diff --git a/salt/suricata/defaults.yaml b/salt/suricata/defaults.yaml
index 4253794a8..050efa8f8 100644
--- a/salt/suricata/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/suricata/defaults.yaml
@@ -442,8 +442,6 @@ suricata:
     default-rule-path: /etc/suricata/rules
     rule-files:
       - all.rules
-      - local.rules
-      - filters.rules
     classification-file: /etc/suricata/classification.config
     reference-config-file: /etc/suricata/reference.config
     threshold-file: /etc/suricata/threshold.conf
diff --git a/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml b/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml
index d1fb7c2c3..1c3855501 100644
--- a/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml
+++ b/salt/suricata/suricata_mdengine.yaml
@@ -70,8 +70,3 @@ suricata:
             - flow
             #- netflow
             #- metadata
-    rule-files:
-      - all.rules
-      - extraction.rules
-      - local.rules
-      - filters.rules