diff --git a/docs/ingestion/native-batch.md b/docs/ingestion/native-batch.md
index 7039bfb23330..8fdc3977f63c 100644
--- a/docs/ingestion/native-batch.md
+++ b/docs/ingestion/native-batch.md
@@ -605,8 +605,7 @@ An example of the result is
         "logParseExceptions": false,
         "maxParseExceptions": 2147483647,
         "maxSavedParseExceptions": 0,
-        "forceGuaranteedRollup": false,
-        "buildV9Directly": true
+        "forceGuaranteedRollup": false
       }
     }
   },
diff --git a/extensions-contrib/materialized-view-maintenance/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/materializedview/MaterializedViewSupervisorSpec.java b/extensions-contrib/materialized-view-maintenance/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/materializedview/MaterializedViewSupervisorSpec.java
index be21a6558fff..6daaad9d73e3 100644
--- a/extensions-contrib/materialized-view-maintenance/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/materializedview/MaterializedViewSupervisorSpec.java
+++ b/extensions-contrib/materialized-view-maintenance/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/materializedview/MaterializedViewSupervisorSpec.java
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ public HadoopIndexTask createTask(Interval interval, String version, List<DataSe
         tuningConfig.isCombineText(),
         tuningConfig.getUseCombiner(),
         tuningConfig.getMaxRowsInMemory(),
-        tuningConfig.getBuildV9Directly(),
         tuningConfig.getNumBackgroundPersistThreads(),
         tuningConfig.isForceExtendableShardSpecs(),
         true,
diff --git a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig.java b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
index 2a7b077202f7..c0dfb334e8d6 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ public KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig(
       @JsonProperty("maxPendingPersists") @Nullable Integer maxPendingPersists,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpec") @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpec,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpecForIntermediatePersists") @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-      // This parameter is left for compatibility when reading existing configs, to be removed in Druid 0.12.
-      @JsonProperty("buildV9Directly") @Nullable Boolean buildV9Directly,
       @Deprecated @JsonProperty("reportParseExceptions") @Nullable Boolean reportParseExceptions,
       @JsonProperty("handoffConditionTimeout") @Nullable Long handoffConditionTimeout,
       @JsonProperty("resetOffsetAutomatically") @Nullable Boolean resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ public KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig(
         maxPendingPersists,
         indexSpec,
         indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-        true,
         reportParseExceptions,
         handoffConditionTimeout,
         resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@ public KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig withBasePersistDirectory(File dir)
         getMaxPendingPersists(),
         getIndexSpec(),
         getIndexSpecForIntermediatePersists(),
-        true,
         isReportParseExceptions(),
         getHandoffConditionTimeout(),
         isResetOffsetAutomatically(),
diff --git a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/supervisor/KafkaSupervisorTuningConfig.java b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/supervisor/KafkaSupervisorTuningConfig.java
index 04cc74fa416d..4fc5489a8d4c 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/supervisor/KafkaSupervisorTuningConfig.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/supervisor/KafkaSupervisorTuningConfig.java
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ public static KafkaSupervisorTuningConfig defaultConfig()
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        null,
         null
     );
   }
@@ -85,8 +84,6 @@ public KafkaSupervisorTuningConfig(
       @JsonProperty("maxPendingPersists") Integer maxPendingPersists,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpec") IndexSpec indexSpec,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpecForIntermediatePersists") @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-      // This parameter is left for compatibility when reading existing configs, to be removed in Druid 0.12.
-      @JsonProperty("buildV9Directly") Boolean buildV9Directly,
       @JsonProperty("reportParseExceptions") Boolean reportParseExceptions,
       @JsonProperty("handoffConditionTimeout") Long handoffConditionTimeout,
       @JsonProperty("resetOffsetAutomatically") Boolean resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -115,7 +112,6 @@ public KafkaSupervisorTuningConfig(
         maxPendingPersists,
         indexSpec,
         indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-        true,
         reportParseExceptions,
         handoffConditionTimeout,
         resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -237,7 +233,6 @@ public KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig convertToTaskTuningConfig()
         getMaxPendingPersists(),
         getIndexSpec(),
         getIndexSpecForIntermediatePersists(),
-        true,
         isReportParseExceptions(),
         getHandoffConditionTimeout(),
         isResetOffsetAutomatically(),
diff --git a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTest.java b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTest.java
index 34ef75cc87a3..9f15091bef30 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTest.java
@@ -2685,7 +2685,6 @@ private KafkaIndexTask createTask(
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         reportParseExceptions,
         handoffConditionTimeout,
         resetOffsetAutomatically,
diff --git a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfigTest.java b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfigTest.java
index e27d7d0c07d4..6674c36f17dd 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfigTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/KafkaIndexTaskTuningConfigTest.java
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ public void testConvert()
         new IndexSpec(),
         new IndexSpec(),
         true,
-        true,
         5L,
         null,
         null,
@@ -178,7 +177,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithModifiedTuningConfigAddedField() throws IOException
         new IndexSpec(),
         new IndexSpec(),
         true,
-        true,
         5L,
         null,
         null,
@@ -202,7 +200,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithModifiedTuningConfigAddedField() throws IOException
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getBasePersistDirectory(), deserialized.getBasePersistDirectory());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getMaxPendingPersists(), deserialized.getMaxPendingPersists());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getIndexSpec(), deserialized.getIndexSpec());
-    Assert.assertEquals(base.getBuildV9Directly(), deserialized.getBuildV9Directly());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.isReportParseExceptions(), deserialized.isReportParseExceptions());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getHandoffConditionTimeout(), deserialized.getHandoffConditionTimeout());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.isResetOffsetAutomatically(), deserialized.isResetOffsetAutomatically());
@@ -229,7 +226,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithModifiedTuningConfigRemovedField() throws IOException
         new IndexSpec(),
         new IndexSpec(),
         true,
-        true,
         5L,
         null,
         null,
@@ -253,7 +249,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithModifiedTuningConfigRemovedField() throws IOException
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getBasePersistDirectory(), deserialized.getBasePersistDirectory());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getMaxPendingPersists(), deserialized.getMaxPendingPersists());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getIndexSpec(), deserialized.getIndexSpec());
-    Assert.assertEquals(base.getBuildV9Directly(), deserialized.getBuildV9Directly());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.isReportParseExceptions(), deserialized.isReportParseExceptions());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getHandoffConditionTimeout(), deserialized.getHandoffConditionTimeout());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.isResetOffsetAutomatically(), deserialized.isResetOffsetAutomatically());
diff --git a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/supervisor/KafkaSupervisorTest.java b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/supervisor/KafkaSupervisorTest.java
index ac6b6e50590f..c248a110a853 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/supervisor/KafkaSupervisorTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/supervisor/KafkaSupervisorTest.java
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ public KafkaIndexTaskClient build(
             null,
             null,
             null,
-            true,
             false,
             null,
             false,
@@ -468,7 +467,6 @@ public void testCreateBaseTaskContexts() throws JsonProcessingException
             null,
             null,
             null,
-            null,
             null
         ),
         null
@@ -3280,7 +3278,6 @@ public void testIsTaskCurrent()
             null,
             null,
             null,
-            true,
             false,
             null,
             false,
@@ -3321,7 +3318,6 @@ public void testIsTaskCurrent()
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         false,
         null,
         null,
@@ -3619,7 +3615,6 @@ public KafkaIndexTaskClient build(
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         false,
         null,
         resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -3732,7 +3727,6 @@ public KafkaIndexTaskClient build(
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         false,
         null,
         false,
diff --git a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/test/TestModifiedKafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig.java b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/test/TestModifiedKafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
index 2c1a684d6587..642141c3c4fa 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/test/TestModifiedKafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kafka-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kafka/test/TestModifiedKafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ public TestModifiedKafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig(
       @JsonProperty("maxPendingPersists") @Nullable Integer maxPendingPersists,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpec") @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpec,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpecForIntermediatePersists") @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-      // This parameter is left for compatibility when reading existing configs, to be removed in Druid 0.12.
-      @JsonProperty("buildV9Directly") @Nullable Boolean buildV9Directly,
       @Deprecated @JsonProperty("reportParseExceptions") @Nullable Boolean reportParseExceptions,
       @JsonProperty("handoffConditionTimeout") @Nullable Long handoffConditionTimeout,
       @JsonProperty("resetOffsetAutomatically") @Nullable Boolean resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ public TestModifiedKafkaIndexTaskTuningConfig(
         maxPendingPersists,
         indexSpec,
         indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-        true,
         reportParseExceptions,
         handoffConditionTimeout,
         resetOffsetAutomatically,
diff --git a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig.java b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
index 2bbfffe5bc7e..abf27936b6ea 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ public KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig(
       @JsonProperty("maxPendingPersists") Integer maxPendingPersists,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpec") IndexSpec indexSpec,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpecForIntermediatePersists") @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-      @JsonProperty("buildV9Directly") Boolean buildV9Directly,
       @JsonProperty("reportParseExceptions") Boolean reportParseExceptions,
       @JsonProperty("handoffConditionTimeout") Long handoffConditionTimeout,
       @JsonProperty("resetOffsetAutomatically") Boolean resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ public KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig(
         maxPendingPersists,
         indexSpec,
         indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-        true,
         reportParseExceptions,
         handoffConditionTimeout,
         resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -170,7 +168,6 @@ public KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig withBasePersistDirectory(File dir)
         getMaxPendingPersists(),
         getIndexSpec(),
         getIndexSpecForIntermediatePersists(),
-        true,
         isReportParseExceptions(),
         getHandoffConditionTimeout(),
         isResetOffsetAutomatically(),
diff --git a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTuningConfig.java b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTuningConfig.java
index 56c94568b746..6fba06d611b5 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTuningConfig.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTuningConfig.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public static KinesisSupervisorTuningConfig defaultConfig()
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        null,
         null
     );
   }
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ public KinesisSupervisorTuningConfig(
       @JsonProperty("maxPendingPersists") Integer maxPendingPersists,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpec") IndexSpec indexSpec,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpecForIntermediatePersists") @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-      @JsonProperty("buildV9Directly") Boolean buildV9Directly,
       @JsonProperty("reportParseExceptions") Boolean reportParseExceptions,
       @JsonProperty("handoffConditionTimeout") Long handoffConditionTimeout,
       @JsonProperty("resetOffsetAutomatically") Boolean resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -131,7 +129,6 @@ public KinesisSupervisorTuningConfig(
         maxPendingPersists,
         indexSpec,
         indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-        buildV9Directly,
         reportParseExceptions,
         handoffConditionTimeout,
         resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -267,7 +264,6 @@ public KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig convertToTaskTuningConfig()
         getMaxPendingPersists(),
         getIndexSpec(),
         getIndexSpecForIntermediatePersists(),
-        true,
         isReportParseExceptions(),
         getHandoffConditionTimeout(),
         isResetOffsetAutomatically(),
diff --git a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskSerdeTest.java b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskSerdeTest.java
index c279a1814981..f6b3582f96b1 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskSerdeTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskSerdeTest.java
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public class KinesisIndexTaskSerdeTest
       null,
       null,
       null,
-      null,
       null
   );
   private static final KinesisIndexTaskIOConfig IO_CONFIG = new KinesisIndexTaskIOConfig(
diff --git a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTest.java b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTest.java
index 19d2445f7ee2..ebc446418cfa 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTest.java
@@ -2766,7 +2766,6 @@ private KinesisIndexTask createTask(
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         reportParseExceptions,
         handoffConditionTimeout,
         resetOffsetAutomatically,
diff --git a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfigTest.java b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfigTest.java
index 360067195de3..3bba03e9136c 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfigTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfigTest.java
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithDefaults() throws Exception
     Assert.assertEquals(new Period("PT10M"), config.getIntermediatePersistPeriod());
     Assert.assertEquals(0, config.getMaxPendingPersists());
     Assert.assertEquals(new IndexSpec(), config.getIndexSpec());
-    Assert.assertTrue(config.getBuildV9Directly());
     Assert.assertFalse(config.isReportParseExceptions());
     Assert.assertEquals(0, config.getHandoffConditionTimeout());
     Assert.assertEquals(10000, config.getRecordBufferSize());
@@ -96,7 +95,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithNonDefaults() throws Exception
                      + "  \"maxRowsPerSegment\": 100,\n"
                      + "  \"intermediatePersistPeriod\": \"PT1H\",\n"
                      + "  \"maxPendingPersists\": 100,\n"
-                     + "  \"buildV9Directly\": true,\n"
                      + "  \"reportParseExceptions\": true,\n"
                      + "  \"handoffConditionTimeout\": 100,\n"
                      + "  \"recordBufferSize\": 1000,\n"
@@ -125,7 +123,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithNonDefaults() throws Exception
     Assert.assertEquals(100, config.getMaxRowsPerSegment().intValue());
     Assert.assertEquals(new Period("PT1H"), config.getIntermediatePersistPeriod());
     Assert.assertEquals(100, config.getMaxPendingPersists());
-    Assert.assertTrue(config.getBuildV9Directly());
     Assert.assertTrue(config.isReportParseExceptions());
     Assert.assertEquals(100, config.getHandoffConditionTimeout());
     Assert.assertEquals(1000, config.getRecordBufferSize());
@@ -153,7 +150,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithModifiedTuningConfigAddedField() throws IOException
         new IndexSpec(),
         new IndexSpec(),
         true,
-        true,
         5L,
         true,
         false,
@@ -184,7 +180,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithModifiedTuningConfigAddedField() throws IOException
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getBasePersistDirectory(), deserialized.getBasePersistDirectory());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getMaxPendingPersists(), deserialized.getMaxPendingPersists());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getIndexSpec(), deserialized.getIndexSpec());
-    Assert.assertEquals(base.getBuildV9Directly(), deserialized.getBuildV9Directly());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.isReportParseExceptions(), deserialized.isReportParseExceptions());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getHandoffConditionTimeout(), deserialized.getHandoffConditionTimeout());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.isResetOffsetAutomatically(), deserialized.isResetOffsetAutomatically());
@@ -215,7 +210,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithModifiedTuningConfigRemovedField() throws IOException
         new IndexSpec(),
         new IndexSpec(),
         true,
-        true,
         5L,
         true,
         false,
@@ -245,7 +239,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithModifiedTuningConfigRemovedField() throws IOException
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getBasePersistDirectory(), deserialized.getBasePersistDirectory());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getMaxPendingPersists(), deserialized.getMaxPendingPersists());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getIndexSpec(), deserialized.getIndexSpec());
-    Assert.assertEquals(base.getBuildV9Directly(), deserialized.getBuildV9Directly());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.isReportParseExceptions(), deserialized.isReportParseExceptions());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.getHandoffConditionTimeout(), deserialized.getHandoffConditionTimeout());
     Assert.assertEquals(base.isResetOffsetAutomatically(), deserialized.isResetOffsetAutomatically());
@@ -270,7 +263,6 @@ public void testResetOffsetAndSkipSequenceNotBothTrue() throws Exception
                      + "  \"maxRowsPerSegment\": 100,\n"
                      + "  \"intermediatePersistPeriod\": \"PT1H\",\n"
                      + "  \"maxPendingPersists\": 100,\n"
-                     + "  \"buildV9Directly\": true,\n"
                      + "  \"reportParseExceptions\": true,\n"
                      + "  \"handoffConditionTimeout\": 100,\n"
                      + "  \"recordBufferSize\": 1000,\n"
@@ -305,7 +297,6 @@ public void testConvert()
         new IndexSpec(),
         new IndexSpec(),
         true,
-        true,
         5L,
         true,
         false,
@@ -339,7 +330,6 @@ public void testConvert()
     Assert.assertEquals(new File("/tmp/xxx"), copy.getBasePersistDirectory());
     Assert.assertEquals(4, copy.getMaxPendingPersists());
     Assert.assertEquals(new IndexSpec(), copy.getIndexSpec());
-    Assert.assertTrue(copy.getBuildV9Directly());
     Assert.assertTrue(copy.isReportParseExceptions());
     Assert.assertEquals(5L, copy.getHandoffConditionTimeout());
     Assert.assertEquals(1000, copy.getRecordBufferSize());
diff --git a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTest.java b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTest.java
index 5d1d0f6a0099..52ef70a97606 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTest.java
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ public void setupTest()
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         false,
         null,
         null,
@@ -3772,7 +3771,6 @@ public void testIsTaskCurrent()
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         false,
         null,
         null,
@@ -4827,7 +4825,6 @@ public KinesisIndexTaskClient build(
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         false,
         null,
         resetOffsetAutomatically,
diff --git a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTuningConfigTest.java b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTuningConfigTest.java
index ff3edc46e429..c043cbdea5e3 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTuningConfigTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/supervisor/KinesisSupervisorTuningConfigTest.java
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithDefaults() throws Exception
     Assert.assertEquals(new Period("PT10M"), config.getIntermediatePersistPeriod());
     Assert.assertEquals(0, config.getMaxPendingPersists());
     Assert.assertEquals(new IndexSpec(), config.getIndexSpec());
-    Assert.assertEquals(true, config.getBuildV9Directly());
     Assert.assertEquals(false, config.isReportParseExceptions());
     Assert.assertEquals(0, config.getHandoffConditionTimeout());
     Assert.assertNull(config.getWorkerThreads());
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithNonDefaults() throws Exception
                      + "  \"maxRowsPerSegment\": 100,\n"
                      + "  \"intermediatePersistPeriod\": \"PT1H\",\n"
                      + "  \"maxPendingPersists\": 100,\n"
-                     + "  \"buildV9Directly\": false,\n"
                      + "  \"reportParseExceptions\": true,\n"
                      + "  \"handoffConditionTimeout\": 100,\n"
                      + "  \"workerThreads\": 12,\n"
@@ -114,7 +112,6 @@ public void testSerdeWithNonDefaults() throws Exception
     Assert.assertEquals(100, config.getMaxRowsPerSegment().intValue());
     Assert.assertEquals(new Period("PT1H"), config.getIntermediatePersistPeriod());
     Assert.assertEquals(100, config.getMaxPendingPersists());
-    Assert.assertEquals(true, config.getBuildV9Directly());
     Assert.assertEquals(true, config.isReportParseExceptions());
     Assert.assertEquals(100, config.getHandoffConditionTimeout());
     Assert.assertEquals(12, (int) config.getWorkerThreads());
diff --git a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/test/TestModifiedKinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig.java b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/test/TestModifiedKinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
index 9278c1037170..ed3a20cf20f9 100644
--- a/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/test/TestModifiedKinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
+++ b/extensions-core/kinesis-indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/kinesis/test/TestModifiedKinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public TestModifiedKinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig(
       @JsonProperty("maxPendingPersists") Integer maxPendingPersists,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpec") IndexSpec indexSpec,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpecForIntermediatePersists") @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-      @JsonProperty("buildV9Directly") Boolean buildV9Directly,
       @JsonProperty("reportParseExceptions") Boolean reportParseExceptions,
       @JsonProperty("handoffConditionTimeout") Long handoffConditionTimeout,
       @JsonProperty("resetOffsetAutomatically") Boolean resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ public TestModifiedKinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig(
         maxPendingPersists,
         indexSpec,
         indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-        buildV9Directly,
         reportParseExceptions,
         handoffConditionTimeout,
         resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -114,7 +112,6 @@ public TestModifiedKinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig(KinesisIndexTaskTuningConfig bas
         base.getMaxPendingPersists(),
         base.getIndexSpec(),
         base.getIndexSpecForIntermediatePersists(),
-        base.getBuildV9Directly(),
         base.isReportParseExceptions(),
         base.getHandoffConditionTimeout(),
         base.isResetOffsetAutomatically(),
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopTuningConfig.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopTuningConfig.java
index e4b9b5335c36..eefdbb1d3899 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopTuningConfig.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopTuningConfig.java
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ public static HadoopTuningConfig makeDefaultTuningConfig()
         false,
         false,
         null,
-        true,
         DEFAULT_NUM_BACKGROUND_PERSIST_THREADS,
         false,
         false,
@@ -124,8 +123,6 @@ public HadoopTuningConfig(
       final @JsonProperty("useCombiner") @Nullable Boolean useCombiner,
       // See https://github.com/apache/druid/pull/1922
       final @JsonProperty("rowFlushBoundary") @Nullable Integer maxRowsInMemoryCOMPAT,
-      // This parameter is left for compatibility when reading existing configs, to be removed in Druid 0.12.
-      final @JsonProperty("buildV9Directly") Boolean buildV9Directly,
       final @JsonProperty("numBackgroundPersistThreads") @Nullable Integer numBackgroundPersistThreads,
       final @JsonProperty("forceExtendableShardSpecs") boolean forceExtendableShardSpecs,
       final @JsonProperty("useExplicitVersion") boolean useExplicitVersion,
@@ -290,16 +287,6 @@ public boolean getUseCombiner()
     return useCombiner;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Always returns true, doesn't affect the version being built.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  @JsonProperty
-  public Boolean getBuildV9Directly()
-  {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   @JsonProperty
   public int getNumBackgroundPersistThreads()
   {
@@ -369,7 +356,6 @@ public HadoopTuningConfig withWorkingPath(String path)
         combineText,
         useCombiner,
         null,
-        true,
         numBackgroundPersistThreads,
         forceExtendableShardSpecs,
         useExplicitVersion,
@@ -401,7 +387,6 @@ public HadoopTuningConfig withVersion(String ver)
         combineText,
         useCombiner,
         null,
-        true,
         numBackgroundPersistThreads,
         forceExtendableShardSpecs,
         useExplicitVersion,
@@ -433,7 +418,6 @@ public HadoopTuningConfig withShardSpecs(Map<Long, List<HadoopyShardSpec>> specs
         combineText,
         useCombiner,
         null,
-        true,
         numBackgroundPersistThreads,
         forceExtendableShardSpecs,
         useExplicitVersion,
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/BatchDeltaIngestionTest.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/BatchDeltaIngestionTest.java
index 913c6481e577..0871ac3c5455 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/BatchDeltaIngestionTest.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/BatchDeltaIngestionTest.java
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ private HadoopDruidIndexerConfig makeHadoopDruidIndexerConfig(
                 false,
                 null,
                 null,
-                null,
                 false,
                 false,
                 null,
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/DetermineHashedPartitionsJobTest.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/DetermineHashedPartitionsJobTest.java
index 1bb672cb36c4..e0ce61246c63 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/DetermineHashedPartitionsJobTest.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/DetermineHashedPartitionsJobTest.java
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ public DetermineHashedPartitionsJobTest(
             false,
             null,
             null,
-            null,
             false,
             false,
             null,
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/DeterminePartitionsJobTest.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/DeterminePartitionsJobTest.java
index b73b47cacc1b..9469badc8fb6 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/DeterminePartitionsJobTest.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/DeterminePartitionsJobTest.java
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ public DeterminePartitionsJobTest(
                 false,
                 null,
                 null,
-                null,
                 false,
                 false,
                 null,
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfigTest.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfigTest.java
index 86e35d08ab9d..aec198a33edb 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfigTest.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerConfigTest.java
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ HadoopIngestionSpec build()
           false,
           null,
           null,
-          null,
           false,
           false,
           null,
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopTuningConfigTest.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopTuningConfigTest.java
index 230c6c0a949d..0bac6b2206ba 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopTuningConfigTest.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/HadoopTuningConfigTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ public void testSerde() throws Exception
         true,
         null,
         null,
-        null,
         true,
         true,
         null,
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/IndexGeneratorJobTest.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/IndexGeneratorJobTest.java
index 24ff1227ee58..2e42d5916f06 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/IndexGeneratorJobTest.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/IndexGeneratorJobTest.java
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception
                 false,
                 useCombiner,
                 null,
-                true,
                 null,
                 forceExtendableShardSpecs,
                 false,
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/JobHelperTest.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/JobHelperTest.java
index 9115eddfc086..6f8e84af086b 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/JobHelperTest.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/JobHelperTest.java
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ public void setup() throws Exception
                 false,
                 null,
                 null,
-                null,
                 false,
                 false,
                 null,
diff --git a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/path/GranularityPathSpecTest.java b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/path/GranularityPathSpecTest.java
index 8fc3e6c28084..fcecb0bf0782 100644
--- a/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/path/GranularityPathSpecTest.java
+++ b/indexing-hadoop/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexer/path/GranularityPathSpecTest.java
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public class GranularityPathSpecTest
       false,
       null,
       null,
-      null,
       false,
       false,
       null,
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/IndexTask.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/IndexTask.java
index e677995f787f..a7985223483a 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/IndexTask.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/IndexTask.java
@@ -1481,15 +1481,6 @@ public int getMaxPendingPersists()
       return maxPendingPersists;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Always returns true, doesn't affect the version being built.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    @JsonProperty
-    public boolean isBuildV9Directly()
-    {
-      return true;
-    }
 
     @JsonProperty
     public boolean isForceGuaranteedRollup()
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/SeekableStreamIndexTaskTuningConfig.java b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/SeekableStreamIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
index bad2f79c12c9..2d3445f3a8d9 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/SeekableStreamIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/SeekableStreamIndexTaskTuningConfig.java
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ public SeekableStreamIndexTaskTuningConfig(
       @Nullable Integer maxPendingPersists,
       @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpec,
       @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-      // This parameter is left for compatibility when reading existing configs, to be removed in Druid 0.12.
-      @Deprecated @JsonProperty("buildV9Directly") @Nullable Boolean buildV9Directly,
       @Deprecated @Nullable Boolean reportParseExceptions,
       @Nullable Long handoffConditionTimeout,
       @Nullable Boolean resetOffsetAutomatically,
@@ -223,16 +221,6 @@ public IndexSpec getIndexSpecForIntermediatePersists()
     return indexSpecForIntermediatePersists;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Always returns true, doesn't affect the version being built.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  @JsonProperty
-  public boolean getBuildV9Directly()
-  {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   @Override
   @JsonProperty
   public boolean isReportParseExceptions()
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/RealtimeIndexTaskTest.java b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/RealtimeIndexTaskTest.java
index 0a2e34d7d6d7..965658d3b105 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/RealtimeIndexTaskTest.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/RealtimeIndexTaskTest.java
@@ -843,7 +843,6 @@ private RealtimeIndexTask makeRealtimeTask(
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         0,
         0,
         reportParseExceptions,
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java
index 2d026d6a61dd..20c7eb4fc213 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/common/task/TaskSerdeTest.java
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ public void testRealtimeIndexTaskSerde() throws Exception
                 NoneShardSpec.instance(),
                 indexSpec,
                 null,
-                null,
                 0,
                 0,
                 true,
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/TaskLifecycleTest.java b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/TaskLifecycleTest.java
index 7c41ba984a77..4256c74aa05c 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/TaskLifecycleTest.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/overlord/TaskLifecycleTest.java
@@ -1498,7 +1498,6 @@ private RealtimeIndexTask newRealtimeIndexTask()
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        null,
         0,
         0,
         null,
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/SeekableStreamSupervisorSpecTest.java b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/SeekableStreamSupervisorSpecTest.java
index 51a39fc25525..2edcb82b714e 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/SeekableStreamSupervisorSpecTest.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/SeekableStreamSupervisorSpecTest.java
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ public SeekableStreamIndexTaskTuningConfig convertToTaskTuningConfig()
                 null,
                 null,
                 null,
-                null,
                 null
         )
         {
diff --git a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/supervisor/SeekableStreamSupervisorStateTest.java b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/supervisor/SeekableStreamSupervisorStateTest.java
index 42e8c557705b..91dd10af41fe 100644
--- a/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/supervisor/SeekableStreamSupervisorStateTest.java
+++ b/indexing-service/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/indexing/seekablestream/supervisor/SeekableStreamSupervisorStateTest.java
@@ -925,7 +925,6 @@ public SeekableStreamIndexTaskTuningConfig convertToTaskTuningConfig()
             null,
             null,
             null,
-            null,
             null
         )
         {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/indexing/RealtimeTuningConfig.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/indexing/RealtimeTuningConfig.java
index e7b4525793bd..6901fafd79e7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/indexing/RealtimeTuningConfig.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/indexing/RealtimeTuningConfig.java
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ public static RealtimeTuningConfig makeDefaultTuningConfig(final @Nullable File
         DEFAULT_SHARD_SPEC,
         DEFAULT_INDEX_SPEC,
         DEFAULT_INDEX_SPEC,
-        true,
         0,
         0,
         DEFAULT_REPORT_PARSE_EXCEPTIONS,
@@ -127,8 +126,6 @@ public RealtimeTuningConfig(
       @JsonProperty("shardSpec") ShardSpec shardSpec,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpec") IndexSpec indexSpec,
       @JsonProperty("indexSpecForIntermediatePersists") @Nullable IndexSpec indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-      // This parameter is left for compatibility when reading existing configs, to be removed in Druid 0.12.
-      @JsonProperty("buildV9Directly") Boolean buildV9Directly,
       @JsonProperty("persistThreadPriority") int persistThreadPriority,
       @JsonProperty("mergeThreadPriority") int mergeThreadPriority,
       @JsonProperty("reportParseExceptions") Boolean reportParseExceptions,
@@ -268,16 +265,6 @@ public IndexSpec getIndexSpecForIntermediatePersists()
     return indexSpecForIntermediatePersists;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Always returns true, doesn't affect the version being built.
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  @JsonProperty
-  public Boolean getBuildV9Directly()
-  {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   @JsonProperty
   public int getPersistThreadPriority()
   {
@@ -340,7 +327,6 @@ public RealtimeTuningConfig withVersioningPolicy(VersioningPolicy policy)
         shardSpec,
         indexSpec,
         indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-        true,
         persistThreadPriority,
         mergeThreadPriority,
         reportParseExceptions,
@@ -368,7 +354,6 @@ public RealtimeTuningConfig withBasePersistDirectory(File dir)
         shardSpec,
         indexSpec,
         indexSpecForIntermediatePersists,
-        true,
         persistThreadPriority,
         mergeThreadPriority,
         reportParseExceptions,
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/AppenderatorPlumberTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/AppenderatorPlumberTest.java
index 78210d3bc191..c07fbd07cf7f 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/AppenderatorPlumberTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/AppenderatorPlumberTest.java
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ public AppenderatorPlumberTest() throws Exception
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         0,
         0,
         false,
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/AppenderatorTester.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/AppenderatorTester.java
index 1231b7721693..600662e1f98c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/AppenderatorTester.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/AppenderatorTester.java
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ public AppenderatorTester(
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        null,
         0,
         0,
         null,
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/DefaultOfflineAppenderatorFactoryTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/DefaultOfflineAppenderatorFactoryTest.java
index 491f4b26d702..36c9c5bce223 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/DefaultOfflineAppenderatorFactoryTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/appenderator/DefaultOfflineAppenderatorFactoryTest.java
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ public int columnCacheSizeBytes()
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        null,
         0,
         0,
         null,
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchoolTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchoolTest.java
index f2944224a1e7..0039690779ff 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchoolTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/RealtimePlumberSchoolTest.java
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        true,
         0,
         0,
         false,
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/SinkTest.java b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/SinkTest.java
index 9c7925152b92..de12c4c60b73 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/SinkTest.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/segment/realtime/plumber/SinkTest.java
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ public void testSwap() throws Exception
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        null,
         0,
         0,
         null,
@@ -235,7 +234,6 @@ public void testDedup() throws Exception
         null,
         null,
         null,
-        null,
         0,
         0,
         null,
diff --git a/services/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/cli/validate/DruidJsonValidatorTest.java b/services/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/cli/validate/DruidJsonValidatorTest.java
index 391d47f60cd5..e26241083772 100644
--- a/services/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/cli/validate/DruidJsonValidatorTest.java
+++ b/services/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/cli/validate/DruidJsonValidatorTest.java
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ public void testTaskValidator() throws Exception
                 NoneShardSpec.instance(),
                 new IndexSpec(),
                 new IndexSpec(),
-                null,
                 0,
                 0,
                 true,