diff --git a/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManagerImpl.java b/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManagerImpl.java
index 754962687f96..b2d168a4ff29 100644
--- a/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupInfoManagerImpl.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.rsgroup;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.ServiceException;
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.SortedSet;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Coprocessor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.DoNotRetryIOException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
@@ -45,7 +43,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Get;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Mutation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ResultScanner;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan;
@@ -59,7 +56,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterServices;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.ServerListener;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.TableStateManager;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.RegionStateNode;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.CreateTableProcedure;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.procedure.MasterProcedureUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.net.Address;
@@ -136,7 +132,6 @@ final class RSGroupInfoManagerImpl implements RSGroupInfoManager {
   private Set<String> prevRSGroups = new HashSet<>();
   private final ServerEventsListenerThread serverEventsListenerThread =
     new ServerEventsListenerThread();
-  private FailedOpenUpdaterThread failedOpenUpdaterThread;
 
   private RSGroupInfoManagerImpl(MasterServices masterServices) throws IOException {
     this.masterServices = masterServices;
@@ -150,9 +145,6 @@ private synchronized void init() throws IOException {
     refresh();
     serverEventsListenerThread.start();
     masterServices.getServerManager().registerListener(serverEventsListenerThread);
-    failedOpenUpdaterThread = new FailedOpenUpdaterThread(masterServices.getConfiguration());
-    failedOpenUpdaterThread.start();
-    masterServices.getServerManager().registerListener(failedOpenUpdaterThread);
   }
 
   static RSGroupInfoManager getInstance(MasterServices master) throws IOException {
@@ -625,26 +617,6 @@ private synchronized void updateDefaultServers(SortedSet<Address> servers) throw
     flushConfig(newGroupMap);
   }
 
-  // Called by FailedOpenUpdaterThread
-  private void updateFailedAssignments() {
-    // Kick all regions in FAILED_OPEN state
-    List<RegionInfo> stuckAssignments = Lists.newArrayList();
-    for (RegionStateNode state : masterServices.getAssignmentManager().getRegionStates()
-      .getRegionsInTransition()) {
-      if (state.isStuck()) {
-        stuckAssignments.add(state.getRegionInfo());
-      }
-    }
-    for (RegionInfo region : stuckAssignments) {
-      LOG.info("Retrying assignment of " + region);
-      try {
-        masterServices.getAssignmentManager().unassign(region);
-      } catch (IOException e) {
-        LOG.warn("Unable to reassign " + region, e);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Calls {@link RSGroupInfoManagerImpl#updateDefaultServers(SortedSet)} to update list of known
    * servers. Notifications about server changes are received by registering {@link ServerListener}.
@@ -704,66 +676,6 @@ public void run() {
     }
   }
 
-  private class FailedOpenUpdaterThread extends Thread implements ServerListener {
-    private final long waitInterval;
-    private volatile boolean hasChanged = false;
-
-    public FailedOpenUpdaterThread(Configuration conf) {
-      this.waitInterval = conf.getLong(REASSIGN_WAIT_INTERVAL_KEY, DEFAULT_REASSIGN_WAIT_INTERVAL);
-      setDaemon(true);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void serverAdded(ServerName serverName) {
-      serverChanged();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void serverRemoved(ServerName serverName) {
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void run() {
-      while (isMasterRunning(masterServices)) {
-        boolean interrupted = false;
-        try {
-          synchronized (this) {
-            while (!hasChanged) {
-              wait();
-            }
-            hasChanged = false;
-          }
-        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-          LOG.warn("Interrupted", e);
-          interrupted = true;
-        }
-        if (!isMasterRunning(masterServices) || interrupted) {
-          continue;
-        }
-
-        // First, wait a while in case more servers are about to rejoin the cluster
-        try {
-          Thread.sleep(waitInterval);
-        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-          LOG.warn("Interrupted", e);
-        }
-        if (!isMasterRunning(masterServices)) {
-          continue;
-        }
-
-        // Kick all regions in FAILED_OPEN state
-        updateFailedAssignments();
-      }
-    }
-
-    public void serverChanged() {
-      synchronized (this) {
-        hasChanged = true;
-        this.notify();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   private class RSGroupStartupWorker extends Thread {
     private final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RSGroupStartupWorker.class);
     private volatile boolean online = false;