diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpInfo.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpInfo.java
index f3457495294a8..e792647f4a70d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpInfo.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpInfo.java
@@ -33,32 +33,23 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.common.Booleans.parseBoolean;
-
 public class HttpInfo implements Writeable, ToXContentFragment {
 
     private static final DeprecationLogger deprecationLogger = new DeprecationLogger(LogManager.getLogger(HttpInfo.class));
 
-    /** Whether to add hostname to publish host field when serializing. */
-    private static final boolean CNAME_IN_PUBLISH_HOST =
-        parseBoolean(System.getProperty("es.http.cname_in_publish_address"), true);
+    /** Deprecated property, just here for deprecation logging in 7.x. */
+    private static final boolean CNAME_IN_PUBLISH_HOST = System.getProperty("es.http.cname_in_publish_address") != null;
 
     private final BoundTransportAddress address;
     private final long maxContentLength;
-    private final boolean cnameInPublishHostProperty;
 
     public HttpInfo(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        this(new BoundTransportAddress(in), in.readLong(), CNAME_IN_PUBLISH_HOST);
+        this(new BoundTransportAddress(in), in.readLong());
     }
 
     public HttpInfo(BoundTransportAddress address, long maxContentLength) {
-        this(address, maxContentLength, CNAME_IN_PUBLISH_HOST);
-    }
-
-    HttpInfo(BoundTransportAddress address, long maxContentLength, boolean cnameInPublishHostProperty) {
         this.address = address;
         this.maxContentLength = maxContentLength;
-        this.cnameInPublishHostProperty = cnameInPublishHostProperty;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -82,14 +73,14 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
         TransportAddress publishAddress = address.publishAddress();
         String publishAddressString = publishAddress.toString();
         String hostString = publishAddress.address().getHostString();
+        if (CNAME_IN_PUBLISH_HOST) {
+            deprecationLogger.deprecated(
+                "es.http.cname_in_publish_address system property is deprecated and no longer affects http.publish_address " +
+                    "formatting. Remove this property to get rid of this deprecation warning."
+            );
+        }
         if (InetAddresses.isInetAddress(hostString) == false) {
             publishAddressString = hostString + '/' + publishAddress.toString();
-            if (cnameInPublishHostProperty) {
-                deprecationLogger.deprecated(
-                        "es.http.cname_in_publish_address system property is deprecated and no longer affects http.publish_address " +
-                                "formatting. Remove this property to get rid of this deprecation warning."
-                );
-            }
         }
         builder.field(Fields.PUBLISH_ADDRESS, publishAddressString);
         builder.humanReadableField(Fields.MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH_IN_BYTES, Fields.MAX_CONTENT_LENGTH, maxContentLength());
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpInfoTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpInfoTests.java
index cd0cf7e189429..89abe0b8f980e 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpInfoTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/http/HttpInfoTests.java
@@ -40,26 +40,11 @@ public void testCorrectlyDisplayPublishedCname() throws Exception {
                 new BoundTransportAddress(
                     new TransportAddress[]{new TransportAddress(localhost, port)},
                     new TransportAddress(localhost, port)
-                ), 0L, false
+                ), 0L
             ), "localhost/" + NetworkAddress.format(localhost) + ':' + port
         );
     }
 
-    public void testDeprecatedWarningIfPropertySpecified() throws Exception {
-        InetAddress localhost = InetAddress.getByName("localhost");
-        int port = 9200;
-        assertPublishAddress(
-                new HttpInfo(
-                        new BoundTransportAddress(
-                                new TransportAddress[]{new TransportAddress(localhost, port)},
-                                new TransportAddress(localhost, port)
-                        ), 0L, true
-                ), "localhost/" + NetworkAddress.format(localhost) + ':' + port
-        );
-        assertWarnings(
-                "es.http.cname_in_publish_address system property is deprecated and no longer affects http.publish_address " +
-                "formatting. Remove this property to get rid of this deprecation warning.");
-    }
 
     public void testCorrectDisplayPublishedIp() throws Exception {
         InetAddress localhost = InetAddress.getByName(NetworkAddress.format(InetAddress.getByName("localhost")));
@@ -69,7 +54,7 @@ public void testCorrectDisplayPublishedIp() throws Exception {
                 new BoundTransportAddress(
                     new TransportAddress[]{new TransportAddress(localhost, port)},
                     new TransportAddress(localhost, port)
-                ), 0L, false
+                ), 0L
             ), NetworkAddress.format(localhost) + ':' + port
         );
     }
@@ -80,7 +65,7 @@ public void testCorrectDisplayPublishedIpv6() throws Exception {
             new TransportAddress(InetAddress.getByName(NetworkAddress.format(InetAddress.getByName("0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1"))), port);
         assertPublishAddress(
             new HttpInfo(
-                new BoundTransportAddress(new TransportAddress[]{localhost}, localhost), 0L, false
+                new BoundTransportAddress(new TransportAddress[]{localhost}, localhost), 0L
             ), localhost.toString()
         );
     }