diff --git a/hack/docs/internal/generate_component_config.go b/hack/docs/internal/generate_component_config.go
index b58bfa7ef76..897f80a306e 100644
--- a/hack/docs/internal/generate_component_config.go
+++ b/hack/docs/internal/generate_component_config.go
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ func (sp *Sample) GenerateSampleProject() {
 		"--owner", "The Kubernetes authors",
 		"--plugins=go/v4",
 		"--component-config",
-		"--plugins=go/v3",
 	)
 	CheckError("Initializing the project", err)
 
diff --git a/test/testdata/generate.sh b/test/testdata/generate.sh
index 547ab505f12..3f680afe027 100755
--- a/test/testdata/generate.sh
+++ b/test/testdata/generate.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ build_kb
 scaffold_test_project project-v2 --project-version=2
 
 # [Deprecated] - Project version 3 (default) uses plugin go/v3 (default).
-scaffold_test_project project-v3
+scaffold_test_project project-v3 --plugins="go/v3"
 
 # [Currently, default CLI plugin] - [Next version, alpha] Project version v4-alpha
 scaffold_test_project project-v4 --plugins="go/v4"