diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/RareClusterStateIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/RareClusterStateIT.java
index 247b49c1122..6a77da8738c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/RareClusterStateIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/state/RareClusterStateIT.java
@@ -148,8 +148,12 @@ public class RareClusterStateIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
     }
 
     public void testDeleteCreateInOneBulk() throws Exception {
-        internalCluster().startMasterOnlyNode();
-        String dataNode = internalCluster().startDataOnlyNode();
+        internalCluster().startMasterOnlyNode(Settings.builder()
+            .put(TestZenDiscovery.USE_ZEN2.getKey(), false) // TODO: convert test to support Zen2
+            .build());
+        String dataNode = internalCluster().startDataOnlyNode(Settings.builder()
+            .put(TestZenDiscovery.USE_ZEN2.getKey(), false) // TODO: convert test to support Zen2
+            .build());
         assertFalse(client().admin().cluster().prepareHealth().setWaitForNodes("2").get().isTimedOut());
         prepareCreate("test").setSettings(Settings.builder().put(IndexMetaData.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0)).addMapping("type").get();
         ensureGreen("test");