diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java
index d45b2c119d2ae..519e5b2227fed 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java
@@ -1496,8 +1496,6 @@ public void testRejectTranslogRetentionSettings() {
         );
     }
 
-    @UpdateForV9(owner = UpdateForV9.Owner.DATA_MANAGEMENT)
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "looks like a test that's not applicable to 9.0 after version bump")
     public void testDeprecateTranslogRetentionSettings() {
         request = new CreateIndexClusterStateUpdateRequest("create index", "test", "test");
         final Settings.Builder settings = Settings.builder();
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataTests.java
index ba1f9f01f49d2..8c08025a45b82 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataTests.java
@@ -1985,8 +1985,6 @@ public void testHiddenAliasValidation() {
         }
     }
 
-    @UpdateForV9(owner = UpdateForV9.Owner.DATA_MANAGEMENT)
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "this test needs to be updated or removed after the version 9.0 bump")
     public void testSystemAliasValidationMixedVersionSystemAndRegularFails() {
         final IndexVersion random7xVersion = IndexVersionUtils.randomVersionBetween(
             random(),
@@ -2037,8 +2035,6 @@ public void testSystemAliasValidationNewSystemAndRegularFails() {
         );
     }
 
-    @UpdateForV9(owner = UpdateForV9.Owner.DATA_MANAGEMENT)
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "this test needs to be updated or removed after the version 9.0 bump")
     public void testSystemAliasOldSystemAndNewRegular() {
         final IndexVersion random7xVersion = IndexVersionUtils.randomVersionBetween(
             random(),
@@ -2052,8 +2048,6 @@ public void testSystemAliasOldSystemAndNewRegular() {
         metadataWithIndices(oldVersionSystem, regularIndex);
     }
 
-    @UpdateForV9(owner = UpdateForV9.Owner.DATA_MANAGEMENT)
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "this test needs to be updated or removed after the version 9.0 bump")
     public void testSystemIndexValidationAllRegular() {
         final IndexVersion random7xVersion = IndexVersionUtils.randomVersionBetween(
             random(),
@@ -2068,8 +2062,6 @@ public void testSystemIndexValidationAllRegular() {
         metadataWithIndices(currentVersionSystem, currentVersionSystem2, oldVersionSystem);
     }
 
-    @UpdateForV9(owner = UpdateForV9.Owner.DATA_MANAGEMENT)
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "this test needs to be updated or removed after the version 9.0 bump")
     public void testSystemAliasValidationAllSystemSomeOld() {
         final IndexVersion random7xVersion = IndexVersionUtils.randomVersionBetween(
             random(),