diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteStatePublicationIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteStatePublicationIT.java
index 5310a07c6f7a6..d7037ab536dfa 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteStatePublicationIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteStatePublicationIT.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.coordination.PersistedStateRegistry;
 import org.opensearch.common.blobstore.BlobPath;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
-import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.gateway.GatewayMetaState;
 import org.opensearch.gateway.remote.model.RemoteClusterMetadataManifest;
 import org.opensearch.indices.recovery.RecoverySettings;
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import static org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags.REMOTE_PUBLICATION_EXPERIMENTAL;
 import static org.opensearch.gateway.remote.RemoteClusterStateAttributesManager.DISCOVERY_NODES;
 import static org.opensearch.gateway.remote.RemoteClusterStateService.REMOTE_CLUSTER_STATE_ENABLED_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.gateway.remote.RemoteClusterStateUtils.DELIMITER;
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@ public void setup() {
         isRemotePublicationEnabled = "true";
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected Settings featureFlagSettings() {
-        return Settings.builder()
-            .put(super.featureFlagSettings())
-            .put(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_PUBLICATION_EXPERIMENTAL, isRemotePublicationEnabled)
-            .build();
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
         String routingTableRepoName = "remote-routing-repo";
@@ -89,6 +81,7 @@ protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
             .put("node.attr." + REMOTE_STORE_ROUTING_TABLE_REPOSITORY_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_KEY, routingTableRepoName)
             .put(routingTableRepoTypeAttributeKey, ReloadableFsRepository.TYPE)
             .put(routingTableRepoSettingsAttributeKeyPrefix + "location", segmentRepoPath)
+            .put(REMOTE_PUBLICATION_EXPERIMENTAL, true)
             .build();
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/GatewayMetaState.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/GatewayMetaState.java
index 227da5ce1190b..8eadc57b69b9d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/GatewayMetaState.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/GatewayMetaState.java
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
 import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
 
 import static org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.OpenSearchExecutors.daemonThreadFactory;
-import static org.opensearch.node.remotestore.RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.isRemotePublicationEnabled;
 import static org.opensearch.node.remotestore.RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.isRemoteStoreClusterStateEnabled;
 
 /**
@@ -775,7 +774,7 @@ private boolean verifyManifestAndClusterState(ClusterMetadataManifest manifest,
         }
 
         private boolean shouldWriteFullClusterState(ClusterState clusterState) {
-            if (isRemotePublicationEnabled(clusterState.metadata().settings())) {
+            if (remoteClusterStateService.isRemotePublicationEnabled()) {
                 // If Remote Publication is enabled, we just need to ensure that we have the state/manifest available.
                 // As in case of publication enabled, we add the lastAcceptedState as part of publication quorum votes.
                 return lastAcceptedState == null
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
index 0cfbee89c36a5..5a453012a9896 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
@@ -1500,6 +1500,10 @@ public String getLastKnownUUIDFromRemote(String clusterName) {
         }
     }
 
+    public boolean isRemotePublicationEnabled() {
+        return this.isPublicationEnabled;
+    }
+
     public void setRemoteStateReadTimeout(TimeValue remoteStateReadTimeout) {
         this.remoteStateReadTimeout = remoteStateReadTimeout;
     }