWNER);
   }
 }