diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.shards.json b/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.shards.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d147c3b7881..00000000000
--- a/rest-api-spec/api/cluster.shards.json
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "cluster.shards": {
-    "documentation": "",
-    "methods": ["GET", "POST"],
-    "url": {
-      "path": "/_search_shards",
-      "paths": ["/_search_shards", "/{index}/_search_shards", "/{index}/{type}/_search_shards"],
-      "parts": {
-        "index": {
-        },
-        "type": {
-        }
-      },
-      "params": {
-        "ignore_indices": {
-        },
-        "index": {
-        },
-        "local": {
-        },
-        "preference": {
-        },
-        "routing": {
-        },
-        "type": {
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "body": null
-  }
-}