diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/RTSCallerCEImpl.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/RTSCallerCEImpl.java
index 812d54be31..1e0210f06b 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/RTSCallerCEImpl.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/helpers/ce/RTSCallerCEImpl.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import static com.appsmith.server.filters.MDCFilter.INTERNAL_REQUEST_ID_HEADER;
 import static com.appsmith.server.filters.MDCFilter.REQUEST_ID_HEADER;
-import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isEmpty;
 
 @Component
 public class RTSCallerCEImpl implements RTSCallerCE {
@@ -42,10 +41,6 @@ public class RTSCallerCEImpl implements RTSCallerCE {
 
     @PostConstruct
     private void makeWebClient() {
-        if (isEmpty(rtsPort)) {
-            rtsPort = "8091";
-        }
-
         final ConnectionProvider connectionProvider = ConnectionProvider.builder("rts-provider")
                 .maxConnections(100)
                 .maxIdleTime(Duration.ofSeconds(30))
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/resources/application-ce.properties b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/resources/application-ce.properties
index 712eed456c..829965bfbd 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/resources/application-ce.properties
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/resources/application-ce.properties
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ appsmith.plugin.response.size.max=${APPSMITH_PLUGIN_MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE_MB:5}
 appsmith.admin.envfile=${APPSMITH_ENVFILE_PATH:/appsmith-stacks/configuration/docker.env}
 
 # RTS port
-appsmith.rts.port=${APPSMITH_RTS_PORT:}
+appsmith.rts.port=${APPSMITH_RTS_PORT:8091}
 
 appsmith.internal.password=${APPSMITH_INTERNAL_PASSWORD:}