diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterModule.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterModule.java
index f2797e3b267..b2e793ba0ab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterModule.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterModule.java
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ public class ClusterModule extends AbstractModule {
         registerClusterDynamicSetting(RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_ACTIVITY_TIMEOUT, Validator.TIME_NON_NEGATIVE);
         registerClusterDynamicSetting(RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_INTERNAL_ACTION_TIMEOUT, Validator.TIME_NON_NEGATIVE);
         registerClusterDynamicSetting(RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_INTERNAL_LONG_ACTION_TIMEOUT, Validator.TIME_NON_NEGATIVE);
-        registerClusterDynamicSetting(RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_SIZE_PER_SEC, Validator.BYTES_SIZE);
         registerClusterDynamicSetting(ThreadPool.THREADPOOL_GROUP + "*", ThreadPool.THREAD_POOL_TYPE_SETTINGS_VALIDATOR);
         registerClusterDynamicSetting(ThrottlingAllocationDecider.CLUSTER_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_NODE_INITIAL_PRIMARIES_RECOVERIES, Validator.INTEGER);
         registerClusterDynamicSetting(ThrottlingAllocationDecider.CLUSTER_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_NODE_CONCURRENT_RECOVERIES, Validator.INTEGER);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetaData.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetaData.java
index d4e7baac790..fb54426b5a2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetaData.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetaData.java
@@ -749,8 +749,7 @@ public class MetaData implements Iterable<IndexMetaData>, Diffable<MetaData>, Fr
         IndexStoreConfig.INDICES_STORE_THROTTLE_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC,
         RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_FILE_CHUNK_SIZE,
         RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_TRANSLOG_SIZE,
-        RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC,
-        RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_SIZE_PER_SEC));
+        RecoverySettings.INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC));
 
 
     /** All known time cluster settings. */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
index 7ccba843993..749ba4f3360 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ public class RecoverySettings extends AbstractComponent implements Closeable {
 
     public static final long SMALL_FILE_CUTOFF_BYTES = ByteSizeValue.parseBytesSizeValue("5mb", "SMALL_FILE_CUTOFF_BYTES").bytes();
 
-    /**
-     * Use {@link #INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static final String INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_SIZE_PER_SEC = "indices.recovery.max_size_per_sec";
-
     private volatile ByteSizeValue fileChunkSize;
 
     private volatile boolean compress;
@@ -105,9 +99,9 @@ public class RecoverySettings extends AbstractComponent implements Closeable {
     public RecoverySettings(Settings settings, NodeSettingsService nodeSettingsService) {
         super(settings);
 
-        this.fileChunkSize = settings.getAsBytesSize(INDICES_RECOVERY_FILE_CHUNK_SIZE, settings.getAsBytesSize("index.shard.recovery.file_chunk_size", new ByteSizeValue(512, ByteSizeUnit.KB)));
-        this.translogOps = settings.getAsInt(INDICES_RECOVERY_TRANSLOG_OPS, settings.getAsInt("index.shard.recovery.translog_ops", 1000));
-        this.translogSize = settings.getAsBytesSize(INDICES_RECOVERY_TRANSLOG_SIZE, settings.getAsBytesSize("index.shard.recovery.translog_size", new ByteSizeValue(512, ByteSizeUnit.KB)));
+        this.fileChunkSize = settings.getAsBytesSize(INDICES_RECOVERY_FILE_CHUNK_SIZE, new ByteSizeValue(512, ByteSizeUnit.KB));
+        this.translogOps = settings.getAsInt(INDICES_RECOVERY_TRANSLOG_OPS, 1000);
+        this.translogSize = settings.getAsBytesSize(INDICES_RECOVERY_TRANSLOG_SIZE, new ByteSizeValue(512, ByteSizeUnit.KB));
         this.compress = settings.getAsBoolean(INDICES_RECOVERY_COMPRESS, true);
 
         this.retryDelayStateSync = settings.getAsTime(INDICES_RECOVERY_RETRY_DELAY_STATE_SYNC, TimeValue.timeValueMillis(500));
@@ -124,14 +118,14 @@ public class RecoverySettings extends AbstractComponent implements Closeable {
         );
 
 
-        this.concurrentStreams = settings.getAsInt("indices.recovery.concurrent_streams", settings.getAsInt("index.shard.recovery.concurrent_streams", 3));
+        this.concurrentStreams = settings.getAsInt(INDICES_RECOVERY_CONCURRENT_STREAMS, 3);
         this.concurrentStreamPool = EsExecutors.newScaling("recovery_stream", 0, concurrentStreams, 60, TimeUnit.SECONDS,
                 EsExecutors.daemonThreadFactory(settings, "[recovery_stream]"));
-        this.concurrentSmallFileStreams = settings.getAsInt("indices.recovery.concurrent_small_file_streams", settings.getAsInt("index.shard.recovery.concurrent_small_file_streams", 2));
+        this.concurrentSmallFileStreams = settings.getAsInt(INDICES_RECOVERY_CONCURRENT_SMALL_FILE_STREAMS, 2);
         this.concurrentSmallFileStreamPool = EsExecutors.newScaling("small_file_recovery_stream", 0, concurrentSmallFileStreams, 60,
                 TimeUnit.SECONDS, EsExecutors.daemonThreadFactory(settings, "[small_file_recovery_stream]"));
 
-        this.maxBytesPerSec = settings.getAsBytesSize("indices.recovery.max_bytes_per_sec", settings.getAsBytesSize("indices.recovery.max_size_per_sec", new ByteSizeValue(40, ByteSizeUnit.MB)));
+        this.maxBytesPerSec = settings.getAsBytesSize(INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC, new ByteSizeValue(40, ByteSizeUnit.MB));
         if (maxBytesPerSec.bytes() <= 0) {
             rateLimiter = null;
         } else {
@@ -206,7 +200,7 @@ public class RecoverySettings extends AbstractComponent implements Closeable {
     class ApplySettings implements NodeSettingsService.Listener {
         @Override
         public void onRefreshSettings(Settings settings) {
-            ByteSizeValue maxSizePerSec = settings.getAsBytesSize(INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC, settings.getAsBytesSize(INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_SIZE_PER_SEC, RecoverySettings.this.maxBytesPerSec));
+            ByteSizeValue maxSizePerSec = settings.getAsBytesSize(INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC, RecoverySettings.this.maxBytesPerSec);
             if (!Objects.equals(maxSizePerSec, RecoverySettings.this.maxBytesPerSec)) {
                 logger.info("updating [{}] from [{}] to [{}]", INDICES_RECOVERY_MAX_BYTES_PER_SEC, RecoverySettings.this.maxBytesPerSec, maxSizePerSec);
                 RecoverySettings.this.maxBytesPerSec = maxSizePerSec;