diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/test/rest/XPackRestTestCase.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/test/rest/XPackRestTestCase.java
index 731e755e6af..d366e80fd7e 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/test/rest/XPackRestTestCase.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/test/rest/XPackRestTestCase.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.test.rest;
 
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.Name;
 import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.annotations.ParametersFactory;
-import org.elasticsearch.client.ResponseException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
@@ -51,24 +50,6 @@ public abstract class XPackRestTestCase extends ESRestTestCase {
         return ESRestTestCase.createParameters(0, 1);
     }
 
-    @Before
-    public void startWatcher() throws Exception {
-        try {
-            getAdminExecutionContext().callApi("xpack.watcher.start", emptyMap(), emptyList(), emptyMap());
-        } catch(ResponseException e) {
-            //TODO ignore for now, needs to be fixed though
-        }
-    }
-
-    @After
-    public void stopWatcher() throws Exception {
-        try {
-            getAdminExecutionContext().callApi("xpack.watcher.stop", emptyMap(), emptyList(), emptyMap());
-        } catch(ResponseException e) {
-            //TODO ignore for now, needs to be fixed though
-        }
-    }
-
     @Before
     public void installLicense() throws Exception {
         final XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder();