diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/PlacementPolicy.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/PlacementPolicy.java
similarity index 91%
rename from hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/PlacementPolicy.java
rename to hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/PlacementPolicy.java
index 248e7d715b22..a792e2cea6b7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/PlacementPolicy.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/PlacementPolicy.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.DatanodeDetails;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.container.ContainerReplica;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
  * A PlacementPolicy support choosing datanodes to build
  * pipelines or containers with specified constraints.
  */
-public interface PlacementPolicy<Replica> {
+public interface PlacementPolicy {
 
   default List<DatanodeDetails> chooseDatanodes(
           List<DatanodeDetails> excludedNodes,
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ ContainerPlacementStatus validateContainerPlacement(
    * @param replicas: Map of replicas with value signifying if
    *                  replica can be copied
    */
-  Set<Replica> replicasToCopyToFixMisreplication(
-          Map<Replica, Boolean> replicas);
+  Set<ContainerReplica> replicasToCopyToFixMisreplication(
+          Map<ContainerReplica, Boolean> replicas);
 
   /**
    * Given a set of replicas of a container which are overreplicated,
@@ -85,6 +86,6 @@ Set<Replica> replicasToCopyToFixMisreplication(
    * @param expectedCountPerUniqueReplica: Replication factor of each
    *                                     unique replica
    */
-  Set<Replica> replicasToRemoveToFixOverreplication(
-          Set<Replica> replicas, int expectedCountPerUniqueReplica);
+  Set<ContainerReplica> replicasToRemoveToFixOverreplication(
+          Set<ContainerReplica> replicas, int expectedCountPerUniqueReplica);
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/PlacementPolicyValidateProxy.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/PlacementPolicyValidateProxy.java
similarity index 100%
rename from hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/PlacementPolicyValidateProxy.java
rename to hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/PlacementPolicyValidateProxy.java
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/SCMCommonPlacementPolicy.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/SCMCommonPlacementPolicy.java
index 8d02d7fc3b80..e679ec72a150 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/SCMCommonPlacementPolicy.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/SCMCommonPlacementPolicy.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * functions which are common to placement policies.
  */
 public abstract class SCMCommonPlacementPolicy implements
-        PlacementPolicy<ContainerReplica> {
+        PlacementPolicy {
   @VisibleForTesting
   static final Logger LOG =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(SCMCommonPlacementPolicy.class);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/SCMContainerPlacementRandom.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/SCMContainerPlacementRandom.java
index 2aa11211015c..cdfd57d1d09b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/SCMContainerPlacementRandom.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/SCMContainerPlacementRandom.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.ConfigurationSource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.PlacementPolicy;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.SCMCommonPlacementPolicy;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.container.ContainerReplica;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.exceptions.SCMException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.net.NetworkTopology;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.node.NodeManager;
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@
  * can be practically used.
  */
 public final class SCMContainerPlacementRandom extends SCMCommonPlacementPolicy
-    implements PlacementPolicy<ContainerReplica> {
+    implements PlacementPolicy {
   @VisibleForTesting
   public static final Logger LOG =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(SCMContainerPlacementRandom.class);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/ECMisReplicationHandler.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/ECMisReplicationHandler.java
index bc77a6f6a8f8..8e05f0de3cf1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/ECMisReplicationHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/ECMisReplicationHandler.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  */
 public class ECMisReplicationHandler extends MisReplicationHandler {
   public ECMisReplicationHandler(
-          PlacementPolicy<ContainerReplica> containerPlacement,
+          PlacementPolicy containerPlacement,
           ConfigurationSource conf, ReplicationManager replicationManager) {
     super(containerPlacement, conf, replicationManager);
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/MisReplicationHandler.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/MisReplicationHandler.java
index ba245dea3a02..b5590f2985de 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/MisReplicationHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/MisReplicationHandler.java
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ public abstract class MisReplicationHandler implements
 
   public static final Logger LOG =
           LoggerFactory.getLogger(MisReplicationHandler.class);
-  private final PlacementPolicy<ContainerReplica> containerPlacement;
+  private final PlacementPolicy containerPlacement;
   private final long currentContainerSize;
   private final ReplicationManager replicationManager;
 
   public MisReplicationHandler(
-      final PlacementPolicy<ContainerReplica> containerPlacement,
+      final PlacementPolicy containerPlacement,
       final ConfigurationSource conf, ReplicationManager replicationManager) {
     this.containerPlacement = containerPlacement;
     this.currentContainerSize = (long) conf.getStorageSize(
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/RatisMisReplicationHandler.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/RatisMisReplicationHandler.java
index f6633c1372c5..0ce57e44358f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/RatisMisReplicationHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/RatisMisReplicationHandler.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 public class RatisMisReplicationHandler extends MisReplicationHandler {
 
   public RatisMisReplicationHandler(
-          PlacementPolicy<ContainerReplica> containerPlacement,
+          PlacementPolicy containerPlacement,
           ConfigurationSource conf, ReplicationManager replicationManager) {
     super(containerPlacement, conf, replicationManager);
   }
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 e5faff4b6907..b1c83e390ecd 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
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.container.ContainerManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.container.ContainerManagerImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.PlacementPolicyValidateProxy;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.container.ContainerReplica;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.container.balancer.MoveManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.container.replication.ContainerReplicaPendingOps;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.container.replication.DatanodeCommandCountUpdatedHandler;
@@ -275,8 +274,8 @@ public final class StorageContainerManager extends ServiceRuntimeInfoImpl
   private final OzoneConfiguration configuration;
   private SCMContainerMetrics scmContainerMetrics;
   private SCMContainerPlacementMetrics placementMetrics;
-  private PlacementPolicy<ContainerReplica> containerPlacementPolicy;
-  private PlacementPolicy<ContainerReplica> ecContainerPlacementPolicy;
+  private PlacementPolicy containerPlacementPolicy;
+  private PlacementPolicy ecContainerPlacementPolicy;
   private PlacementPolicyValidateProxy placementPolicyValidateProxy;
   private MetricsSystem ms;
   private final Map<String, RatisDropwizardExports> ratisMetricsMap =
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/TestContainerPlacementFactory.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/TestContainerPlacementFactory.java
index 31016f017c04..695422b46c1b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/TestContainerPlacementFactory.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/placement/algorithms/TestContainerPlacementFactory.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public void testECPolicy() throws IOException {
    * A dummy container placement implementation for test.
    */
   public static class DummyImpl implements
-          PlacementPolicy<ContainerReplica> {
+          PlacementPolicy {
     @Override
     public List<DatanodeDetails> chooseDatanodes(
         List<DatanodeDetails> usedNodes,
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestECMisReplicationHandler.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestECMisReplicationHandler.java
index 1bf271fd118a..c68b1cb8c53c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestECMisReplicationHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestECMisReplicationHandler.java
@@ -207,10 +207,12 @@ public void commandsForFewerThanRequiredNodes() throws IOException {
             Pair.of(IN_SERVICE, 3), Pair.of(IN_SERVICE, 4),
             Pair.of(IN_SERVICE, 5));
     PlacementPolicy placementPolicy = Mockito.mock(PlacementPolicy.class);
+    List<DatanodeDetails> targetDatanodes = singletonList(
+        availableReplicas.iterator().next().getDatanodeDetails());
     Mockito.when(placementPolicy.chooseDatanodes(
             any(), any(), any(),
             Mockito.anyInt(), Mockito.anyLong(), Mockito.anyLong()))
-        .thenReturn(singletonList(availableReplicas.iterator().next()));
+        .thenReturn(targetDatanodes);
     assertThrows(InsufficientDatanodesException.class,
         () -> testMisReplication(availableReplicas, Collections.emptyList(),
             0, 2, 1));
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestMisReplicationHandler.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestMisReplicationHandler.java
index d5f50c23f6a5..b857da0a7ac6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestMisReplicationHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/container/replication/TestMisReplicationHandler.java
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ protected void setThrowThrottledException(boolean showThrow) {
     throwThrottledException.set(showThrow);
   }
 
-  static PlacementPolicy<?> mockPlacementPolicy() {
-    PlacementPolicy<?> placementPolicy = Mockito.mock(PlacementPolicy.class);
+  static PlacementPolicy mockPlacementPolicy() {
+    PlacementPolicy placementPolicy = Mockito.mock(PlacementPolicy.class);
     ContainerPlacementStatus mockedContainerPlacementStatus =
         Mockito.mock(ContainerPlacementStatus.class);
     Mockito.when(mockedContainerPlacementStatus.isPolicySatisfied())
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/fsck/TestContainerHealthTask.java b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/fsck/TestContainerHealthTask.java
index 33a2a33811b7..77cd4baccee7 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/fsck/TestContainerHealthTask.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/recon/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/recon/fsck/TestContainerHealthTask.java
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ private ContainerInfo getMockDeletedContainer(int containerID) {
    * to validateContainerPlacement, then it will return an invalid placement.
    */
   private static class MockPlacementPolicy implements
-          PlacementPolicy<ContainerReplica> {
+          PlacementPolicy {
 
     private UUID misRepWhenDnPresent = null;