diff --git a/internal/provider/features.go b/internal/provider/features.go
index bdb0cbfe3a9f..8872e86a5e78 100644
--- a/internal/provider/features.go
+++ b/internal/provider/features.go
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ func schemaFeatures(supportLegacyTestSuite bool) *pluginsdk.Schema {
 					},
 					"roll_instances_when_required": {
 						Type:     pluginsdk.TypeBool,
-						Required: true,
+						Optional: true,
+						Default:  true,
 					},
 					"scale_to_zero_before_deletion": {
 						Type:     pluginsdk.TypeBool,
diff --git a/internal/services/compute/linux_virtual_machine_scale_set_resource_other_test.go b/internal/services/compute/linux_virtual_machine_scale_set_resource_other_test.go
index 17aaa96ca0a8..c31c8af9218c 100644
--- a/internal/services/compute/linux_virtual_machine_scale_set_resource_other_test.go
+++ b/internal/services/compute/linux_virtual_machine_scale_set_resource_other_test.go
@@ -1135,8 +1135,7 @@ func (r LinuxVirtualMachineScaleSetResource) otherForceDelete(data acceptance.Te
 provider "azurerm" {
   features {
     virtual_machine_scale_set {
-      force_delete                 = true
-      roll_instances_when_required = true
+      force_delete = true
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/internal/services/compute/windows_virtual_machine_scale_set_resource_other_test.go b/internal/services/compute/windows_virtual_machine_scale_set_resource_other_test.go
index 5a98676d83a5..0e190ec526d3 100644
--- a/internal/services/compute/windows_virtual_machine_scale_set_resource_other_test.go
+++ b/internal/services/compute/windows_virtual_machine_scale_set_resource_other_test.go
@@ -1348,8 +1348,7 @@ func (r WindowsVirtualMachineScaleSetResource) otherForceDelete(data acceptance.
 provider "azurerm" {
   features {
     virtual_machine_scale_set {
-      force_delete                 = true
-      roll_instances_when_required = true
+      force_delete = true
     }
   }
 }