diff --git a/plugins/delete-by-query/licenses/no_deps.txt b/plugins/delete-by-query/licenses/no_deps.txt
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index 8cce254d0377..000000000000
--- a/plugins/delete-by-query/licenses/no_deps.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This plugin has no third party dependencies
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-multicast/licenses/no_deps.txt b/plugins/discovery-multicast/licenses/no_deps.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1..000000000000
diff --git a/plugins/jvm-example/licenses/no_deps.txt b/plugins/jvm-example/licenses/no_deps.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cce254d0377..000000000000
--- a/plugins/jvm-example/licenses/no_deps.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This plugin has no third party dependencies
diff --git a/plugins/mapper-murmur3/licenses/no_deps.txt b/plugins/mapper-murmur3/licenses/no_deps.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cce254d0377..000000000000
--- a/plugins/mapper-murmur3/licenses/no_deps.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This plugin has no third party dependencies
diff --git a/plugins/mapper-size/licenses/no_deps.txt b/plugins/mapper-size/licenses/no_deps.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cce254d0377..000000000000
--- a/plugins/mapper-size/licenses/no_deps.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This plugin has no third party dependencies
diff --git a/plugins/site-example/licenses/no_deps.txt b/plugins/site-example/licenses/no_deps.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cce254d0377..000000000000
--- a/plugins/site-example/licenses/no_deps.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This plugin has no third party dependencies
diff --git a/plugins/store-smb/licenses/no_deps.txt b/plugins/store-smb/licenses/no_deps.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cce254d0377..000000000000
--- a/plugins/store-smb/licenses/no_deps.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This plugin has no third party dependencies