diff --git a/shared/attributes.asciidoc b/shared/attributes.asciidoc
index 8f1b81185fba..f96f0f684743 100644
--- a/shared/attributes.asciidoc
+++ b/shared/attributes.asciidoc
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ The if directives below are required for 8.x docs that are not yet available.
 Without these if directives, the links fail and break the build.
 //////////
 
-ifdef::816-missing-links[]
-:enterprise-search-node-ref: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search-clients/enterprise-search-node/8.x
-:enterprise-search-python-ref: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search-clients/python/8.x
+ifdef::8x-missing-links[]
+:enterprise-search-node-ref: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search-clients/enterprise-search-node/master
+:enterprise-search-python-ref: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search-clients/python/master
 endif::[]
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diff --git a/shared/versions/stack/8.16.asciidoc b/shared/versions/stack/8.16.asciidoc
index f8133b477f88..1ca51a44e1ae 100644
--- a/shared/versions/stack/8.16.asciidoc
+++ b/shared/versions/stack/8.16.asciidoc
@@ -73,8 +73,3 @@ Synthetics
 API URLs
 ////
 :api-kibana:           https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana/v8
-
-//////////
-816-missing-links can be: true | false
-//////////
-:816-missing-links:    true
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diff --git a/shared/versions/stack/8.x.asciidoc b/shared/versions/stack/8.x.asciidoc
index d39ba140b158..0c73a9c96e46 100644
--- a/shared/versions/stack/8.x.asciidoc
+++ b/shared/versions/stack/8.x.asciidoc
@@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ Synthetics
 API URLs
 ////
 :api-kibana:           https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana/v8
+
+//////////
+8x-missing-links can be: true | false
+//////////
+:8x-missing-links:    true
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