diff --git a/docs/reference/index.asciidoc b/docs/reference/index.asciidoc
index 64f5b57d57c17..8e5fea810fb7b 100644
--- a/docs/reference/index.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/index.asciidoc
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ include::monitoring/configuring-monitoring.asciidoc[]
 
 include::{xes-repo-dir}/security/configuring-es.asciidoc[]
 
-include::setup/setup-xclient.asciidoc[]
-
 include::setup/bootstrap-checks-xes.asciidoc[]
 
 :edit_url:
diff --git a/docs/reference/redirects.asciidoc b/docs/reference/redirects.asciidoc
index 9a8a0c20bb272..6f68d781f4856 100644
--- a/docs/reference/redirects.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/redirects.asciidoc
@@ -603,3 +603,11 @@ See <<faster-prefix-queries>>.
 monitoring, reporting, machine learning, and many other capabilities. By default, 
 when you install {es}, {xpack} is installed.
 
+[role="exclude",id="setup-xpack-client"]
+=== Configuring {xpack} Java Clients
+
+The `TransportClient` is deprecated in favour of the
+{java-rest}/java-rest-high.html[Java High Level REST Client] and was removed in
+Elasticsearch 8.0. The
+{java-rest}/java-rest-high-level-migration.html[migration guide] describes all
+the steps needed to migrate.
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diff --git a/docs/reference/setup/setup-xclient.asciidoc b/docs/reference/setup/setup-xclient.asciidoc
deleted file mode 100644
index a192aeb6ea39a..0000000000000
--- a/docs/reference/setup/setup-xclient.asciidoc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-[role="xpack"]
-[testenv="basic"]
-[[setup-xpack-client]]
-== Configuring {xpack} Java Clients
-
-deprecated[7.0.0, The `TransportClient` is deprecated in favour of the {java-rest}/java-rest-high.html[Java High Level REST Client] and will be removed in Elasticsearch 8.0. The {java-rest}/java-rest-high-level-migration.html[migration guide] describes all the steps needed to migrate.]
-
-If you want to use a Java {javaclient}/transport-client.html[transport client] with a
-cluster where {xpack} is installed, then you must download and configure the
-{xpack} transport client.
-
-. Add the {xpack} transport JAR file to your *CLASSPATH*. You can download the {xpack}
-distribution and extract the JAR file manually or you can get it from the
-https://artifacts.elastic.co/maven/org/elasticsearch/client/x-pack-transport/{version}/x-pack-transport-{version}.jar[Elasticsearch Maven repository].
-As with any dependency, you will also need its transitive dependencies. Refer to the
-https://artifacts.elastic.co/maven/org/elasticsearch/client/x-pack-transport/{version}/x-pack-transport-{version}.pom[X-Pack POM file
-for your version] when downloading for offline usage.
-
-. If you are using Maven, you need to add the {xpack} JAR file as a dependency in
-your project's `pom.xml` file:
-+
---
-[source,xml]
---------------------------------------------------------------
-<project ...>
-     <repositories>
-     <!-- add the elasticsearch repo -->
-      <repository>
-         <id>elasticsearch-releases</id>
-         <url>https://artifacts.elastic.co/maven</url>
-         <releases>
-          <enabled>true</enabled>
-         </releases>
-         <snapshots>
-            <enabled>false</enabled>
-         </snapshots>
-      </repository>
-      ...
-   </repositories>
-   ...
-
-   <dependencies>
-      <!-- add the x-pack jar as a dependency -->
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
-         <artifactId>x-pack-transport</artifactId>
-              <version>{version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-      ...
-   </dependencies>
-   ...
-
-</project>
---------------------------------------------------------------
---
-
-. If you are using Gradle, you need to add the {xpack} JAR file as a dependency in
-your `build.gradle` file:
-+
---
-[source,groovy]
---------------------------------------------------------------
-repositories {
-  /* ... Any other repositories ... */
-
-  // Add the Elasticsearch Maven Repository
-  maven {
-    name "elastic"
-    url "https://artifacts.elastic.co/maven"
-  }
-}
-
-dependencies {
-  compile "org.elasticsearch.client:x-pack-transport:{version}"
-
-  /* ... */
-}
---------------------------------------------------------------
---
-
-. If you are using a repository manager such as https://www.sonatype.com/nexus-repository-oss[Nexus OSS] within your
-company, you need to add the repository as per the following screenshot:
-+
---
-image::security/images/nexus.png["Adding the Elastic repo in Nexus",link="images/nexus.png"]
-
-Then in your project's `pom.xml` if using maven, add the following repositories and dependencies definitions:
-
-[source,xml]
---------------------------------------------------------------
-<dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
-        <artifactId>x-pack-transport</artifactId>
-        <version>{version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-</dependencies>
-
-<repositories>
-    <repository>
-        <id>local-nexus</id>
-        <name>Elastic Local Nexus</name>
-        <url>http://0.0.0.0:8081/repository/elasticsearch/</url>
-        <releases>
-            <enabled>true</enabled>
-        </releases>
-        <snapshots>
-            <enabled>false</enabled>
-        </snapshots>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
---------------------------------------------------------------
---