diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/action/rolemapping/ReservedRoleMappingAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/action/rolemapping/ReservedRoleMappingAction.java
index 12eb17dcc2fdd..852887767578f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/action/rolemapping/ReservedRoleMappingAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/action/rolemapping/ReservedRoleMappingAction.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.action.rolemapping;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.ActiveShardCount;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.GroupedActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.NonStateTransformResult;
@@ -127,16 +126,12 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
         });
 
         for (var request : requests) {
-            // Avoid waiting for search shards since the security index may still be bootstrapping
-            request.setActiveShardCount(ActiveShardCount.NONE);
             roleMappingStore.putRoleMapping(request, taskListener);
         }
 
         for (var mappingToDelete : toDelete) {
             var deleteRequest = new DeleteRoleMappingRequest();
             deleteRequest.setName(mappingToDelete);
-            // Avoid waiting for search shards since the security index may still be bootstrapping
-            deleteRequest.setActiveShardCount(ActiveShardCount.NONE);
             roleMappingStore.deleteRoleMapping(deleteRequest, taskListener);
         }
     }