diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/impl/BlockManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/impl/BlockManagerImpl.java
index 722a76391f74..1cf3421c0bdd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/impl/BlockManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/impl/BlockManagerImpl.java
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ public List<BlockData> listBlock(Container container, long startLocalID, int
         result = new ArrayList<>();
         String startKey = (startLocalID == -1) ? cData.startKeyEmpty()
             : cData.getBlockKey(startLocalID);
-        List<? extends Table.KeyValue<String, BlockData>> range =
+        List<Table.KeyValue<String, BlockData>> range =
             db.getStore().getBlockDataTable()
                 .getSequentialRangeKVs(startKey, count,
                     cData.containerPrefix(), cData.getUnprefixedKeyFilter());
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingTask.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingTask.java
index c23e3b4ebcdb..37d3b9175dfd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingTask.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/keyvalue/statemachine/background/BlockDeletingTask.java
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ public ContainerBackgroundTaskResult deleteViaSchema1(
 
       // # of blocks to delete is throttled
       KeyPrefixFilter filter = containerData.getDeletingBlockKeyFilter();
-      List<? extends Table.KeyValue<String, BlockData>> toDeleteBlocks =
-          blockDataTable
+      List<Table.KeyValue<String, BlockData>> toDeleteBlocks = blockDataTable
               .getSequentialRangeKVs(containerData.startKeyEmpty(),
                   (int) blocksToDelete, containerData.containerPrefix(),
                   filter);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/metadata/DatanodeTable.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/metadata/DatanodeTable.java
index 7f1aba66aad4..5c4055086767 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/metadata/DatanodeTable.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/metadata/DatanodeTable.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public VALUE getReadCopy(KEY key) throws IOException {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public List<? extends KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getRangeKVs(
+  public List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getRangeKVs(
           KEY startKey, int count, KEY prefix,
           MetadataKeyFilters.MetadataKeyFilter... filters)
           throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public List<? extends KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getRangeKVs(
   }
 
   @Override
-  public List<? extends KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getSequentialRangeKVs(
+  public List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getSequentialRangeKVs(
           KEY startKey, int count, KEY prefix,
           MetadataKeyFilters.MetadataKeyFilter... filters)
           throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/metadata/SchemaOneDeletedBlocksTable.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/metadata/SchemaOneDeletedBlocksTable.java
index c4f8b66570b0..fd0b6f856403 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/metadata/SchemaOneDeletedBlocksTable.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/metadata/SchemaOneDeletedBlocksTable.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public ChunkInfoList getReadCopy(String key) throws IOException {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public List<? extends KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> getRangeKVs(
+  public List<KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> getRangeKVs(
           String startKey, int count, String prefix,
           MetadataKeyFilters.MetadataKeyFilter... filters)
           throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException {
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public List<? extends KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> getRangeKVs(
   }
 
   @Override
-  public List<? extends KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> getSequentialRangeKVs(
+  public List<KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> getSequentialRangeKVs(
           String startKey, int count, String prefix,
           MetadataKeyFilters.MetadataKeyFilter... filters)
           throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ private static String unprefix(String key) {
   }
 
   private static List<KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> unprefix(
-      List<? extends KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> kvs) {
+      List<KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> kvs) {
 
     return kvs.stream()
         .map(kv -> Table.newKeyValue(unprefix(kv.getKey()), kv.getValue()))
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaOneBackwardsCompatibility.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaOneBackwardsCompatibility.java
index f92c89480a70..54133bd750a8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaOneBackwardsCompatibility.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/TestSchemaOneBackwardsCompatibility.java
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public void testBlockIteration(String schemaVersion) throws Exception {
               refCountedDB.getStore().getDeletedBlocksTable();
 
       // Test rangeKVs.
-      List<? extends Table.KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> deletedBlocks =
+      List<Table.KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> deletedBlocks =
               deletedBlocksTable.getRangeKVs(cData.startKeyEmpty(), 100,
                   cData.containerPrefix());
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ public void testReadDeletedBlockChunkInfo(String schemaVersion)
     KeyValueContainerData cData = newKvData();
     try (DBHandle refCountedDB = BlockUtils.getDB(cData, conf)) {
       // Read blocks that were already deleted before the upgrade.
-      List<? extends Table.KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> deletedBlocks =
+      List<Table.KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> deletedBlocks =
               refCountedDB.getStore().getDeletedBlocksTable()
                   .getRangeKVs(cData.startKeyEmpty(), 100,
                       cData.containerPrefix());
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public void testReadBlockData(String schemaVersion) throws Exception {
       }
 
       // Test decoding keys from the database.
-      List<? extends Table.KeyValue<String, BlockData>> blockKeyValues =
+      List<Table.KeyValue<String, BlockData>> blockKeyValues =
           blockDataTable.getRangeKVs(cData.startKeyEmpty(), 100,
               cData.containerPrefix(), cData.getUnprefixedKeyFilter());
 
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ public void testReadDeletingBlockData(String schemaVersion) throws Exception {
       }
 
       // Test decoding keys from the database.
-      List<? extends Table.KeyValue<String, BlockData>> blockKeyValues =
+      List<Table.KeyValue<String, BlockData>> blockKeyValues =
           blockDataTable.getRangeKVs(cData.startKeyEmpty(), 100,
               cData.containerPrefix(), cData.getDeletingBlockKeyFilter());
 
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ public void testReadDeletedBlocks(String schemaVersion) throws Exception {
       }
 
       // Test decoding keys from the database.
-      List<? extends Table.KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> chunkInfoKeyValues =
+      List<Table.KeyValue<String, ChunkInfoList>> chunkInfoKeyValues =
           deletedBlocksTable.getRangeKVs(cData.startKeyEmpty(), 100,
               cData.containerPrefix());
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/Table.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/Table.java
index 9add35f5d5c3..475e1bf0bba8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/Table.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/Table.java
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ default TableCacheMetrics createCacheMetrics() throws IOException {
    * @throws IOException if there are I/O errors.
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if count is less than 0.
    */
-  List<? extends KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getRangeKVs(KEY startKey,
+  List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getRangeKVs(KEY startKey,
           int count, KEY prefix,
           MetadataKeyFilters.MetadataKeyFilter... filters)
           throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException;
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ List<? extends KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getRangeKVs(KEY startKey,
    * @throws IOException
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException
    */
-  List<? extends KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getSequentialRangeKVs(KEY startKey,
+  List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getSequentialRangeKVs(KEY startKey,
           int count, KEY prefix,
           MetadataKeyFilters.MetadataKeyFilter... filters)
           throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TypedTable.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TypedTable.java
index abb5edf81d49..325d938a168d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TypedTable.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TypedTable.java
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ public void deleteRange(KEY beginKey, KEY endKey) throws IOException {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Table.KeyValueIterator<KEY, VALUE> iterator(KEY prefix, KeyValueIterator.Type type) throws IOException {
+  public KeyValueIterator<KEY, VALUE> iterator(KEY prefix, KeyValueIterator.Type type) throws IOException {
     if (supportCodecBuffer) {
       final CodecBuffer prefixBuffer = encodeKeyCodecBuffer(prefix);
       try {
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ public List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getRangeKVs(
     final byte[] startKeyBytes = encodeKey(startKey);
     final byte[] prefixBytes = encodeKey(prefix);
 
-    List<? extends KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> rangeKVBytes =
+    List<KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> rangeKVBytes =
         rawTable.getRangeKVs(startKeyBytes, count, prefixBytes, filters);
     return convert(rangeKVBytes);
   }
@@ -485,14 +485,13 @@ public List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getSequentialRangeKVs(
     final byte[] startKeyBytes = encodeKey(startKey);
     final byte[] prefixBytes = encodeKey(prefix);
 
-    List<? extends KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> rangeKVBytes =
+    List<KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> rangeKVBytes =
         rawTable.getSequentialRangeKVs(startKeyBytes, count,
             prefixBytes, filters);
     return convert(rangeKVBytes);
   }
 
-  private List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> convert(List<? extends KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> rangeKVBytes)
-      throws CodecException {
+  private List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> convert(List<KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> rangeKVBytes) throws CodecException {
     final List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> rangeKVs = new ArrayList<>();
     for (KeyValue<byte[], byte[]> kv : rangeKVBytes) {
       rangeKVs.add(Table.newKeyValue(decodeKey(kv.getKey()), decodeValue(kv.getValue())));
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/MapBackedTableIterator.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/MapBackedTableIterator.java
index 0ca7b452512e..7dc22b6d80fa 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/MapBackedTableIterator.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/MapBackedTableIterator.java
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.Table;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.TableIterator;
 
 /**
  * Generic Table Iterator implementation that can be used for unit tests to reduce redundant mocking in tests.
  */
-public class MapBackedTableIterator<V> implements TableIterator<String, Table.KeyValue<String, V>> {
+public class MapBackedTableIterator<V> implements Table.KeyValueIterator<String, V> {
 
   private Iterator<Table.KeyValue<String, V>> itr;
   private final String prefix;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/TestRDBSnapshotProvider.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/TestRDBSnapshotProvider.java
index d012b6bcbb8e..61652dbd7ca2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/TestRDBSnapshotProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/TestRDBSnapshotProvider.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.Table;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.Table.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.TableConfig;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.TableIterator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.managed.ManagedColumnFamilyOptions;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.managed.ManagedDBOptions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ public void compareDB(File db1, File db2, int columnFamilyUsed)
         final String name = families.get(i);
         final Table<byte[], byte[]> table1 = rdbStore1.getTable(name);
         final Table<byte[], byte[]> table2 = rdbStore2.getTable(name);
-        try (TableIterator<byte[], ? extends KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> iterator
+        try (Table.KeyValueIterator<byte[], byte[]> iterator
                  = table1.iterator()) {
           while (iterator.hasNext()) {
             KeyValue<byte[], byte[]> keyValue = iterator.next();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/InMemoryTestTable.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/InMemoryTestTable.java
index bf960afe3e3e..6caf7336f4c2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/InMemoryTestTable.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/InMemoryTestTable.java
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ public long getEstimatedKeyCount() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public List<? extends KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getRangeKVs(KEY startKey, int count, KEY prefix,
+  public List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getRangeKVs(KEY startKey, int count, KEY prefix,
                                                           MetadataKeyFilters.MetadataKeyFilter... filters)
       throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
 
   @Override
-  public List<? extends KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getSequentialRangeKVs(KEY startKey, int count, KEY prefix,
+  public List<KeyValue<KEY, VALUE>> getSequentialRangeKVs(KEY startKey, int count, KEY prefix,
                                                                     MetadataKeyFilters.MetadataKeyFilter... filters) {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TestRDBTableStore.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TestRDBTableStore.java
index e421527b2e6e..e9a729f0ff17 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TestRDBTableStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TestRDBTableStore.java
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public void putGetTypedTableCodec() throws Exception {
   @Test
   public void forEachAndIterator() throws Exception {
     final int iterCount = 100;
-    try (Table testTable = rdbStore.getTable("Sixth")) {
+    try (Table<byte[], byte[]> testTable = rdbStore.getTable("Sixth")) {
       for (int x = 0; x < iterCount; x++) {
         byte[] key =
             RandomStringUtils.secure().next(10).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
@@ -332,9 +332,9 @@ public void forEachAndIterator() throws Exception {
         testTable.put(key, value);
       }
       int localCount = 0;
-      try (TableIterator<byte[], Table.KeyValue> iter = testTable.iterator()) {
+      try (Table.KeyValueIterator<byte[], byte[]> iter = testTable.iterator()) {
         while (iter.hasNext()) {
-          Table.KeyValue keyValue = iter.next();
+          iter.next();
           localCount++;
         }
 
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ public void testIteratorRemoveFromDB() throws Exception {
     // Remove without next removes first entry.
     try (Table<byte[], byte[]> testTable = rdbStore.getTable("Fifth")) {
       writeToTable(testTable, 3);
-      try (TableIterator<?, ? extends Table.KeyValue<?, ?>> iterator =
+      try (Table.KeyValueIterator<?, ?> iterator =
           testTable.iterator()) {
         iterator.removeFromDB();
       }
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ public void testIteratorRemoveFromDB() throws Exception {
     // Remove after seekToLast removes lastEntry
     try (Table<byte[], byte[]> testTable = rdbStore.getTable("Sixth")) {
       writeToTable(testTable, 3);
-      try (TableIterator<?, ? extends Table.KeyValue<?, ?>> iterator =
+      try (Table.KeyValueIterator<?, ?> iterator =
                testTable.iterator()) {
         iterator.seekToLast();
         iterator.removeFromDB();
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ public void testIteratorRemoveFromDB() throws Exception {
     // Remove after seek deletes that entry.
     try (Table<byte[], byte[]> testTable = rdbStore.getTable("Sixth")) {
       writeToTable(testTable, 3);
-      try (TableIterator<byte[], ? extends Table.KeyValue<?, ?>> iterator =
+      try (Table.KeyValueIterator<byte[], byte[]> iterator =
                testTable.iterator()) {
         iterator.seek(bytesOf[3]);
         iterator.removeFromDB();
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ public void testIteratorRemoveFromDB() throws Exception {
     // Remove after next() deletes entry that was returned by next.
     try (Table<byte[], byte[]> testTable = rdbStore.getTable("Sixth")) {
       writeToTable(testTable, 3);
-      try (TableIterator<byte[], ? extends Table.KeyValue<?, ?>> iterator =
+      try (Table.KeyValueIterator<byte[], byte[]> iterator =
           testTable.iterator()) {
         iterator.seek(bytesOf[2]);
         iterator.next();
@@ -564,8 +564,7 @@ public void testPrefixedIterator() throws Exception {
       // iterator should seek to right pos in the middle
       byte[] samplePrefix = testPrefixes.get(2).getBytes(
           StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-      try (TableIterator<byte[],
-          ? extends Table.KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> iter = testTable.iterator(
+      try (Table.KeyValueIterator<byte[], byte[]> iter = testTable.iterator(
               samplePrefix)) {
         int keyCount = 0;
         while (iter.hasNext()) {
@@ -656,7 +655,7 @@ public void testPrefixedRangeKVs() throws Exception {
 
       // test start at first
       byte[] startKey = samplePrefix;
-      List<? extends Table.KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> rangeKVs = testTable
+      List<Table.KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> rangeKVs = testTable
           .getRangeKVs(startKey, 3, samplePrefix);
       assertEquals(3, rangeKVs.size());
 
@@ -710,8 +709,7 @@ public void testDumpAndLoadBasic() throws Exception {
       testTable2.loadFromFile(dumpFile);
 
       // check loaded keys
-      try (TableIterator<byte[],
-          ? extends Table.KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> iter = testTable2.iterator(
+      try (Table.KeyValueIterator<byte[], byte[]> iter = testTable2.iterator(
           samplePrefix)) {
         int keyCount = 0;
         while (iter.hasNext()) {
@@ -751,8 +749,7 @@ public void testDumpAndLoadEmpty() throws Exception {
       testTable2.loadFromFile(dumpFile);
 
       // check loaded keys
-      try (TableIterator<byte[],
-          ? extends Table.KeyValue<byte[], byte[]>> iter = testTable2.iterator(
+      try (Table.KeyValueIterator<byte[], byte[]> iter = testTable2.iterator(
           samplePrefix)) {
         int keyCount = 0;
         while (iter.hasNext()) {
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TestTypedRDBTableStore.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TestTypedRDBTableStore.java
index 318bfdbc5def..70ac80848d16 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TestTypedRDBTableStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/utils/db/TestTypedRDBTableStore.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.StringUtils;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.Table.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.cache.CacheKey;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.cache.CacheValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.utils.db.cache.TableCache.CacheType;
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ public void forEachAndIterator() throws Exception {
       }
       int localCount = 0;
 
-      try (TableIterator<String, ? extends KeyValue<String, String>> iter =
+      try (Table.KeyValueIterator<String, String> iter =
           testTable.iterator()) {
         while (iter.hasNext()) {
           Table.KeyValue keyValue = iter.next();
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMCertStore.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMCertStore.java
index b3751ab35585..a54cd1e4fa89 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMCertStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/server/SCMCertStore.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public List<X509Certificate> listCertificate(NodeType role,
         .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
 
-  private List<? extends Table.KeyValue<BigInteger, X509Certificate>>
+  private List<Table.KeyValue<BigInteger, X509Certificate>>
       getValidCertTableList(NodeType role, BigInteger startSerialID, int count)
       throws IOException {
     // Implemented for role SCM and CertType VALID_CERTS.