diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/DBProfile.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/DBProfile.java
index 347b83b48cf5..b9b7ef76fc8d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/DBProfile.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/DBProfile.java
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ public ColumnFamilyOptions getColumnFamilyOptions() {
               new BlockBasedTableConfig()
                   .setBlockCache(new LRUCache(blockCacheSize))
                   .setBlockSize(blockSize)
-                  .setCacheIndexAndFilterBlocks(true)
                   .setPinL0FilterAndIndexBlocksInCache(true)
                   .setFilterPolicy(new BloomFilter()));
     }