diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestClient.java b/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestClient.java
index a9150119667..35af2723267 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestClient.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestClient.java
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ public final class RestClient implements Closeable {
         this.transport = new Transport<>(client, connectionPool, maxRetryTimeout);
     }
 
-    public ElasticsearchResponse performRequest(Verb verb, String endpoint, Map<String, Object> params, HttpEntity entity)
+    public ElasticsearchResponse performRequest(String method, String endpoint, Map<String, Object> params, HttpEntity entity)
             throws IOException {
-        return transport.performRequest(verb, endpoint, params, entity);
+        return transport.performRequest(method, endpoint, params, entity);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RetryTimeoutException.java b/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RetryTimeoutException.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 632597bfa37..00000000000
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RetryTimeoutException.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +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.client;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-public class RetryTimeoutException extends IOException {
-
-    RetryTimeoutException(String message) {
-        super(message);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/Transport.java b/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/Transport.java
index 8898cf6714f..88bf1bf6c7a 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/Transport.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/Transport.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ final class Transport<C extends Connection> implements Closeable {
                 long timeElapsed = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(System.nanoTime() - startTime);
                 long timeout = retryTimeout - timeElapsed;
                 if (timeout <= 0) {
-                    RetryTimeoutException retryTimeoutException = new RetryTimeoutException(
+                    IOException retryTimeoutException = new IOException(
                             "request retries exceeded max retry timeout [" + retryTimeout + "]");
                     retryTimeoutException.addSuppressed(lastSeenException);
                     throw retryTimeoutException;
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/Verb.java b/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/Verb.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 74a88353977..00000000000
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/Verb.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +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.client;
-
-/**
- * Holds the http verbs/methods supported by elasticsearch, which can be used when sending a request
- */
-public enum Verb {
-    DELETE, GET, HEAD, POST, PUT
-}