diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlNativeIntegTestCase.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlNativeIntegTestCase.java
index bad1320bb2e33..2f2221f1ca15e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlNativeIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlNativeIntegTestCase.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.features.ResetFeatureStateAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.features.ResetFeatureStateRequest;
-import org.elasticsearch.action.support.DestructiveOperations;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.NamedDiff;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.autoscaling.Autoscaling;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.autoscaling.AutoscalingMetadata;
@@ -169,7 +168,6 @@ protected Settings externalClusterClientSettings() {
 
         Settings.Builder builder = Settings.builder();
         builder.putList("node.roles", Collections.emptyList());
-        builder.put(DestructiveOperations.REQUIRES_NAME_SETTING.getKey(), false);
         builder.put(NetworkModule.TRANSPORT_TYPE_KEY, SecurityField.NAME4);
         builder.put(XPackSettings.MACHINE_LEARNING_ENABLED.getKey(), true);
         builder.put(XPackSettings.SECURITY_ENABLED.getKey(), true);