diff --git a/plugins/examples/custom-settings/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/customsettings/10_plugin.yml b/plugins/examples/custom-settings/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/customsettings/10_plugin.yml
index 891a09fbb75b0..422d4cacacd69 100644
--- a/plugins/examples/custom-settings/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/customsettings/10_plugin.yml
+++ b/plugins/examples/custom-settings/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/customsettings/10_plugin.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   # Use the Cat Plugins API to retrieve the list of plugins
   - do:
       cat.plugins:
-        local: true
         h: component
 
   - match:
diff --git a/plugins/examples/rest-handler/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/resthandler/10_basic.yml b/plugins/examples/rest-handler/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/resthandler/10_basic.yml
index 8f3cc06ed5a72..c2a3831319689 100644
--- a/plugins/examples/rest-handler/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/resthandler/10_basic.yml
+++ b/plugins/examples/rest-handler/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/resthandler/10_basic.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   # Use the Cat Plugins API to retrieve the list of plugins
   - do:
       cat.plugins:
-        local: true
         h: component
 
   - match: