diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CassandraRelevantProperties.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CassandraRelevantProperties.java
index fcf9f7d0e6..9862f22782 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CassandraRelevantProperties.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CassandraRelevantProperties.java
@@ -529,16 +529,6 @@ public enum CassandraRelevantProperties
     //       but it makes sense to group logically related properties together
 
     TCM_ALLOW_TRANSFORMATIONS_DURING_UPGRADES("cassandra.allow_transformations_during_upgrades", "false"),
-    /**
-     * for obtaining acknowlegement from peers to make progress in multi-step operations
-     */
-    TCM_PROGRESS_BARRIER_BACKOFF_MILLIS("cassandra.progress_barrier_backoff_ms", "1000"),
-    TCM_PROGRESS_BARRIER_TIMEOUT_MILLIS("cassandra.progress_barrier_timeout_ms", "3600000"),
-    /**
-     * size of in-memory index of max epoch -> sealed period
-     */
-    TCM_RECENTLY_SEALED_PERIOD_INDEX_SIZE("cassandra.recently_sealed_period_index_size", "10"),
-
     /**
      * for testing purposes disable the automatic CMS reconfiguration after a bootstrap/replace/move operation
      */
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tcm/sequences/ProgressBarrier.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tcm/sequences/ProgressBarrier.java
index 28f94cacf8..af504d35d3 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tcm/sequences/ProgressBarrier.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tcm/sequences/ProgressBarrier.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class ProgressBarrier
         Retry.Deadline deadline = Retry.Deadline.after(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(TIMEOUT_MILLIS),
                                                       new Retry.Backoff(DatabaseDescriptor.getCmsDefaultRetryMaxTries(),
                                                                         (int) BACKOFF_MILLIS,
-                                                                        TCMMetrics.instance.fetchLogRetries));
+                                                                        TCMMetrics.instance.progressBarrierRetries));
         while (!deadline.reachedMax())
         {
             for (WatermarkRequest request : requests)
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ public class ProgressBarrier
 
         public WatermarkRequest(InetAddressAndPort to, MessageDelivery messagingService, Epoch waitFor)
         {
-
             this.to = to;
             this.messagingService = messagingService;
             this.waitFor = waitFor;
diff --git a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/tcm/sequences/ProgressBarrierTest.java b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/tcm/sequences/ProgressBarrierTest.java
index c5bf2c129b..91bd26d479 100644
--- a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/tcm/sequences/ProgressBarrierTest.java
+++ b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/tcm/sequences/ProgressBarrierTest.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.cassandra.harry.gen.rng.PcgRSUFast;
 import org.apache.cassandra.harry.gen.rng.RngUtils;
 import org.apache.cassandra.harry.sut.TokenPlacementModel;
 import org.apache.cassandra.locator.InetAddressAndPort;
+import org.apache.cassandra.metrics.TCMMetrics;
 import org.apache.cassandra.net.ConnectionType;
 import org.apache.cassandra.net.Message;
 import org.apache.cassandra.net.MessageDelivery;
@@ -320,7 +321,9 @@ public class ProgressBarrierTest extends CMSTestBase
                                               .advance(metadata.epoch)
                                               .barrier()
                                               .withMessagingService(delivery);
+            long before = TCMMetrics.instance.progressBarrierRetries.getCount();
             progressBarrier.await();
+            Assert.assertTrue(TCMMetrics.instance.progressBarrierRetries.getCount() - before > 0);
             Assert.assertTrue(responded.size() == 1);
         }
     }