diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestZooKeeper.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestZooKeeper.java
index fc5822477937..8b9736aefb69 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestZooKeeper.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TestZooKeeper.java
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ public static void setUpBeforeClass() throws Exception {
     conf.setInt(HConstants.ZK_SESSION_TIMEOUT, 1000);
     conf.setClass(HConstants.HBASE_MASTER_LOADBALANCER_CLASS, MockLoadBalancer.class,
       LoadBalancer.class);
-    TEST_UTIL.startMiniDFSCluster(2);
   }
 
   @AfterAll