diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 257c51520..05624e3c0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ integTest {
             excludeTestsMatching "org.opensearch.indexmanagement.indexstatemanagement.action.NotificationActionIT"
         }
         exclude 'org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/MetadataRegressionIT.class'
+        exclude 'org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/ConvertIndexToRemoteIT.class'
     }
 
     // TODO: raise issue in Core, this is because of the test framework
@@ -634,6 +635,7 @@ task integTestRemote(type: RestIntegTestTask) {
 
     // Snapshot action integration tests rely on node level setting path.repo which we can't set remotely
     exclude 'org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/SnapshotActionIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteIT.class'
 }
 
 // === Set up BWC tests ===
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/IndexStateManagementRestTestCase.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/IndexStateManagementRestTestCase.kt
index 106117fa2..51e4ee40c 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/IndexStateManagementRestTestCase.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/IndexStateManagementRestTestCase.kt
@@ -101,38 +101,6 @@ abstract class IndexStateManagementRestTestCase : IndexManagementRestTestCase()
     protected open fun enableValidationService() {
         updateValidationServiceSetting(true)
     }
-
-    protected fun createOrUpdateRole() {
-        val roleBody = """
-        {
-          "cluster_permissions": ["cluster:admin/snapshot/restore", "cluster:admin/snapshot/create"],
-          "index_permissions": [
-            {
-              "index_patterns": ["*"],
-              "allowed_actions": ["indices:*"]
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-        """.trimIndent()
-
-        client().makeRequest(
-            method = "PUT",
-            endpoint = "/_plugins/_security/api/roles/snapshot_restore_role",
-            entity = StringEntity(roleBody, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON),
-        )
-
-        // Map your test user to snapshot_restore_role
-        val roleMappingBody = """
-        {
-          "users": ["testUser"]
-        }
-        """.trimIndent()
-        client().makeRequest(
-            method = "PUT",
-            endpoint = "/_plugins/_security/api/rolesmapping/snapshot_restore_role",
-            entity = StringEntity(roleMappingBody, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON),
-        )
-    }
     protected fun createPolicy(
         policy: Policy,
         policyId: String = OpenSearchTestCase.randomAlphaOfLength(10),
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt
index 56b565680..5617a9cf4 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT : IndexStateManagementRestTestCase() {
     private val testIndexName = javaClass.simpleName.lowercase(Locale.ROOT)
 
     fun `test basic conversion to remote index`() {
-        createOrUpdateRole()
         val indexName = "${testIndexName}_index_basic"
         val policyID = "${testIndexName}_policy_basic"
         val repository = "repository"