diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/HttpConstants.java b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/HttpConstants.java
index 3afcf3769bf2..6afcbdf58cba 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/HttpConstants.java
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/HttpConstants.java
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ public static class HttpHeaders {
 
         // Address related headers.
         public static final String FORCE_REFRESH = "x-ms-force-refresh";
-        public static final String FORCE_COLLECTION_ROUTING_MAP_REFRESH = "x-ms-collectionroutingmap-refresh";
         public static final String ITEM_COUNT = "x-ms-item-count";
         public static final String NEW_RESOURCE_ID = "x-ms-new-resource-id";
         public static final String USE_MASTER_COLLECTION_RESOLVER = "x-ms-use-master-collection-resolver";
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/directconnectivity/GatewayAddressCache.java b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/directconnectivity/GatewayAddressCache.java
index 75278b464062..2639ce723979 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/directconnectivity/GatewayAddressCache.java
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/directconnectivity/GatewayAddressCache.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public Mono<AddressInformation[]> tryGetAddresses(RxDocumentServiceRequest reque
 
         if (suboptimalServerPartitionTimestamp != null) {
             logger.debug("suboptimalServerPartitionTimestamp is {}", suboptimalServerPartitionTimestamp);
-
+            
             boolean forceRefreshDueToSuboptimalPartitionReplicaSet = Duration.between(suboptimalServerPartitionTimestamp, Instant.now()).getSeconds()
                     > this.suboptimalPartitionForceRefreshIntervalInSeconds;
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public Mono<AddressInformation[]> tryGetAddresses(RxDocumentServiceRequest reque
                             }
                             return Mono.error(unwrappedException);
                         }
-
+            
                     });
     }
 
@@ -258,11 +258,6 @@ public Mono<List<Address>> getServerAddressesViaGatewayAsync(
             headers.put(HttpConstants.HttpHeaders.FORCE_REFRESH, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
         }
 
-        if(request.forceCollectionRoutingMapRefresh)
-        {
-            headers.put(HttpConstants.HttpHeaders.FORCE_COLLECTION_ROUTING_MAP_REFRESH, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
-        }
-
         addressQuery.put(HttpConstants.QueryStrings.FILTER, HttpUtils.urlEncode(this.protocolFilter));
 
         addressQuery.put(HttpConstants.QueryStrings.PARTITION_KEY_RANGE_IDS, String.join(",", partitionKeyRangeIds));
@@ -457,11 +452,6 @@ public Mono<List<Address>> getMasterAddressesViaGatewayAsync(
             headers.put(HttpConstants.HttpHeaders.USE_MASTER_COLLECTION_RESOLVER, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
         }
 
-        if(request.forceCollectionRoutingMapRefresh)
-        {
-            headers.put(HttpConstants.HttpHeaders.FORCE_COLLECTION_ROUTING_MAP_REFRESH, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
-        }
-
         queryParameters.put(HttpConstants.QueryStrings.FILTER, HttpUtils.urlEncode(this.protocolFilter));
         headers.put(HttpConstants.HttpHeaders.X_DATE, Utils.nowAsRFC1123());
         String token = this.tokenProvider.getUserAuthorizationToken(
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/test/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/directconnectivity/GatewayAddressCacheTest.java b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/test/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/directconnectivity/GatewayAddressCacheTest.java
index 926fdeaf23ef..bfa4a59960d3 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/test/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/directconnectivity/GatewayAddressCacheTest.java
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/test/java/com/azure/cosmos/internal/directconnectivity/GatewayAddressCacheTest.java
@@ -100,24 +100,21 @@ public void getServerAddressesViaGateway(List<String> partitionKeyRangeIds,
                 authorizationTokenProvider,
                 null,
                 getHttpClient(configs));
-        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-            RxDocumentServiceRequest req =
+
+        RxDocumentServiceRequest req =
                 RxDocumentServiceRequest.create(OperationType.Create, ResourceType.Document,
-                    collectionLink + "/docs/",
-                    getDocumentDefinition(), new HashMap<>());
-            if (i == 1) {
-                req.forceCollectionRoutingMapRefresh = true; //testing address api with x-ms-collectionroutingmap-refresh true
-            }
-            Mono<List<Address>> addresses = cache.getServerAddressesViaGatewayAsync(
+                        collectionLink + "/docs/",
+                getDocumentDefinition(), new HashMap<>());
+
+        Mono<List<Address>> addresses = cache.getServerAddressesViaGatewayAsync(
                 req, createdCollection.getResourceId(), partitionKeyRangeIds, false);
 
-            PartitionReplicasAddressesValidator validator = new PartitionReplicasAddressesValidator.Builder()
+        PartitionReplicasAddressesValidator validator = new PartitionReplicasAddressesValidator.Builder()
                 .withProtocol(protocol)
                 .replicasOfPartitions(partitionKeyRangeIds)
                 .build();
 
-            validateSuccess(addresses, validator, TIMEOUT);
-        }
+        validateSuccess(addresses, validator, TIMEOUT);
     }
 
     @Test(groups = { "direct" }, dataProvider = "protocolProvider", timeOut = TIMEOUT)
@@ -132,24 +129,21 @@ public void getMasterAddressesViaGatewayAsync(Protocol protocol) throws Exceptio
                                                             authorizationTokenProvider,
                                                             null,
                                                             getHttpClient(configs));
-        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-            RxDocumentServiceRequest req =
+
+        RxDocumentServiceRequest req =
                 RxDocumentServiceRequest.create(OperationType.Create, ResourceType.Database,
-                    "/dbs",
-                    new Database(), new HashMap<>());
-            if (i == 1) {
-                req.forceCollectionRoutingMapRefresh = true; //testing address api with x-ms-collectionroutingmap-refresh true
-            }
-            Mono<List<Address>> addresses = cache.getMasterAddressesViaGatewayAsync(req, ResourceType.Database,
+                        "/dbs",
+                        new Database(), new HashMap<>());
+
+        Mono<List<Address>> addresses = cache.getMasterAddressesViaGatewayAsync(req, ResourceType.Database,
                 null, "/dbs/", false, false, null);
 
-            PartitionReplicasAddressesValidator validator = new PartitionReplicasAddressesValidator.Builder()
+        PartitionReplicasAddressesValidator validator = new PartitionReplicasAddressesValidator.Builder()
                 .withProtocol(protocol)
                 .replicasOfSamePartition()
                 .build();
 
-            validateSuccess(addresses, validator, TIMEOUT);
-        }
+        validateSuccess(addresses, validator, TIMEOUT);
     }
 
     @DataProvider(name = "targetPartitionsKeyRangeAndCollectionLinkParams")
@@ -811,7 +805,7 @@ public static void validateSuccess(Mono<List<Address>> observable,
         testSubscriber.assertValueCount(1);
         validator.validate(testSubscriber.values().get(0));
     }
-
+    
     @BeforeClass(groups = { "direct" }, timeOut = SETUP_TIMEOUT)
     public void beforeClass() {
         client = clientBuilder().build();