diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/remotestore/RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/remotestore/RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.java
index a0f745a4270c4..efaefd530b34d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/remotestore/RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/remotestore/RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.RepositoryMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
-import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.gateway.remote.RemoteClusterStateService;
 import org.opensearch.node.Node;
 import org.opensearch.repositories.blobstore.BlobStoreRepository;
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import static org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags.REMOTE_PUBLICATION_EXPERIMENTAL;
-
 /**
  * This is an abstraction for validating and storing information specific to remote backed storage nodes.
  *
@@ -202,7 +199,7 @@ private static boolean isRemoteRoutingTableAttributePresent(Settings settings) {
     }
 
     public static boolean isRemoteRoutingTableEnabled(Settings settings) {
-        return FeatureFlags.isEnabled(REMOTE_PUBLICATION_EXPERIMENTAL) && isRemoteRoutingTableAttributePresent(settings);
+        return isRemoteRoutingTableAttributePresent(settings);
     }
 
     public RepositoriesMetadata getRepositoriesMetadata() {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
index ccadbfb3fbebc..081b5f570c559 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceTests.java
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.node.remotestore.RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.REMOTE_STORE_REPOSITORY_SETTINGS_ATTRIBUTE_KEY_PREFIX;
 import static org.opensearch.node.remotestore.RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.REMOTE_STORE_REPOSITORY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE_KEY_FORMAT;
 import static org.opensearch.node.remotestore.RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.REMOTE_STORE_ROUTING_TABLE_REPOSITORY_NAME_ATTRIBUTE_KEY;
+import static org.opensearch.node.remotestore.RemoteStoreNodeAttribute.isRemoteRoutingTableEnabled;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.anEmptyMap;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
@@ -485,8 +486,8 @@ public void testWriteFullMetadataInParallelSuccess() throws IOException {
         assertThat(manifest.getStateUUID(), is(expectedManifest.getStateUUID()));
         assertThat(manifest.getPreviousClusterUUID(), is(expectedManifest.getPreviousClusterUUID()));
 
-        assertEquals(7, actionListenerArgumentCaptor.getAllValues().size());
-        assertEquals(7, writeContextArgumentCaptor.getAllValues().size());
+        assertEquals(8, actionListenerArgumentCaptor.getAllValues().size());
+        assertEquals(8, writeContextArgumentCaptor.getAllValues().size());
 
         byte[] writtenBytes = capturedWriteContext.get("metadata")
             .getStreamProvider(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
@@ -722,7 +723,7 @@ public void testWriteIncrementalMetadataSuccess() throws IOException {
                 eq(false),
                 eq(Collections.emptyMap()),
                 eq(false),
-                eq(Collections.emptyList()),
+                anyList(),
                 Mockito.any(StringKeyDiffProvider.class)
             );
 
@@ -743,7 +744,7 @@ public void testWriteIncrementalMetadataSuccess() throws IOException {
         assertThat(manifest.getTemplatesMetadata(), notNullValue());
         assertThat(manifest.getCoordinationMetadata(), notNullValue());
         assertThat(manifest.getCustomMetadataMap().size(), is(2));
-        assertThat(manifest.getIndicesRouting().size(), is(0));
+        assertThat(manifest.getIndicesRouting().size(), is(1));
     }
 
     public void testWriteIncrementalMetadataSuccessWhenPublicationEnabled() throws IOException {
@@ -2642,7 +2643,7 @@ public void testRemoteStateUploadStats() throws IOException {
     }
 
     public void testRemoteRoutingTableNotInitializedWhenDisabled() {
-        if (publicationEnabled) {
+        if (isRemoteRoutingTableEnabled(settings)) {
             assertTrue(remoteClusterStateService.getRemoteRoutingTableService() instanceof InternalRemoteRoutingTableService);
         } else {
             assertTrue(remoteClusterStateService.getRemoteRoutingTableService() instanceof NoopRemoteRoutingTableService);