diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java
index 221df42b055..9740ccd0358 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/EngineConfig.java
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ public final class EngineConfig {
     private final QueryCache queryCache;
     private final QueryCachingPolicy queryCachingPolicy;
 
-    static {
-
-    }
     /**
      * Index setting to change the low level lucene codec used for writing new segments.
      * This setting is <b>not</b> realtime updateable.