diff --git a/_meta/beat.yml b/_meta/beat.yml
index ac9963fee26..7363d568b8b 100644
--- a/_meta/beat.yml
+++ b/_meta/beat.yml
@@ -273,28 +273,6 @@ apm-server:
       #index_pattern: "apm-*-sourcemap*"
 
   #---------------------------- APM Server - Agent Configuration ----------------------------
-  # Directly specify agent configuration. If `agent_config` is set, agent
-  # configuration under `kibana` will be ignored.
-  # An agent's incoming configuration request will be matched to an
-  # agent_config with the following precedence:
-  # - service.name and service.environment match an agent_config
-  # - service.name matches an agent_config, service.environment == ""
-  # - service.environment matches an agent_config, service.name == ""
-  # - an agent_config without a name or environment set
-  # An empty result is is returned if no matching result is found.
-  # agent_config:
-  # - service.name: ten_percent
-  #   service.environment: production
-  #   config:
-  #     capture_body: off
-  #     capture_body: true
-  #     log_level: info
-  #     recording: true
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
-  # - service.name: frontend
-  #   agent.name: rum-js
-  #   config:
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
 
   # When using APM agent configuration, information fetched from Kibana will be cached in memory for some time.
   # Specify cache key expiration via this setting. Default is 30 seconds.
diff --git a/apm-server.docker.yml b/apm-server.docker.yml
index 8a2edfb2c59..d131f087a8b 100644
--- a/apm-server.docker.yml
+++ b/apm-server.docker.yml
@@ -273,28 +273,6 @@ apm-server:
       #index_pattern: "apm-*-sourcemap*"
 
   #---------------------------- APM Server - Agent Configuration ----------------------------
-  # Directly specify agent configuration. If `agent_config` is set, agent
-  # configuration under `kibana` will be ignored.
-  # An agent's incoming configuration request will be matched to an
-  # agent_config with the following precedence:
-  # - service.name and service.environment match an agent_config
-  # - service.name matches an agent_config, service.environment == ""
-  # - service.environment matches an agent_config, service.name == ""
-  # - an agent_config without a name or environment set
-  # An empty result is is returned if no matching result is found.
-  # agent_config:
-  # - service.name: ten_percent
-  #   service.environment: production
-  #   config:
-  #     capture_body: off
-  #     capture_body: true
-  #     log_level: info
-  #     recording: true
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
-  # - service.name: frontend
-  #   agent.name: rum-js
-  #   config:
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
 
   # When using APM agent configuration, information fetched from Kibana will be cached in memory for some time.
   # Specify cache key expiration via this setting. Default is 30 seconds.
diff --git a/apm-server.yml b/apm-server.yml
index 3c1285c27c4..e7bb6c3a6ff 100644
--- a/apm-server.yml
+++ b/apm-server.yml
@@ -273,28 +273,6 @@ apm-server:
       #index_pattern: "apm-*-sourcemap*"
 
   #---------------------------- APM Server - Agent Configuration ----------------------------
-  # Directly specify agent configuration. If `agent_config` is set, agent
-  # configuration under `kibana` will be ignored.
-  # An agent's incoming configuration request will be matched to an
-  # agent_config with the following precedence:
-  # - service.name and service.environment match an agent_config
-  # - service.name matches an agent_config, service.environment == ""
-  # - service.environment matches an agent_config, service.name == ""
-  # - an agent_config without a name or environment set
-  # An empty result is is returned if no matching result is found.
-  # agent_config:
-  # - service.name: ten_percent
-  #   service.environment: production
-  #   config:
-  #     capture_body: off
-  #     capture_body: true
-  #     log_level: info
-  #     recording: true
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
-  # - service.name: frontend
-  #   agent.name: rum-js
-  #   config:
-  #     transaction_sample_rate: 0.1
 
   # When using APM agent configuration, information fetched from Kibana will be cached in memory for some time.
   # Specify cache key expiration via this setting. Default is 30 seconds.