diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Netty4Plugin.java b/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Netty4Plugin.java
index 609186fc3c3..bcfd5e0b326 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Netty4Plugin.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/Netty4Plugin.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import org.elasticsearch.plugins.NetworkPlugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.netty4.Netty4Transport;
-import org.elasticsearch.transport.netty4.Netty4Utils;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -45,10 +44,6 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 public class Netty4Plugin extends Plugin implements NetworkPlugin {
 
-    static {
-        Netty4Utils.setup();
-    }
-
     public static final String NETTY_TRANSPORT_NAME = "netty4";
     public static final String NETTY_HTTP_TRANSPORT_NAME = "netty4";