diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/.settings/.api_filters b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/.settings/.api_filters
index 1646ba1f1e8..3015faeefa9 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/.settings/.api_filters
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/.settings/.api_filters
@@ -9,13 +9,4 @@
             </message_arguments>
         </filter>
     </resource>
-    <resource path="suite/org/eclipse/cdt/core/testplugin/util/BaseTestCase5.java" type="org.eclipse.cdt.core.testplugin.util.BaseTestCase5$ModelJoiner">
-        <filter comment="This is ok - there is just no way of marking @noreference as having friends." id="640712815">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="CCorePlugin"/>
-                <message_argument value="ModelJoiner"/>
-                <message_argument value="createStatus(String, Throwable)"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
 </component>
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/.settings/.api_filters b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/.settings/.api_filters
deleted file mode 100644
index 989277b68f2..00000000000
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/.settings/.api_filters
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<component id="org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb" version="2">
-    <resource path="src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/IGDBBackend.java" type="org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.service.IGDBBackend">
-        <filter comment="CDT allows new default methods that are unlikely to conflict with existing methods, therefore major version bump is unneeded." id="404000815">
-            <message_arguments>
-                <message_argument value="org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.service.IGDBBackend"/>
-                <message_argument value="useTargetAsync()"/>
-            </message_arguments>
-        </filter>
-    </resource>
-</component>