diff --git a/tests-integration/src/cluster.rs b/tests-integration/src/cluster.rs
index bd357033a7e..e74a53b21bb 100644
--- a/tests-integration/src/cluster.rs
+++ b/tests-integration/src/cluster.rs
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ mod tests {
             response.unwrap_err().status_code()
         );
 
-        for value in ["", "unknown", "follower"] {
+        for value in ["", "unknown"] {
             let mut query_context =
                 api::v1::QueryContext::from(session::context::QueryContext::arc().as_ref());
             query_context.extensions.insert(
diff --git a/tests-integration/src/tests/nested_merge_scan_capability_test.rs b/tests-integration/src/tests/nested_merge_scan_capability_test.rs
index 6ad57b7a14c..7c696e7373e 100644
--- a/tests-integration/src/tests/nested_merge_scan_capability_test.rs
+++ b/tests-integration/src/tests/nested_merge_scan_capability_test.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ async fn test_nested_merge_scan_capability_rejects_internal_read_preference() {
         .map(|id| (*id, rpc_requests(&cluster, *id)))
         .collect::<BTreeMap<_, _>>();
 
-    for value in ["", "invalid", "follower"] {
+    for value in ["", "invalid"] {
         let mut header = region_request_header(&query_ctx);
         header
             .query_context