diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/iocscan/service/SaIoCScanService.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/iocscan/service/SaIoCScanService.java
index a9fe7e895..109fc0bcb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/iocscan/service/SaIoCScanService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/iocscan/service/SaIoCScanService.java
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 public class SaIoCScanService extends IoCScanService<SearchHit> {
 
     private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(SaIoCScanService.class);
-    public static final int MAX_TERMSs = 65536; //TODO make ioc index setting based. use same setting value to create index
     private final Client client;
     private final ClusterService clusterService;
     private final NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry;