diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpRequest.java b/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpRequest.java
index a8de28aac086a..a1aa211814520 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpRequest.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty4/Netty4HttpRequest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpBody;
-import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpPreRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.ChunkedRestResponseBodyPart;
diff --git a/qa/smoke-test-http/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/IncrementalBulkRestIT.java b/qa/smoke-test-http/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/IncrementalBulkRestIT.java
index 08026e0435f33..2b24e53874e51 100644
--- a/qa/smoke-test-http/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/IncrementalBulkRestIT.java
+++ b/qa/smoke-test-http/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/http/IncrementalBulkRestIT.java
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 @ESIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = ESIntegTestCase.Scope.SUITE, supportsDedicatedMasters = false, numDataNodes = 2, numClientNodes = 0)
 public class IncrementalBulkRestIT extends HttpSmokeTestCase {
 
+    public void testBulkUriMatchingDoesNotMatchBulkCapabilitiesApi() throws IOException {
+        Request request = new Request("GET", "/_capabilities?method=GET&path=%2F_bulk&capabilities=failure_store_status&pretty");
+        Response response = getRestClient().performRequest(request);
+        assertEquals(200, response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+    }
+
     public void testBulkMissingBody() throws IOException {
         Request request = new Request(randomBoolean() ? "POST" : "PUT", "/_bulk");
         request.setJsonEntity("");