diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
index 3a40c88a7a0..a6babce961d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
@@ -147,8 +147,6 @@ public final class ClusterSettings extends AbstractScopedSettings {
         }
     }
 
-    ;
-
     public static Set<Setting<?>> BUILT_IN_CLUSTER_SETTINGS = Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>(
         Arrays.asList(AwarenessAllocationDecider.CLUSTER_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_AWARENESS_ATTRIBUTE_SETTING,
             TransportClientNodesService.CLIENT_TRANSPORT_NODES_SAMPLER_INTERVAL, // TODO these transport client settings are kind of odd here and should only be valid if we are a transport client