diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AzureDevOpsDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AzureDevOpsDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
index 463d982ca2..f9913e4f12 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AzureDevOpsDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/AzureDevOpsDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ describe('AzureDevOpsDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://dev.azure.com/shopify/engineering/_git/backstage?path=/catalog-info.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
       expect(emitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         type: 'location',
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ describe('AzureDevOpsDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://dev.azure.com/shopify/engineering/_git/ios-app?path=/src/catalog-info.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -215,7 +213,6 @@ describe('AzureDevOpsDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://dev.azure.com/shopify/engineering/_git/backstage?path=/catalog-info.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -254,7 +251,6 @@ describe('AzureDevOpsDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://dev.azure.com/shopify/engineering/_git/backstage?path=/src/main/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
index b60a55a156..96906dac85 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/projects/backstage/repos/backstage/browse/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
       expect(emitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         type: 'location',
@@ -220,7 +219,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/projects/demo/repos/demo/browse/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -246,7 +244,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/projects/backstage/repos/techdocs-cli/browse/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -269,7 +266,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/projects/demo/repos/demo/browse/catalog.yaml?ref=branch-name',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -292,7 +288,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/projects/backstage/repos/test/browse/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -321,7 +316,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/projects/backstage/repos/techdocs-cli/browse/catalog-info.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
   });
@@ -369,7 +363,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/custom-path/projects/backstage/repos/backstage/browse/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
       expect(emitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         type: 'location',
@@ -379,7 +372,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/custom-path/projects/demo/repos/demo/browse/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -408,7 +400,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/custom-path/projects/backstage/repos/techdocs-cli/browse/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -434,7 +425,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/custom-path/projects/demo/repos/demo/browse/catalog.yaml?ref=branch-name',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -460,7 +450,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/custom-path/projects/backstage/repos/test/browse/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -492,7 +481,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/custom-path/projects/backstage/repos/techdocs-cli/browse/catalog-info.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
   });
@@ -536,7 +524,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.org/myworkspace/repository-one/src/master/catalog-info.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
       expect(emitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         type: 'location',
@@ -546,7 +533,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.org/myworkspace/repository-two/src/master/catalog-info.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -574,7 +560,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.org/myworkspace/repository-one/src/master/my/nested/path/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
       expect(emitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         type: 'location',
@@ -584,7 +569,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.org/myworkspace/repository-two/src/master/my/nested/path/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -612,7 +596,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.org/myworkspace/repository-one/src/master/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
       expect(emitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         type: 'location',
@@ -622,7 +605,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.org/myworkspace/repository-two/src/master/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -649,7 +631,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.org/myworkspace/repository-one/src/master/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -677,7 +658,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.org/myworkspace/repository-three/src/master/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -703,7 +683,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.org/myworkspace/repository-one/src/master/catalog-info.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
       expect(mockCall).toBeCalledTimes(1);
       // it should be possible to do this via an `expect.objectContaining` check but seems to fail with some encoding issue.
@@ -739,7 +718,6 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://bitbucket.org/myworkspace/repository-one/src/master/catalog-info.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -806,8 +784,8 @@ describe('BitbucketDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
         location: {
           type: 'custom-location-type',
           target: 'custom-target',
+          presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
index 8d85d7375f..8f1da52413 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ describe('GitlabDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             target: 'https://gitlab.fake/1/-/blob/main/catalog-info.yaml',
             presence: 'optional',
           },
-          optional: true,
         },
         {
           type: 'location',
@@ -219,7 +218,6 @@ describe('GitlabDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             target: 'https://gitlab.fake/2/-/blob/master/catalog-info.yaml',
             presence: 'optional',
           },
-          optional: true,
         },
       ]);
     });
@@ -257,7 +255,6 @@ describe('GitlabDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             target: 'https://gitlab.fake/1/-/blob/master/catalog-info.yaml',
             presence: 'optional',
           },
-          optional: true,
         },
       ]);
     });
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
index d6746f13da..1866247212 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
       expect(emitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         type: 'location',
@@ -184,7 +183,6 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
           target: 'https://github.com/backstage/demo/blob/master/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -217,7 +215,6 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://github.com/backstage/tech-docs/blob/main/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -272,7 +269,6 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/catalog-info.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -328,7 +324,6 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://github.com/backstage/techdocs-cli/blob/master/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
       expect(emitter).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         type: 'location',
@@ -338,7 +333,6 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
             'https://github.com/backstage/techdocs-container/blob/master/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
 
@@ -394,7 +388,6 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
           target: 'https://github.com/backstage/test/blob/master/catalog.yaml',
           presence: 'optional',
         },
-        optional: true,
       });
     });
   });