diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
index 28555c8c056b..0d6b3796ddac 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/AssignmentManager.java
@@ -2571,18 +2571,6 @@ private int setOfflineInZooKeeper(final RegionState state, final ServerName dest
     return versionOfOfflineNode;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * For a given cluster with mixed versions of servers, get a list of
-   * servers with lower versions, where system table regions should not be
-   * assigned to.
-   * For system table, we must assign regions to a server with highest version.
-   * RS will report to master before register on zk, and only when RS have registered on zk we can
-   * know the version. So in fact we will never assign a system region to a RS without registering on zk.
-   */
-  public List<ServerName> getExcludedServersForSystemTable() {
-    return getExcludedServersForSystemTable(false);
-  }
-
   /**
    * For a given cluster with mixed versions of servers, get a list of
    * servers with lower versions, where system table regions should not be
@@ -2592,15 +2580,9 @@ public List<ServerName> getExcludedServersForSystemTable() {
    * "hbase.min.version.move.system.tables" if checkForMinVersion is true.
    * Detailed explanation available with definition of minVersionToMoveSysTables.
    *
-   * @param checkForMinVersion If false, return a list of servers with lower version. If true,
-   *   compare higher version with minVersionToMoveSysTables. Only if higher version is greater
-   *   than minVersionToMoveSysTables, this method returns list of servers with lower version. If
-   *   higher version is less than or equal to minVersionToMoveSysTables, returns empty list.
-   *   An example is provided with definition of minVersionToMoveSysTables.
    * @return List of Excluded servers for System table regions.
    */
-  private List<ServerName> getExcludedServersForSystemTable(
-      boolean checkForMinVersion) {
+  public List<ServerName> getExcludedServersForSystemTable() {
     List<Pair<ServerName, String>> serverList = new ArrayList<>();
     for (ServerName s : serverManager.getOnlineServersList()) {
       serverList.add(new Pair<>(s, server.getRegionServerVersion(s)));
@@ -2615,13 +2597,11 @@ public int compare(Pair<ServerName, String> o1, Pair<ServerName, String> o2) {
         return VersionInfo.compareVersion(o1.getSecond(), o2.getSecond());
       }
     }).getSecond();
-    if (checkForMinVersion) {
-      if (!DEFAULT_MIN_VERSION_MOVE_SYS_TABLES_CONFIG.equals(minVersionToMoveSysTables)) {
-        int comparedValue = VersionInfo
-            .compareVersion(minVersionToMoveSysTables, highestVersion);
-        if (comparedValue > 0) {
-          return Collections.emptyList();
-        }
+    if (!DEFAULT_MIN_VERSION_MOVE_SYS_TABLES_CONFIG.equals(minVersionToMoveSysTables)) {
+      int comparedValue = VersionInfo.compareVersion(minVersionToMoveSysTables,
+          highestVersion);
+      if (comparedValue > 0) {
+        return Collections.emptyList();
       }
     }
     List<ServerName> res = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -2754,7 +2734,7 @@ public void run() {
           synchronized (checkIfShouldMoveSystemRegionLock) {
             // RS register on ZK after reports startup on master
             List<HRegionInfo> regionsShouldMove = new ArrayList<>();
-            for (ServerName server : getExcludedServersForSystemTable(true)) {
+            for (ServerName server : getExcludedServersForSystemTable()) {
               regionsShouldMove.addAll(getCarryingSystemTables(server));
             }
             if (!regionsShouldMove.isEmpty()) {