diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug-tests.robot b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug-tests.robot
index f402e29d78af..9364c98a6ce0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug-tests.robot
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug-tests.robot
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Write keys
 
 *** Test Cases ***
 Test ozone debug replicas verify checksums
-    ${output} =    Execute   ozone debug replicas verify --checksums --block-existence --container-state o3://${OM_SERVICE_ID}/${VOLUME}/${BUCKET}/${TESTFILE} --output-dir ${TEMP_DIR}
+    ${output} =    Execute   ozone debug replicas verify --checksums --block-existence --container-state o3://${OM_SERVICE_ID}/${VOLUME}/${BUCKET}/${TESTFILE}
     ${json} =      Evaluate  json.loads('''${output}''')      json
 
     # 'keys' array should be empty if all keys and their replicas passed checksum verification
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug.robot b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug.robot
index c8eb08924756..c3cb8d2cf15f 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug.robot
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/smoketest/debug/ozone-debug.robot
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ${OM_SERVICE_ID}                    %{OM_SERVICE_ID}
 
 *** Keywords ***
 Execute replicas verify checksums CLI tool
-    Execute                         ozone debug -Dozone.network.topology.aware.read=true replicas verify --checksums --output-dir ${TEMP_DIR} o3://${OM_SERVICE_ID}/${VOLUME}/${BUCKET}/${TESTFILE}
+    Execute                         ozone debug -Dozone.network.topology.aware.read=true replicas verify --checksums o3://${OM_SERVICE_ID}/${VOLUME}/${BUCKET}/${TESTFILE}
     ${directory} =                  Execute     ls -d ${TEMP_DIR}/${VOLUME}_${BUCKET}_${TESTFILE}_*/ | tail -n 1
     Directory Should Exist          ${directory}
     File Should Exist               ${directory}/${TESTFILE}_manifest
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/shell/TestOzoneDebugShell.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/shell/TestOzoneDebugShell.java
index a9662abdead8..14753394cfe3 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/shell/TestOzoneDebugShell.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/shell/TestOzoneDebugShell.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public void testReplicasVerifyCmd(boolean isEcKey) throws Exception {
         getSetConfStringFromConf(OMConfigKeys.OZONE_OM_ADDRESS_KEY),
         getSetConfStringFromConf(ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_CLIENT_ADDRESS_KEY),
         "replicas", "verify", "--checksums", "--block-existence", "--container-state", fullKeyPath,
-        "--output-dir", "/"//, "--all-results"
+        //, "--all-results"
     };
 
     int exitCode = ozoneDebugShell.execute(args);
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/debug/replicas/ReplicasVerify.java b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/debug/replicas/ReplicasVerify.java
index 00ba8501f657..e4222ae39364 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/debug/replicas/ReplicasVerify.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/debug/replicas/ReplicasVerify.java
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@ public class ReplicasVerify extends Handler {
       description = Shell.OZONE_URI_DESCRIPTION)
   private String uri;
 
-  @CommandLine.Option(names = {"-o", "--output-dir"},
-      description = "Destination directory to save the generated output.",
-      required = true)
-  private String outputDir;
-
   @CommandLine.Option(names = {"--all-results"},
       description = "Print results for all passing and failing keys")
   private boolean allResults;