diff --git a/e2e/cni/cni_test.go b/e2e/cni/cni_test.go
index b2b3bcde18e..92cbf6a3903 100644
--- a/e2e/cni/cni_test.go
+++ b/e2e/cni/cni_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func testCNIArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	job, _ := jobs3.Submit(t, "./input/cni_args.nomad.hcl")
 	logs := job.Exec("group", "task", []string{"cat", "local/victory"})
 	t.Logf("FancyMessage: %s", logs.Stdout)
-	// "global" is the Nomad node's region, interpolated in the jobspec,
-	// passed through the CNI plugin, and cat-ed by the task.
-	must.Eq(t, "global\n", logs.Stdout)
+	// "default" is the Nomad node's pool, interpolated in the jobspec, passed
+	// through the CNI plugin, and cat-ed by the task.
+	must.Eq(t, "default\n", logs.Stdout)
 }
diff --git a/e2e/cni/input/cni_args.nomad.hcl b/e2e/cni/input/cni_args.nomad.hcl
index 1d58b774a8c..ebc33225e5e 100644
--- a/e2e/cni/input/cni_args.nomad.hcl
+++ b/e2e/cni/input/cni_args.nomad.hcl
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ job "cni_args" {
       cni {
         # feature under test
         args = {
-          # the message gets placed as a file called "victory"
-          # in the task dir specified here by the cni_args.sh plugin
-          FancyMessage = "${node.region}"
+          # the message gets placed as a file called "victory" in the task dir
+          # specified here by the cni_args.sh plugin. Using node pool allows us
+          # to test interpolation as an extra.
+          FancyMessage = "${node.pool}"
           FancyTaskDir = "${NOMAD_ALLOC_DIR}/task/local"
         }
       }
diff --git a/e2e/jobsubmissions/jobsubapi_test.go b/e2e/jobsubmissions/jobsubapi_test.go
index 463963fc98e..9556d5c51a3 100644
--- a/e2e/jobsubmissions/jobsubapi_test.go
+++ b/e2e/jobsubmissions/jobsubapi_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ func testRunCLIVarFlags(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// check the submission api
 	sub, _, err := nomad.Jobs().Submission(jobID, 0, &api.QueryOptions{
-		Region:    "global",
 		Namespace: "default",
 	})
 	must.NoError(t, err)
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ func testRunCLIVarFlags(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// check the submission api for v1
 	sub, _, err = nomad.Jobs().Submission(jobID, 1, &api.QueryOptions{
-		Region:    "global",
 		Namespace: "default",
 	})
 	must.NoError(t, err)
@@ -112,7 +110,6 @@ func testRunCLIVarFlags(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// check the submission api for v0 (make sure we still have it)
 	sub, _, err = nomad.Jobs().Submission(jobID, 0, &api.QueryOptions{
-		Region:    "global",
 		Namespace: "default",
 	})
 	must.NoError(t, err)
@@ -130,7 +127,6 @@ func testRunCLIVarFlags(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// check the submission api for v0 after deregister (make sure its gone)
 	sub, _, err = nomad.Jobs().Submission(jobID, 0, &api.QueryOptions{
-		Region:    "global",
 		Namespace: "default",
 	})
 	must.ErrorContains(t, err, "job source not found")
@@ -149,9 +145,7 @@ func testSubmissionACL(t *testing.T) {
 	namespaceClient := nomad.Namespaces()
 	_, err := namespaceClient.Register(&api.Namespace{
 		Name: myNamespaceName,
-	}, &api.WriteOptions{
-		Region: "global",
-	})
+	}, &api.WriteOptions{})
 	must.NoError(t, err)
 	aclCleanup.Add(myNamespaceName, acl.NamespaceTestResourceType)
 
@@ -159,9 +153,7 @@ func testSubmissionACL(t *testing.T) {
 	otherNamespaceName := "submission-other-acl-" + uuid.Short()
 	_, err = namespaceClient.Register(&api.Namespace{
 		Name: otherNamespaceName,
-	}, &api.WriteOptions{
-		Region: "global",
-	})
+	}, &api.WriteOptions{})
 	must.NoError(t, err)
 	aclCleanup.Add(otherNamespaceName, acl.NamespaceTestResourceType)
 
@@ -192,7 +184,6 @@ func testSubmissionACL(t *testing.T) {
 		Type:     "client",
 		Policies: []string{myNamespacePolicy.Name},
 	}, &api.WriteOptions{
-		Region:    "global",
 		Namespace: myNamespaceName,
 	})
 	must.NoError(t, err)
@@ -204,7 +195,6 @@ func testSubmissionACL(t *testing.T) {
 		Type:     "client",
 		Policies: []string{otherNamespacePolicy.Name},
 	}, &api.WriteOptions{
-		Region:    "global",
 		Namespace: otherNamespaceName,
 	})
 	must.NoError(t, err)
@@ -232,7 +222,6 @@ func testSubmissionACL(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// get submission using my token
 	sub, _, err := nomad.Jobs().Submission(jobID, 0, &api.QueryOptions{
-		Region:    "global",
 		Namespace: myNamespaceName,
 		AuthToken: myToken.SecretID,
 	})
@@ -244,7 +233,6 @@ func testSubmissionACL(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// get submission using other token (fail)
 	sub, _, err = nomad.Jobs().Submission(jobID, 0, &api.QueryOptions{
-		Region:    "global",
 		Namespace: myNamespaceName,
 		AuthToken: otherToken.SecretID,
 	})
@@ -274,7 +262,6 @@ func testMaxSize(t *testing.T) {
 	// check the submission api making sure it is not there
 	nomad := e2eutil.NomadClient(t)
 	sub, _, err := nomad.Jobs().Submission(jobID, 0, &api.QueryOptions{
-		Region:    "global",
 		Namespace: "default",
 	})
 	must.ErrorContains(t, err, "job source not found")
@@ -313,7 +300,6 @@ func testReversion(t *testing.T) {
 	expectY := []string{"0", "1", "2", "1"}
 	for version := 0; version < 4; version++ {
 		sub, _, err := nomad.Jobs().Submission(jobID, version, &api.QueryOptions{
-			Region:    "global",
 			Namespace: "default",
 		})
 		must.NoError(t, err)
@@ -348,7 +334,6 @@ func testVarFiles(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// get submission
 	sub, _, err := nomad.Jobs().Submission(jobID, version, &api.QueryOptions{
-		Region:    "global",
 		Namespace: "default",
 	})
 	must.NoError(t, err)