diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/KnownActionsTests.java b/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/KnownActionsTests.java
index 109e1cd4e3a..252263505d4 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/KnownActionsTests.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/KnownActionsTests.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.PathUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.Streams;
 import org.elasticsearch.license.Licensing;
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.action.SecurityActionModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase.ClusterScope;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.SecurityIntegTestCase;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableSet;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.hasItems;
@@ -48,6 +50,13 @@ public class KnownActionsTests extends SecurityIntegTestCase {
     private static Set<String> knownHandlers;
     private static Set<String> codeActions;
 
+    @Override
+    protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> getMockPlugins() {
+        Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> mockPlugins = super.getMockPlugins();
+        // no handler wrapping here we check the requestHandlers below and this plugin wraps it
+        return mockPlugins.stream().filter(p -> p != AssertingTransportInterceptor.TestPlugin.class).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
     @BeforeClass
     public static void init() throws Exception {
         knownActions = loadKnownActions();
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/SecurityServerTransportServiceTests.java b/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/SecurityServerTransportServiceTests.java
index 0dbfa545b96..27616a91c03 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/SecurityServerTransportServiceTests.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/SecurityServerTransportServiceTests.java
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
  */
 package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.SecurityIntegTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.SecurityServerTransportInterceptor;
@@ -25,6 +28,13 @@ public class SecurityServerTransportServiceTests extends SecurityIntegTestCase {
                 .build();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> getMockPlugins() {
+        Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> mockPlugins = super.getMockPlugins();
+        // no handler wrapping here we check the requestHandlers below and this plugin wraps it
+        return mockPlugins.stream().filter(p -> p != AssertingTransportInterceptor.TestPlugin.class).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
     public void testSecurityServerTransportServiceWrapsAllHandlers() {
         for (TransportService transportService : internalCluster().getInstances(TransportService.class)) {
             for (Map.Entry<String, RequestHandlerRegistry> entry : transportService.requestHandlers.entrySet()) {