diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsResponse.java
index f0d097aafafb5..599c2fa883dc7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/termvectors/MultiTermVectorsResponse.java
@@ -65,10 +65,7 @@ public Failure(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             index = in.readString();
             if (in.getVersion().before(Version.V_2_0_0)) {
                 // ignore removed type from pre-2.0.0 versions
-                String type = in.readOptionalString();
-                if (type != null) {
-                    throw new IllegalStateException("types are no longer supported but found [" + type + "]");
-                }
+                in.readOptionalString();
             }
             id = in.readString();
             cause = in.readException();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MoreLikeThisQueryBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MoreLikeThisQueryBuilder.java
index 0d2260bc8b38a..1ecc88387e549 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MoreLikeThisQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/query/MoreLikeThisQueryBuilder.java
@@ -226,10 +226,7 @@ public Item(@Nullable String index, XContentBuilder doc) {
             index = in.readOptionalString();
             if (in.getVersion().before(Version.V_2_0_0)) {
                 // types no longer supported so ignore
-                String type = in.readOptionalString();
-                if (type != null) {
-                    throw new IllegalStateException("types are no longer supported but found [" + type + "]");
-                }
+                in.readOptionalString();
             }
             if (in.readBoolean()) {
                 doc = (BytesReference) in.readGenericValue();