diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreStatsIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreStatsIT.java
index 840e3a07ed255..1c7f14701b3e7 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreStatsIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreStatsIT.java
@@ -272,12 +272,12 @@ public void testDownloadStatsCorrectnessSinglePrimarySingleReplica() throws Exce
                 assertTrue(
                     replicaStats.directoryFileTransferTrackerStats.transferredBytesStarted > 0
                         && primaryStats.uploadBytesStarted
-                            - zeroStatePrimaryStats.uploadBytesStarted == replicaStats.directoryFileTransferTrackerStats.transferredBytesStarted
+                            - zeroStatePrimaryStats.uploadBytesStarted >= replicaStats.directoryFileTransferTrackerStats.transferredBytesStarted
                 );
                 assertTrue(
                     replicaStats.directoryFileTransferTrackerStats.transferredBytesSucceeded > 0
                         && primaryStats.uploadBytesSucceeded
-                            - zeroStatePrimaryStats.uploadBytesSucceeded == replicaStats.directoryFileTransferTrackerStats.transferredBytesSucceeded
+                            - zeroStatePrimaryStats.uploadBytesSucceeded >= replicaStats.directoryFileTransferTrackerStats.transferredBytesSucceeded
                 );
                 // Assert zero failures
                 assertEquals(0, primaryStats.uploadBytesFailed);
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ public void testDownloadStatsCorrectnessSinglePrimaryMultipleReplicaShards() thr
                 assertEquals(0, uploadsFailed);
                 assertEquals(0, uploadBytesFailed);
                 for (int j = 0; j < response.getSuccessfulShards() - 1; j++) {
-                    assertEquals(uploadBytesStarted - zeroStatePrimaryStats.uploadBytesStarted, (long) downloadBytesStarted.get(j));
-                    assertEquals(uploadBytesSucceeded - zeroStatePrimaryStats.uploadBytesSucceeded, (long) downloadBytesSucceeded.get(j));
+                    assertTrue(uploadBytesStarted - zeroStatePrimaryStats.uploadBytesStarted > downloadBytesStarted.get(j));
+                    assertTrue(uploadBytesSucceeded - zeroStatePrimaryStats.uploadBytesSucceeded > downloadBytesSucceeded.get(j));
                     assertEquals(0, (long) downloadBytesFailed.get(j));
                 }
             }, 60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RemoteIndexSnapshotStatusApiIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RemoteIndexSnapshotStatusApiIT.java
index b6a5188c99335..d17410d8921ed 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RemoteIndexSnapshotStatusApiIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/RemoteIndexSnapshotStatusApiIT.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
             .put(super.nodeSettings(nodeOrdinal))
             .put(ThreadPool.ESTIMATED_TIME_INTERVAL_SETTING.getKey(), 0) // We have tests that check by-timestamp order
             .put(FeatureFlags.REMOTE_STORE, "true")
+            .put(FeatureFlags.SEGMENT_REPLICATION_EXPERIMENTAL, "true")
             .put(remoteStoreClusterSettings("remote-store-repo-name"))
             .build();
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/RemoteStoreReplicationSource.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/RemoteStoreReplicationSource.java
index 1c366076afe81..7f444d0031533 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/RemoteStoreReplicationSource.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/RemoteStoreReplicationSource.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexFileNames;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.FilterDirectory;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.IOContext;
@@ -105,7 +104,6 @@ public void getSegmentFiles(
 
             RemoteSegmentMetadata remoteSegmentMetadata = remoteDirectory.readLatestMetadataFile();
             List<StoreFileMetadata> downloadedSegments = new ArrayList<>();
-            String segmentNFile = null;
             Collection<String> directoryFiles = List.of(indexShard.store().directory().listAll());
             if (remoteSegmentMetadata != null) {
                 try {
@@ -117,10 +115,6 @@ public void getSegmentFiles(
                         assert directoryFiles.contains(file) == false : "Local store already contains the file " + file;
                         storeDirectory.copyFrom(remoteDirectory, file, file, IOContext.DEFAULT);
                         downloadedSegments.add(fileMetadata);
-                        if (file.startsWith(IndexFileNames.SEGMENTS)) {
-                            assert segmentNFile == null : "There should be only one SegmentInfosSnapshot file";
-                            segmentNFile = file;
-                        }
                     }
                     logger.trace("Downloaded segments from remote store {}", downloadedSegments);
                 } finally {