diff --git a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mnesia.yml b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mnesia.yml
index 1c252d1a2..70975123c 100644
--- a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mnesia.yml
+++ b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mnesia.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ define_macro:
         last_item_cache: false
         plugins:
           - "flat"
-          - "hometree"
           - "pep"
       mod_roster:
         versioning: true
diff --git a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mysql.yml b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mysql.yml
index 89440b054..3de3c3f60 100644
--- a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mysql.yml
+++ b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.mysql.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ define_macro:
         last_item_cache: false
         plugins:
           - "flat"
-          - "hometree"
           - "pep"
       mod_roster:
         versioning: true
diff --git a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.pgsql.yml b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.pgsql.yml
index 840a513eb..c64ccdd96 100644
--- a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.pgsql.yml
+++ b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.pgsql.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ define_macro:
         last_item_cache: false
         plugins:
           - "flat"
-          - "hometree"
           - "pep"
       mod_roster:
         versioning: true
diff --git a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.redis.yml b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.redis.yml
index 91d5e5406..1c0ac6de7 100644
--- a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.redis.yml
+++ b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.redis.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ define_macro:
         last_item_cache: false
         plugins:
           - "flat"
-          - "hometree"
           - "pep"
       mod_roster:
         versioning: true
diff --git a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.sqlite.yml b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.sqlite.yml
index 3cf5dc540..b0bfdb473 100644
--- a/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.sqlite.yml
+++ b/test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ejabberd.sqlite.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ define_macro:
         last_item_cache: false
         plugins:
           - "flat"
-          - "hometree"
           - "pep"
       mod_roster:
         versioning: true