diff --git a/docs/build.gradle b/docs/build.gradle
index 5b98a62d99640..5816546d7e221 100644
--- a/docs/build.gradle
+++ b/docs/build.gradle
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ integTestCluster {
   extraConfigFile 'hunspell/en_US/en_US.dic', '../server/src/test/resources/indices/analyze/conf_dir/hunspell/en_US/en_US.dic'
   // Whitelist reindexing from the local node so we can test it.
   setting 'reindex.remote.whitelist', '127.0.0.1:*'
-
-  // TODO: remove this for 7.0, this exists to allow the doc examples in 6.x to continue using the defaults
-  systemProperty 'es.scripting.update.ctx_in_params', 'false'
 }
 
 // build the cluster with all plugins