diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/QueryConfig.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/QueryConfig.java
index 2adc2953c5912..31b1fe4810830 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/QueryConfig.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/QueryConfig.java
@@ -74,7 +74,4 @@ public boolean equals(Object other) {
         return Objects.equals(this.query, that.query);
     }
 
-    public boolean isValid() {
-        return this.query != null;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/AggregationConfig.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/AggregationConfig.java
index 2ebcf68d5edb3..ceb5f1e1247f2 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/AggregationConfig.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/AggregationConfig.java
@@ -74,7 +74,4 @@ public boolean equals(Object other) {
         return Objects.equals(this.aggregations, that.aggregations);
     }
 
-    public boolean isValid() {
-        return this.aggregations != null;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/GroupConfig.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/GroupConfig.java
index ef1dd0f64e38e..950d35e405481 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/GroupConfig.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/GroupConfig.java
@@ -138,10 +138,6 @@ public Map <String, SingleGroupSource> getGroups() {
         return groups;
     }
 
-    public boolean isValid() {
-        return this.groups != null;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
         builder.startObject();
diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/PivotConfig.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/PivotConfig.java
index 83b434d88bac7..0c3a6e3ea890b 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/PivotConfig.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/dataframe/transforms/pivot/PivotConfig.java
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ public int hashCode() {
         return Objects.hash(groups, aggregationConfig);
     }
 
-    public boolean isValid() {
-        return groups.isValid() && aggregationConfig.isValid();
-    }
-
     public static Builder builder() {
         return new Builder();
     }