diff --git a/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/options/action/GetDataStreamOptionsAction.java b/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/options/action/GetDataStreamOptionsAction.java
index 45bda1abd5c02..a946376a28cad 100644
--- a/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/options/action/GetDataStreamOptionsAction.java
+++ b/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/options/action/GetDataStreamOptionsAction.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.datastreams.options.action;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.TransportVersions;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionType;
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ public static class Request extends MasterNodeReadRequest<Request> implements In
                 IndicesOptions.GatekeeperOptions.builder().allowAliasToMultipleIndices(false).allowClosedIndices(true).allowSelectors(false)
             )
             .build();
-        private boolean includeDefaults = false;
 
         public Request(TimeValue masterNodeTimeout, String[] names) {
             super(masterNodeTimeout);
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ public Request(TimeValue masterNodeTimeout, String[] names) {
         public Request(TimeValue masterNodeTimeout, String[] names, boolean includeDefaults) {
             super(masterNodeTimeout);
             this.names = names;
-            this.includeDefaults = includeDefaults;
         }
 
         public String[] getNames() {
@@ -80,7 +79,9 @@ public Request(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
             super(in);
             this.names = in.readOptionalStringArray();
             this.indicesOptions = IndicesOptions.readIndicesOptions(in);
-            this.includeDefaults = in.readBoolean();
+            if (in.getTransportVersion().before(TransportVersions.DATA_STREAM_OPTIONS_API_REMOVE_INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_8_19)) {
+                in.readBoolean();
+            }
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -88,7 +89,9 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
             super.writeTo(out);
             out.writeOptionalStringArray(names);
             indicesOptions.writeIndicesOptions(out);
-            out.writeBoolean(includeDefaults);
+            if (out.getTransportVersion().before(TransportVersions.DATA_STREAM_OPTIONS_API_REMOVE_INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_8_19)) {
+                out.writeBoolean(false);
+            }
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -96,14 +99,12 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
             if (this == o) return true;
             if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
             Request request = (Request) o;
-            return Arrays.equals(names, request.names)
-                && indicesOptions.equals(request.indicesOptions)
-                && includeDefaults == request.includeDefaults;
+            return Arrays.equals(names, request.names) && indicesOptions.equals(request.indicesOptions);
         }
 
         @Override
         public int hashCode() {
-            int result = Objects.hash(indicesOptions, includeDefaults);
+            int result = Objects.hash(indicesOptions);
             result = 31 * result + Arrays.hashCode(names);
             return result;
         }
@@ -118,10 +119,6 @@ public IndicesOptions indicesOptions() {
             return indicesOptions;
         }
 
-        public boolean includeDefaults() {
-            return includeDefaults;
-        }
-
         public Request indicesOptions(IndicesOptions indicesOptions) {
             this.indicesOptions = indicesOptions;
             return this;
@@ -137,11 +134,6 @@ public IndicesRequest indices(String... indices) {
             this.names = indices;
             return this;
         }
-
-        public Request includeDefaults(boolean includeDefaults) {
-            this.includeDefaults = includeDefaults;
-            return this;
-        }
     }
 
     public static class Response extends ActionResponse implements ChunkedToXContentObject {
diff --git a/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/options/rest/RestGetDataStreamOptionsAction.java b/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/options/rest/RestGetDataStreamOptionsAction.java
index 9261d989ad1c7..67b1191e72064 100644
--- a/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/options/rest/RestGetDataStreamOptionsAction.java
+++ b/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/datastreams/options/rest/RestGetDataStreamOptionsAction.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ protected RestChannelConsumer prepareRequest(RestRequest request, NodeClient cli
             RestUtils.getMasterNodeTimeout(request),
             Strings.splitStringByCommaToArray(request.param("name"))
         );
-        getDataStreamOptionsRequest.includeDefaults(request.paramAsBoolean("include_defaults", false));
         getDataStreamOptionsRequest.indicesOptions(IndicesOptions.fromRequest(request, getDataStreamOptionsRequest.indicesOptions()));
         return channel -> client.execute(
             GetDataStreamOptionsAction.INSTANCE,
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_data_stream_options.json b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_data_stream_options.json
index 3ab4daff4d786..c882dc7f7b0a9 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_data_stream_options.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/src/main/resources/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_data_stream_options.json
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@
         "default":"open",
         "description":"Whether wildcard expressions should get expanded to open or closed indices (default: open)"
       },
-      "include_defaults":{
-        "type":"boolean",
-        "description":"Return all relevant default configurations for the data stream (default: false)"
-      },
       "master_timeout":{
         "type":"time",
         "description":"Specify timeout for connection to master"
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
index f299a906b571d..fa650e293d968 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/TransportVersions.java
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static TransportVersion def(int id) {
     public static final TransportVersion ML_INFERENCE_VERTEXAI_CHATCOMPLETION_ADDED_8_19 = def(8_841_0_38);
     public static final TransportVersion INFERENCE_CUSTOM_SERVICE_ADDED_8_19 = def(8_841_0_39);
     public static final TransportVersion IDP_CUSTOM_SAML_ATTRIBUTES_ADDED_8_19 = def(8_841_0_40);
+    public static final TransportVersion DATA_STREAM_OPTIONS_API_REMOVE_INCLUDE_DEFAULTS_8_19 = def(8_841_0_41);
     /*
      * STOP! READ THIS FIRST! No, really,
      *        ____ _____ ___  ____  _        ____  _____    _    ____    _____ _   _ ___ ____    _____ ___ ____  ____ _____ _