diff --git a/configs/synthetics.yml b/configs/synthetics.yml
index 0ed5b35c..cd483784 100644
--- a/configs/synthetics.yml
+++ b/configs/synthetics.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ packs:
     - githubsecuritylab/codeql-python-queries
     - githubsecuritylab/codeql-ruby-queries
 
-    # Queries via Community Packs that use local sources https://github.com/GitHubSecurityLab/CodeQL-Community-Packs
-    - githubsecuritylab/codeql-java-queries:suites/java-local.qls
-    - githubsecuritylab/codeql-python-queries:suites/python-local.qls
-
     # Data extensions via Community Packs for libraries (library ext models are those generated by the corresponding queries in src) https://github.com/GitHubSecurityLab/CodeQL-Community-Packs
     - githubsecuritylab/codeql-csharp-library-sources
     - githubsecuritylab/codeql-java-library-sources
diff --git a/java/src/qlpack.yml b/java/src/qlpack.yml
index 506e283b..baa749c3 100644
--- a/java/src/qlpack.yml
+++ b/java/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 library: false
 name: githubsecuritylab/codeql-java-queries
-version: 0.7.5
+version: 0.8.0
 suites: suites
 defaultSuiteFile: suites/java.qls
 dependencies:
diff --git a/java/src/suites/java-local.qls b/java/src/suites/java-local.qls
deleted file mode 100644
index 85f87629..00000000
--- a/java/src/suites/java-local.qls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-- description: "GitHub's Community Packs Java Local Variate Suite"
-
-- import: codeql-suites/java-security-extended.qls
-  from: codeql/java-queries
-
-- queries: '.'
-  from: githubsecuritylab/codeql-java-queries
-- include:
-    id:
-      - java/xxe-local
-
-- queries: '.'
-  from: codeql/java-queries
-- include:
-    id:
-      - java/path-injection-local
-      - java/command-line-injection-local
-      - java/xss-local
-      - java/sql-injection-local
-      - java/http-response-splitting-local
-      - java/improper-validation-of-array-construction-local
-      - java/improper-validation-of-array-index-local
-      - java/tainted-format-string-local
-      - java/tainted-arithmetic-local
-      - java/unvalidated-url-redirection-local
-      - java/tainted-numeric-cast-local
diff --git a/python/src/qlpack.yml b/python/src/qlpack.yml
index 70e2c5a2..a713b2b4 100644
--- a/python/src/qlpack.yml
+++ b/python/src/qlpack.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 library: false
 name: githubsecuritylab/codeql-python-queries
-version: 0.7.5
+version: 0.8.0
 suites: suites
 defaultSuiteFile: suites/python.qls
 dependencies:
diff --git a/python/src/suites/python-local.qls b/python/src/suites/python-local.qls
deleted file mode 100644
index 617e8b7f..00000000
--- a/python/src/suites/python-local.qls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-- description: "GitHub's Community Packs Python Local Variate Suite"
-
-- queries: '.'
-  from: githubsecuritylab/codeql-python-queries
-- include:
-    tags contain: -local