diff --git a/admin/kernel-masterdata-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/masterdata/config/AddressConfiguration.java b/admin/kernel-masterdata-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/masterdata/config/AddressConfiguration.java
index 8118a206ae8..52306194ebe 100644
--- a/admin/kernel-masterdata-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/masterdata/config/AddressConfiguration.java
+++ b/admin/kernel-masterdata-service/src/main/java/io/mosip/kernel/masterdata/config/AddressConfiguration.java
@@ -43,29 +43,6 @@ public class AddressConfiguration {
     @Value("#{T(java.util.Arrays).asList('${mosip.location.search.file.name:}')}")
     private List<String> droolsRuleFileName;
 
-    @Bean
-    public RestTemplate restTemplate()
-            throws KeyStoreException, KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException {
-        TrustStrategy acceptingTrustStrategy = (X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) -> true;
-
-        SSLContext sslContext = org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContexts.custom()
-                .loadTrustMaterial(null, acceptingTrustStrategy)
-                .build();
-
-        SSLConnectionSocketFactory csf = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext);
-
-        CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.custom()
-                .setSSLSocketFactory(csf)
-                .build();
-
-        HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory =
-                new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
-
-        requestFactory.setHttpClient(httpClient);
-        RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate(requestFactory);
-        return restTemplate;
-    }
-
     @Bean
     public KieSession kieSession() throws IOException {
         LOGGER.info("Session created...");