diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/TransportSnapshotsStatusAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/TransportSnapshotsStatusAction.java
index 04e7978adf9dd..365ab62a2edea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/TransportSnapshotsStatusAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/TransportSnapshotsStatusAction.java
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ protected void clusterManagerOperation(
             request.repository(),
             Arrays.asList(request.snapshots())
         );
+        // remove entries of shallow-v2 snapshots
+        currentSnapshots.removeIf(SnapshotsInProgress.Entry::remoteStoreIndexShallowCopyV2);
         if (currentSnapshots.isEmpty()) {
             buildResponse(snapshotsInProgress, request, currentSnapshots, null, listener);
             return;
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ private Set<String> getNodeIdsOfCurrentSnapshots(final SnapshotsStatusRequest re
                     );
                 }
                 // the actual no. of shards contributed by this current snapshot will now be calculated
-            } else if (currentSnapshotEntry.remoteStoreIndexShallowCopyV2() == false) {
+            } else {
                 // all shards of this current snapshot are required in response
                 totalShardsAcrossCurrentSnapshots += currentSnapshotEntry.shards().size();
             }
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ private Set<String> getNodeIdsOfCurrentSnapshots(final SnapshotsStatusRequest re
                 SnapshotsInProgress.ShardSnapshotStatus shardStatus = shardStatusEntry.getValue();
                 boolean indexPresentInFilter = requestedIndexNames.contains(shardStatusEntry.getKey().getIndexName());
 
-                if (requestUsesIndexFilter && indexPresentInFilter && currentSnapshotEntry.remoteStoreIndexShallowCopyV2() == false) {
+                if (requestUsesIndexFilter && indexPresentInFilter) {
                     // count only those shards whose index belongs to the index-filter
                     totalShardsAcrossCurrentSnapshots++;