diff --git a/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsResponseTestUtils.java b/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsResponseTestUtils.java
index fb036e75c2d..18f4028b6bb 100644
--- a/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsResponseTestUtils.java
+++ b/plugin/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/stats/IndicesStatsResponseTestUtils.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.stats;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.action.ShardOperationFailedException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.DefaultShardOperationFailedException;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ public class IndicesStatsResponseTestUtils {
     /**
      * Gives access to package private IndicesStatsResponse constructor for test purpose.
      **/
-    public static IndicesStatsResponse newIndicesStatsResponse(ShardStats[] shards, int totalShards, int successfulShards,
-                                                               int failedShards, List<ShardOperationFailedException> shardFailures) {
+    public static IndicesStatsResponse newIndicesStatsResponse(ShardStats[] shards, int totalShards, int successfulShards, int failedShards,
+                                                               List<DefaultShardOperationFailedException> shardFailures) {
         return new IndicesStatsResponse(shards, totalShards, successfulShards, failedShards, shardFailures);
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/graph/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/graph/action/TransportGraphExploreAction.java b/plugin/graph/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/graph/action/TransportGraphExploreAction.java
index cba7bfa1bc4..c5db5ba0f45 100644
--- a/plugin/graph/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/graph/action/TransportGraphExploreAction.java
+++ b/plugin/graph/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/graph/action/TransportGraphExploreAction.java
@@ -759,10 +759,6 @@ public class TransportGraphExploreAction extends HandledTransportAction<GraphExp
             return (startTime + request.timeout().millis()) - threadPool.relativeTimeInMillis();
         }
 
-        void addShardFailure(ShardOperationFailedException failure) {
-            addShardFailures(new ShardOperationFailedException[]{failure});
-        }
-
         void addShardFailures(ShardOperationFailedException[] failures) {
             if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(failures)) {
                 ShardOperationFailedException[] duplicates = new ShardOperationFailedException[shardFailures.length + failures.length];
diff --git a/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/indices/IndexRecoveryMonitoringDocTests.java b/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/indices/IndexRecoveryMonitoringDocTests.java
index 1af2e253e48..8d3777848ba 100644
--- a/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/indices/IndexRecoveryMonitoringDocTests.java
+++ b/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/indices/IndexRecoveryMonitoringDocTests.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.collector.indices;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.ShardOperationFailedException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.recovery.RecoveryResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.shards.IndicesShardStoresResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.DefaultShardOperationFailedException;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.RecoverySource;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class IndexRecoveryMonitoringDocTests extends BaseMonitoringDocTestCase<I
         final RecoveryState.Timer timer = recoveryState.getTimer();
         timer.stop();
 
-        final List<ShardOperationFailedException> shardFailures = new ArrayList<>();
+        final List<DefaultShardOperationFailedException> shardFailures = new ArrayList<>();
         final Throwable reason = new NodeDisconnectedException(discoveryNodeZero, "");
         shardFailures.add(new IndicesShardStoresResponse.Failure("_failed_node_id", "_failed_index", 1, reason));