diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/checkstyle_suppressions.xml b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/checkstyle_suppressions.xml
index 7d3322cc603..9f36857c8b2 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/checkstyle_suppressions.xml
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/checkstyle_suppressions.xml
@@ -1450,7 +1450,6 @@
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]engine[/\\]MockInternalEngine.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]hamcrest[/\\]ElasticsearchAssertions.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]junit[/\\]listeners[/\\]LoggingListener.java" checks="LineLength" />
-  <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]junit[/\\]rule[/\\]RepeatOnExceptionRule.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]rest[/\\]ESRestTestCase.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]rest[/\\]RestTestExecutionContext.java" checks="LineLength" />
   <suppress files="test[/\\]framework[/\\]src[/\\]main[/\\]java[/\\]org[/\\]elasticsearch[/\\]test[/\\]rest[/\\]client[/\\]RestClient.java" checks="LineLength" />
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/junit/rule/RepeatOnExceptionRule.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/junit/rule/RepeatOnExceptionRule.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ded36f3809..00000000000
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/junit/rule/RepeatOnExceptionRule.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.elasticsearch.test.junit.rule;
-
-import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLogger;
-import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
-import org.junit.runner.Description;
-import org.junit.runners.model.Statement;
-
-/**
- * A helper rule to catch all BindTransportExceptions
- * and rerun the test for a configured number of times
- *
- * Note: Be aware, that when a test is repeated, the @After and @Before
- * annotated methods are not run a second time
- *
- */
-public class RepeatOnExceptionRule implements TestRule {
-
-    private ESLogger logger;
-    private int retryCount;
-    private Class expectedException;
-
-    /**
-     *
-     * @param logger the es logger from the test class
-     * @param retryCount number of amounts to try a single test before failing
-     * @param expectedException The exception class you want to catch
-     *
-     */
-    public RepeatOnExceptionRule(ESLogger logger, int retryCount, Class expectedException) {
-        this.logger = logger;
-        this.retryCount = retryCount;
-        this.expectedException = expectedException;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Statement apply(final Statement base, Description description) {
-
-        return new Statement() {
-            @Override
-            public void evaluate() throws Throwable {
-                Throwable caughtThrowable = null;
-
-                for (int i = 0; i < retryCount; i++) {
-                    try {
-                        base.evaluate();
-                        return;
-                    } catch (Throwable t) {
-                        if (t.getClass().equals(expectedException)) {
-                            caughtThrowable = t;
-                            logger.info("Exception [{}] occurred, rerunning the test after [{}] failures", t, t.getClass().getSimpleName(), i+1);
-                        } else {
-                            throw t;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                logger.error("Giving up after [{}] failures... marking test as failed", retryCount);
-                throw caughtThrowable;
-            }
-        };
-
-    }
-}