diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/optic.yml b/plugins/catalog-backend/optic.yml
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index dbbdefcf68..0000000000
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/optic.yml
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-ruleset:
-  - breaking-changes
-capture:
-  src/schema/openapi.yaml:
-    # 🔧 Runnable example with simple get requests.
-    # Run with "PORT=3000 optic capture src/schema/openapi.yaml --update interactive" in 'plugins/catalog-backend'
-    # You can change the server and the 'requests' section to experiment
-    server:
-      # This will not be used by 'backstage-repo-tools schema openapi test', but may be useful for interactive updates.
-      url: http://localhost:3000
-    requests:
-      # ℹ️ Requests should be sent to the Optic proxy, the address of which is injected into 'run.command's env as OPTIC_PROXY (or the value of 'run.proxy_variable').
-      run:
-        # 🔧 Specify a command that will generate traffic
-        command: yarn backstage-cli package test --no-watch "src/service/router.test.ts" "src/service/createRouter.test.ts"
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend/optic.yml b/plugins/search-backend/optic.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 75f20f1bb8..0000000000
--- a/plugins/search-backend/optic.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-ruleset:
-  - breaking-changes
-capture:
-  src/schema/openapi.yaml:
-    # 🔧 Runnable example with simple get requests.
-    # Run with "PORT=3000 optic capture src/schema/openapi.yaml --update interactive" in 'plugins/search-backend'
-    # You can change the server and the 'requests' section to experiment
-    server:
-      # This will not be used by 'backstage-repo-tools schema openapi test', but may be useful for interactive updates.
-      url: http://localhost:3000
-    requests:
-      # ℹ️ Requests should be sent to the Optic proxy, the address of which is injected into 'run.command's env as OPTIC_PROXY (or the value of 'run.proxy_variable').
-      run:
-        # 🔧 Specify a command that will generate traffic
-        command: yarn backstage-cli package test --no-watch "src/service/router.test.ts" "src/service/createRouter.test.ts"