diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6d6b8ac9..89a52ce31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Removed obsolete backported classes for Jackson 1.5 support ([#471](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/pull/471))
 
 ### Fixed
+- Remove unnecessary outputCommitter setting ([#465](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/pull/465))
 
 ### Security
 
@@ -117,4 +118,4 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 [1.2.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0
 [1.1.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/compare/v1.0.1...v1.1.0
 [1.0.1]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1
-[1.0.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/compare/v7.13.4...v1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+[1.0.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-hadoop/compare/v7.13.4...v1.0.0
diff --git a/hive/src/main/java/org/opensearch/hadoop/hive/OpenSearchStorageHandler.java b/hive/src/main/java/org/opensearch/hadoop/hive/OpenSearchStorageHandler.java
index 43e330918..b0cc1b020 100644
--- a/hive/src/main/java/org/opensearch/hadoop/hive/OpenSearchStorageHandler.java
+++ b/hive/src/main/java/org/opensearch/hadoop/hive/OpenSearchStorageHandler.java
@@ -118,19 +118,6 @@ private void setUserProviderIfNotSet(Map<String, String> jobProperties) {
 
     // NB: save the table properties in a special place but nothing else; otherwise the settings might trip on each other
     private void init(TableDesc tableDesc, boolean read) {
-        Configuration cfg = getConf();
-        // NB: we can't just merge the table properties in, we need to save them per input/output otherwise clashes occur which confuse Hive
-
-        Settings settings = HadoopSettingsManager.loadFrom(cfg);
-        //settings.setProperty((read ? HiveConstants.INPUT_TBL_PROPERTIES : HiveConstants.OUTPUT_TBL_PROPERTIES), IOUtils.propsToString(tableDesc.getProperties()));
-        if (read) {
-            // no generic setting
-        }
-        else {
-            // replace the default committer when using the old API
-            HadoopCfgUtils.setOutputCommitterClass(cfg, OpenSearchOutputFormat.OpenSearchOutputCommitter.class.getName());
-        }
-
         Assert.hasText(tableDesc.getProperties().getProperty(TABLE_LOCATION), String.format(
                 "no table location [%s] declared by Hive resulting in abnormal execution;", TABLE_LOCATION));
     }