diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common
index 29f3ef9e6..e70d5e2d8 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
     { "rename":         { "field": "category",              "target_field": "event.category",                  "ignore_missing": true  } },
     { "rename":         { "field": "message2.community_id",              "target_field": "network.community_id",                  "ignore_missing": true  } },
     { 
-	"remove": {
-		"field": [ "index_name_prefix", "message2"],
-		"ignore_failure": false
-	}
+        "remove": {
+                "field": [ "index_name_prefix", "message2", "type" ],
+                "ignore_failure": true
+        }
     }
   ]
 }