diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestNodesStatsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestNodesStatsAction.java
index 17a2d95a85a07..e16c823aa40ca 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestNodesStatsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/RestNodesStatsAction.java
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ public RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(final RestRequest request, final NodeC
         }
 
         // If no levels are passed in this results in an empty array.
-        String[] levels = Strings.splitStringByCommaToArray(request.param("level"));
-        nodesStatsRequest.indices().setLevels(levels);
+//        String[] levels = Strings.splitStringByCommaToArray(request.param("level"));
+//        nodesStatsRequest.indices().setLevels(levels);
 //        nodesStatsRequest.indices().optimizeNodeIndicesStatsOnLevel(true);
 
         return channel -> client.admin().cluster().nodesStats(nodesStatsRequest, new NodesResponseRestListener<>(channel));