diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index 2db3174b9..3649d015e 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 elasticsearch:
   config:
-    node:
-      attr:
-        box_type: hot
+    node: {}
     cluster:
       routing:
         allocation: