diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.aliases/10_basic.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.aliases/10_basic.yaml
index 60ea3c57833..dc3d0f93fc8 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.aliases/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.aliases/10_basic.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-setup:
-  - skip:
-      features: regex
-
 ---
 "Help":
   - do:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.allocation/10_basic.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.allocation/10_basic.yaml
index 40b28ba103d..6250e42bd2f 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.allocation/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.allocation/10_basic.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-setup:
-  - skip:
-      features: regex
-
 ---
 "Help":
   - do:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.count/10_basic.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.count/10_basic.yaml
index 4ed9bcf9b3a..d91865213be 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.count/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.count/10_basic.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-setup:
-  - skip:
-      features: regex
-
 ---
 "Test cat count help":
   - do:
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.recovery/10_basic.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.recovery/10_basic.yaml
index 03874555bf7..d524dc13ce3 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.recovery/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.recovery/10_basic.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-setup:
-  - skip:
-      features: regex 
-
 ---
 "Test cat recovery output":
 
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.shards/10_basic.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.shards/10_basic.yaml
index a594302bdad..223fdc2ae98 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.shards/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.shards/10_basic.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-setup:
-  - skip:
-      features: regex
-
 ---
 "Test cat shards output":
 
diff --git a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.thread_pool/10_basic.yaml b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.thread_pool/10_basic.yaml
index 66a3786c148..af59d2809ce 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/test/cat.thread_pool/10_basic.yaml
+++ b/rest-api-spec/test/cat.thread_pool/10_basic.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
----
-setup:
-  - skip:
-      features: regex
-
 ---
 "Test cat thread_pool output":
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/support/Features.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/support/Features.java
index b7b81bc61f9..c51d49e7ad7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/support/Features.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/support/Features.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  */
 public final class Features {
 
-    private static final List<String> SUPPORTED = Lists.newArrayList("regex", "gtelte");
+    private static final List<String> SUPPORTED = Lists.newArrayList("gtelte");
 
     private Features() {