diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNode.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNode.java
index 7c757e7657853..46a83495ecfb9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNode.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNode.java
@@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws
         builder.endArray();
         builder.field("version", versionInfo.buildVersion().toString());
         builder.field("min_index_version", versionInfo.minIndexVersion());
-        builder.field("min_read_only_index_version", versionInfo.minReadOnlyIndexVersion());
         builder.field("max_index_version", versionInfo.maxIndexVersion());
         builder.endObject();
         return builder;
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteResponseTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteResponseTests.java
index 69cff0fc45ac3..b59cc13a20ff2 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteResponseTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/reroute/ClusterRerouteResponseTests.java
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ public void testToXContentWithDeprecatedClusterState() {
                             ],
                             "version": "%s",
                             "min_index_version": %s,
-                            "min_read_only_index_version": %s,
                             "max_index_version": %s
                           }
                         },
@@ -219,7 +218,6 @@ public void testToXContentWithDeprecatedClusterState() {
                 clusterState.getNodes().get("node0").getEphemeralId(),
                 Version.CURRENT,
                 IndexVersions.MINIMUM_COMPATIBLE,
-                IndexVersions.MINIMUM_READONLY_COMPATIBLE,
                 IndexVersion.current(),
                 IndexVersion.current(),
                 IndexVersion.current()
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterStateTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterStateTests.java
index 5f4426b02ce1a..668aea70c23f2 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterStateTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterStateTests.java
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ public void testToXContent() throws IOException {
                               ],
                               "version": "%s",
                               "min_index_version":%s,
-                              "min_read_only_index_version":%s,
                               "max_index_version":%s
                             }
                           },
@@ -390,7 +389,6 @@ public void testToXContent() throws IOException {
                     ephemeralId,
                     Version.CURRENT,
                     IndexVersions.MINIMUM_COMPATIBLE,
-                    IndexVersions.MINIMUM_READONLY_COMPATIBLE,
                     IndexVersion.current(),
                     TransportVersion.current(),
                     IndexVersion.current(),
@@ -490,7 +488,6 @@ public void testToXContent_FlatSettingTrue_ReduceMappingFalse() throws IOExcepti
                           ],
                           "version" : "%s",
                           "min_index_version" : %s,
-                          "min_read_only_index_version" : %s,
                           "max_index_version" : %s
                         }
                       },
@@ -666,7 +663,6 @@ public void testToXContent_FlatSettingTrue_ReduceMappingFalse() throws IOExcepti
                 ephemeralId,
                 Version.CURRENT,
                 IndexVersions.MINIMUM_COMPATIBLE,
-                IndexVersions.MINIMUM_READONLY_COMPATIBLE,
                 IndexVersion.current(),
                 TransportVersion.current(),
                 IndexVersion.current(),
@@ -766,7 +762,6 @@ public void testToXContent_FlatSettingFalse_ReduceMappingTrue() throws IOExcepti
                           ],
                           "version" : "%s",
                           "min_index_version" : %s,
-                          "min_read_only_index_version" : %s,
                           "max_index_version" : %s
                         }
                       },
@@ -948,7 +943,6 @@ public void testToXContent_FlatSettingFalse_ReduceMappingTrue() throws IOExcepti
                 ephemeralId,
                 Version.CURRENT,
                 IndexVersions.MINIMUM_COMPATIBLE,
-                IndexVersions.MINIMUM_READONLY_COMPATIBLE,
                 IndexVersion.current(),
                 TransportVersion.current(),
                 IndexVersion.current(),
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeTests.java
index fa7633f0eaf75..a91cef576df33 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/node/DiscoveryNodeTests.java
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ public void testDiscoveryNodeToXContent() {
                             ],
                             "version" : "%s",
                             "min_index_version" : %s,
-                            "min_read_only_index_version" : %s,
                             "max_index_version" : %s
                           }
                         }""",
@@ -231,7 +230,6 @@ public void testDiscoveryNodeToXContent() {
                     withExternalId ? "test-external-id" : "test-name",
                     Version.CURRENT,
                     IndexVersions.MINIMUM_COMPATIBLE,
-                    IndexVersions.MINIMUM_READONLY_COMPATIBLE,
                     IndexVersion.current()
                 )
             )
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/cluster/ClusterStatsMonitoringDocTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/cluster/ClusterStatsMonitoringDocTests.java
index 35da4abec223a..f4d50df4ff613 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/cluster/ClusterStatsMonitoringDocTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/collector/cluster/ClusterStatsMonitoringDocTests.java
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ public void testToXContent() throws IOException {
             pluginEsBuildVersion,
             Version.CURRENT,
             IndexVersions.MINIMUM_COMPATIBLE,
-            IndexVersions.MINIMUM_READONLY_COMPATIBLE,
             IndexVersion.current(),
             apmIndicesExist };
         final String expectedJson = """
@@ -818,7 +817,6 @@ public void testToXContent() throws IOException {
                     ],
                     "version": "%s",
                     "min_index_version":%s,
-                    "min_read_only_index_version":%s,
                     "max_index_version":%s
                   }
                 },