diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index 0eede0cdc4c8d..e6a394b2108e8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -4772,7 +4772,6 @@ private String copySegmentFiles(
                 long checksum = Long.parseLong(uploadedSegments.get(file).getChecksum());
                 if (overrideLocal || localDirectoryContains(storeDirectory, file, checksum) == false) {
                     storeDirectory.copyFrom(sourceRemoteDirectory, file, file, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-                    storeDirectory.sync(Collections.singleton(file));
                     downloadedSegments.add(file);
                 } else {
                     skippedSegments.add(file);