diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/GetFTP.java b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/GetFTP.java
index ac02b9efad..ff5b5994b8 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/GetFTP.java
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/GetFTP.java
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@ import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.CapabilityDescription;
 import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.SeeAlso;
 import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.WritesAttribute;
 import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.WritesAttributes;
-import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.SideEffectFree;
 import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.Tags;
 import org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.util.FTPTransfer;
 import org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.util.FileTransfer;
 
-@SideEffectFree
 @Tags({"FTP", "get", "retrieve", "files", "fetch", "remote", "ingest", "source", "input"})
 @CapabilityDescription("Fetches files from an FTP Server and creates FlowFiles from them")
 @WritesAttributes({
diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/GetSFTP.java b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/GetSFTP.java
index a157316909..7841bec42e 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/GetSFTP.java
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/GetSFTP.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.nifi.annotation.behavior.SideEffectFree;
 import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.CapabilityDescription;
 import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.SeeAlso;
 import org.apache.nifi.annotation.documentation.Tags;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessorInitializationContext;
 import org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.util.FileTransfer;
 import org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.util.SFTPTransfer;
 
-@SideEffectFree
 @Tags({"sftp", "get", "retrieve", "files", "fetch", "remote", "ingest", "source", "input"})
 @CapabilityDescription("Fetches files from an SFTP Server and creates FlowFiles from them")
 @WritesAttributes({