diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCache.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCache.java
index 78f7762de79fa..73318a74ff891 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCache.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCache.java
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ public final class IndicesRequestCache implements RemovalListener<ICacheKey<Indi
     public static final String SHARD_ID_DIMENSION_NAME = "shards";
     public static final String INDEX_DIMENSION_NAME = "indices";
 
-    // These values determine the valid names for levels in the cache stats API
-    public static final String SHARD_ID_DIMENSION_NAME = "shards";
-    public static final String INDEX_DIMENSION_NAME = "indices";
-
     IndicesRequestCache(
         Settings settings,
         Function<ShardId, Optional<CacheEntity>> cacheEntityFunction,
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCacheTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCacheTests.java
index 8b784f40be2a9..71eb30fca2385 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCacheTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/IndicesRequestCacheTests.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
-import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.CheckedSupplier;
 import org.opensearch.common.cache.ICacheKey;
 import org.opensearch.common.cache.RemovalNotification;
@@ -908,51 +907,17 @@ public void testClosingIndexWipesStats() throws Exception {
     }
 
     public void testCacheCleanupBasedOnStaleThreshold_thresholdUpdate() throws Exception {
-        IndicesService indicesService = getInstanceFromNode(IndicesService.class);
-        IndexShard indexShard = createIndex("test").getShard(0);
-        ThreadPool threadPool = getThreadPool();
-        ClusterService clusterService = ClusterServiceUtils.createClusterService(threadPool);
+        threadPool = getThreadPool();
         Settings settings = Settings.builder().put(INDICES_REQUEST_CACHE_STALENESS_THRESHOLD_SETTING.getKey(), "51%").build();
-        IndicesRequestCache cache = new IndicesRequestCache(settings, (shardId -> {
-            IndexService indexService = null;
-            try {
-                indexService = indicesService.indexServiceSafe(shardId.getIndex());
-            } catch (IndexNotFoundException ex) {
-                return Optional.empty();
-            }
-            return Optional.of(new IndicesService.IndexShardCacheEntity(indexService.getShard(shardId.id())));
-        }), new CacheModule(new ArrayList<>(), Settings.EMPTY).getCacheService(), threadPool, clusterService);
-        Directory dir = newDirectory();
-        IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, newIndexWriterConfig());
+        cache = getIndicesRequestCache(settings);
 
         writer.addDocument(newDoc(0, "foo"));
         DirectoryReader reader = OpenSearchDirectoryReader.wrap(DirectoryReader.open(writer), new ShardId("foo", "bar", 1));
-        TermQueryBuilder termQuery = new TermQueryBuilder("id", "0");
-        BytesReference termBytes = XContentHelper.toXContent(termQuery, MediaTypeRegistry.JSON, false);
-        if (randomBoolean()) {
-            writer.flush();
-            IOUtils.close(writer);
-            writer = new IndexWriter(dir, newIndexWriterConfig());
-        }
-        writer.updateDocument(new Term("id", "0"), newDoc(0, "bar"));
         DirectoryReader secondReader = OpenSearchDirectoryReader.wrap(DirectoryReader.open(writer), new ShardId("foo", "bar", 1));
 
         // Get 2 entries into the cache
-        IndicesService.IndexShardCacheEntity entity = new IndicesService.IndexShardCacheEntity(indexShard);
-        Loader loader = new Loader(reader, 0);
-        cache.getOrCompute(entity, loader, reader, termBytes);
-
-        entity = new IndicesService.IndexShardCacheEntity(indexShard);
-        loader = new Loader(reader, 0);
-        cache.getOrCompute(entity, loader, reader, termBytes);
-
-        IndicesService.IndexShardCacheEntity secondEntity = new IndicesService.IndexShardCacheEntity(indexShard);
-        loader = new Loader(secondReader, 0);
-        cache.getOrCompute(entity, loader, secondReader, termBytes);
-
-        secondEntity = new IndicesService.IndexShardCacheEntity(indexShard);
-        loader = new Loader(secondReader, 0);
-        cache.getOrCompute(secondEntity, loader, secondReader, termBytes);
+        cache.getOrCompute(getEntity(indexShard), getLoader(reader), reader, getTermBytes());
+        cache.getOrCompute(getEntity(indexShard), getLoader(secondReader), secondReader, getTermBytes());
         assertEquals(2, cache.count());
 
         // Close the reader, to be enqueued for cleanup
@@ -972,8 +937,7 @@ public void testCacheCleanupBasedOnStaleThreshold_thresholdUpdate() throws Excep
         // cleanup should NOT have been ignored
         assertEquals(1, cache.count());
 
-        IOUtils.close(secondReader, writer, dir, cache);
-        terminate(threadPool);
+        IOUtils.close(secondReader);
     }
 
     public void testEviction() throws Exception {