diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
index 068b713cb8c3e..cf564ebb6d898 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ public class Node implements Closeable {
     private final Logger logger;
     private final Injector injector;
     private final Settings settings;
-    private final Settings originalSettings;
     private final Environment environment;
     private final NodeEnvironment nodeEnvironment;
     private final PluginsService pluginsService;
@@ -265,7 +264,6 @@ protected Node(
         final List<Closeable> resourcesToClose = new ArrayList<>(); // register everything we need to release in the case of an error
         boolean success = false;
         try {
-            originalSettings = environment.settings();
             Settings tmpSettings = Settings.builder().put(environment.settings())
                 .put(Client.CLIENT_TYPE_SETTING_S.getKey(), CLIENT_TYPE).build();
 
@@ -595,13 +593,6 @@ protected void processRecoverySettings(ClusterSettings clusterSettings, Recovery
         // Noop in production, overridden by tests
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The original settings that were used to create the node
-     */
-    public Settings originalSettings() {
-        return originalSettings;
-    }
-
     /**
      * The settings that are used by this node. Contains original settings as well as additional settings provided by plugins.
      */
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalTestCluster.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalTestCluster.java
index a625de4150509..246e0f555b1e7 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalTestCluster.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalTestCluster.java
@@ -660,8 +660,9 @@ private NodeAndClient buildNode(int nodeId, long seed, Settings settings,
             // we clone this here since in the case of a node restart we might need it again
             secureSettings = ((MockSecureSettings) secureSettings).clone();
         }
+        final Settings nodeSettings = finalSettings.build();
         MockNode node = new MockNode(
-                finalSettings.build(),
+                nodeSettings,
                 plugins,
                 nodeConfigurationSource.nodeConfigPath(nodeId),
                 forbidPrivateIndexSettings);
@@ -676,7 +677,7 @@ public void afterStart() {
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
         }
-        return new NodeAndClient(name, node, nodeId);
+        return new NodeAndClient(name, node, nodeSettings, nodeId);
     }
 
     private String buildNodeName(int id, Settings settings) {
@@ -820,15 +821,17 @@ public synchronized void close() {
 
     private final class NodeAndClient implements Closeable {
         private MockNode node;
+        private final Settings originalNodeSettings;
         private Client nodeClient;
         private Client transportClient;
         private final AtomicBoolean closed = new AtomicBoolean(false);
         private final String name;
         private final int nodeAndClientId;
 
-        NodeAndClient(String name, MockNode node, int nodeAndClientId) {
+        NodeAndClient(String name, MockNode node, Settings originalNodeSettings, int nodeAndClientId) {
             this.node = node;
             this.name = name;
+            this.originalNodeSettings = originalNodeSettings;
             this.nodeAndClientId = nodeAndClientId;
             markNodeDataDirsAsNotEligableForWipe(node);
         }
@@ -954,7 +957,7 @@ private void recreateNode(final Settings newSettings, final Runnable onTransport
             // use a new seed to make sure we have new node id
             final long newIdSeed = NodeEnvironment.NODE_ID_SEED_SETTING.get(node.settings()) + 1;
             Settings finalSettings = Settings.builder()
-                    .put(node.originalSettings())
+                    .put(originalNodeSettings)
                     .put(newSettings)
                     .put(NodeEnvironment.NODE_ID_SEED_SETTING.getKey(), newIdSeed)
                     .build();