diff --git a/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/java/org/wso2/apk/integration/api/BaseSteps.java b/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/java/org/wso2/apk/integration/api/BaseSteps.java
index 350db59f6..4ab924238 100644
--- a/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/java/org/wso2/apk/integration/api/BaseSteps.java
+++ b/test/cucumber-tests/src/test/java/org/wso2/apk/integration/api/BaseSteps.java
@@ -148,12 +148,6 @@ public void theGrpcResponseStatusCodeShouldBe(int expectedStatusCode) throws IOE
         Assert.assertEquals(actualStatusCode, expectedStatusCode);
     }
 
-    @Then("the gRPC response status code should be {int}")
-    public void theGrpcResponseStatusCodeShouldBe(int expectedStatusCode) throws IOException {
-        int actualStatusCode = sharedContext.getGrpcStatusCode();
-        Assert.assertEquals(actualStatusCode, expectedStatusCode);
-    }
-
     @Then("I send {string} request to {string} with body {string}")
     public void sendHttpRequest(String httpMethod, String url, String body) throws IOException {
         body = Utils.resolveVariables(body, sharedContext.getValueStore());