diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/CopyExecutionStateStep.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/CopyExecutionStateStep.java
index ffaf02b1513d3..74df72ebfe6a8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/CopyExecutionStateStep.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/CopyExecutionStateStep.java
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ public ClusterState performAction(Index index, ClusterState clusterState) {
         String phase = targetNextStepKey.getPhase();
         String action = targetNextStepKey.getAction();
         String step = targetNextStepKey.getName();
-        long lifecycleDate = lifecycleState.getLifecycleDate();
 
         LifecycleExecutionState.Builder relevantTargetCustomData = LifecycleExecutionState.builder(lifecycleState);
         // Override the phase, action, and step for the target next StepKey
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/actions/SearchableSnapshotActionIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/actions/SearchableSnapshotActionIT.java
index 6566a7f44ec08..e0ac87ddbfff0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/actions/SearchableSnapshotActionIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/qa/multi-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/actions/SearchableSnapshotActionIT.java
@@ -453,6 +453,11 @@ public void testConvertingSearchableSnapshotFromFullToPartial() throws Exception
         Request hitCount = new Request("GET", "/" + searchableSnapMountedIndexName + "/_count");
         Map<String, Object> count = entityAsMap(client().performRequest(hitCount));
         assertThat("expected a single document but got: " + count, (int) count.get("count"), equalTo(1));
+
+        assertBusy(() -> assertTrue(
+            "Expecting the mounted index to be deleted and to be converted to an alias",
+            aliasExists(searchableSnapMountedIndexName, SearchableSnapshotAction.FULL_RESTORED_INDEX_PREFIX + index))
+        );
     }
 
     public void testSecondSearchableSnapshotUsingDifferentRepoThrows() throws Exception {