diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java
index 3cf12e75d235..4872840a5c40 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/StorageContainerManager.java
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.Storage.StorageState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.lease.LeaseManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.lock.LockManager;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.commands.RetriableDatanodeEventWatcher;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.SecurityUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.AuthenticationMethod;
@@ -314,14 +313,6 @@ public StorageContainerManager(OzoneConfiguration conf,
     PipelineActionHandler pipelineActionHandler =
         new PipelineActionHandler(pipelineManager, conf);
 
-
-    RetriableDatanodeEventWatcher retriableDatanodeEventWatcher =
-        new RetriableDatanodeEventWatcher<>(
-            SCMEvents.RETRIABLE_DATANODE_COMMAND,
-            SCMEvents.DELETE_BLOCK_STATUS,
-            commandWatcherLeaseManager);
-    retriableDatanodeEventWatcher.start(eventQueue);
-
     scmAdminUsernames = conf.getTrimmedStringCollection(OzoneConfigKeys
         .OZONE_ADMINISTRATORS);
     String scmUsername = UserGroupInformation.getCurrentUser().getUserName();