diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ClusterStateCreationUtils.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ClusterStateCreationUtils.java
index 23512b383fc..bdc101977af 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ClusterStateCreationUtils.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/support/replication/ClusterStateCreationUtils.java
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ public class ClusterStateCreationUtils {
                 .put(SETTING_CREATION_DATE, System.currentTimeMillis())).primaryTerm(0, primaryTerm)
             .build();
 
-        RoutingTable.Builder routing = new RoutingTable.Builder();
-        routing.addAsNew(indexMetadata);
         IndexShardRoutingTable.Builder indexShardRoutingBuilder = new IndexShardRoutingTable.Builder(shardId);
 
         String primaryNode = null;
@@ -179,9 +177,6 @@ public class ClusterStateCreationUtils {
             .put(SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, numberOfPrimaries).put(SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0)
             .put(SETTING_CREATION_DATE, System.currentTimeMillis())).build();
 
-        RoutingTable.Builder routing = new RoutingTable.Builder();
-        routing.addAsNew(indexMetadata);
-
         IndexRoutingTable.Builder indexRoutingTable = IndexRoutingTable.builder(indexMetadata.getIndex());
         for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPrimaries; i++) {
             ShardId shardId = new ShardId(indexMetadata.getIndex(), i);
@@ -225,9 +220,6 @@ public class ClusterStateCreationUtils {
                 .put(SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, numberOfPrimaries).put(SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 0)
                 .put(SETTING_CREATION_DATE, System.currentTimeMillis())).build();
 
-            RoutingTable.Builder routing = new RoutingTable.Builder();
-            routing.addAsNew(indexMetadata);
-
             IndexRoutingTable.Builder indexRoutingTable = IndexRoutingTable.builder(indexMetadata.getIndex());
             for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPrimaries; i++) {
                 ShardId shardId = new ShardId(indexMetadata.getIndex(), i);
@@ -272,8 +264,6 @@ public class ClusterStateCreationUtils {
         state.metadata(Metadata.builder().put(indexMetadata, false).generateClusterUuidIfNeeded());
         IndexRoutingTable.Builder indexRoutingTableBuilder = IndexRoutingTable.builder(indexMetadata.getIndex());
         for (int i = 0; i < numberOfShards; i++) {
-            RoutingTable.Builder routing = new RoutingTable.Builder();
-            routing.addAsNew(indexMetadata);
             final ShardId shardId = new ShardId(index, "_na_", i);
             IndexShardRoutingTable.Builder indexShardRoutingBuilder = new IndexShardRoutingTable.Builder(shardId);
             indexShardRoutingBuilder.addShard(TestShardRouting.newShardRouting(index, i, newNode(0).getId(), null, true,