diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/config.map.jinja b/salt/elasticsearch/config.map.jinja
index cfbab8524..8eb62311c 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/config.map.jinja
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/config.map.jinja
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 {% from 'vars/globals.map.jinja' import GLOBALS %}
 {% import_yaml 'elasticsearch/defaults.yaml' as ELASTICSEARCHDEFAULTS with context %}
 
-{% set HIGHLANDER = salt['pillar.get']('global:highlander', False) %}
-
 {# this is a list of dicts containing hostname:ip for elasticsearch nodes that need to know about each other for cluster #}
 {% set ELASTICSEARCH_SEED_HOSTS = [] %}
 {% set node_data = salt['pillar.get']('elasticsearch:nodes', {GLOBALS.role.split('-')[1]: {GLOBALS.hostname: {'ip': GLOBALS.node_ip}}}) %}
@@ -36,14 +34,8 @@
       {% endfor %}
     {% endif %}
 {% elif grains.id.split('_') | last == 'searchnode' %}
-  {% if HIGHLANDER %}
-        {% do ELASTICSEARCHDEFAULTS.elasticsearch.config.node.roles.extend(['ml', 'master', 'transform']) %}
-  {% endif %}
   {% do ELASTICSEARCHDEFAULTS.elasticsearch.config.update({'discovery': {'seed_hosts': [GLOBALS.manager]}}) %}
 {% endif %}
-{% if HIGHLANDER %}
-      {% do ELASTICSEARCHDEFAULTS.elasticsearch.config.xpack.ml.update({'enabled': true}) %}
-{% endif %}
 
 {% do ELASTICSEARCHDEFAULTS.elasticsearch.config.node.update({'name': GLOBALS.hostname}) %}
 {% do ELASTICSEARCHDEFAULTS.elasticsearch.config.cluster.update({'name': GLOBALS.hostname}) %}
diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest-dynamic/common b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common
similarity index 95%
rename from salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest-dynamic/common
rename to salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common
index 814d8d4d5..b7048cf3b 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest-dynamic/common
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-{%- set HIGHLANDER = salt['pillar.get']('global:highlander', False) -%}
-{%- raw -%}
 {
   "description" : "common",
   "processors" : [
@@ -67,19 +65,7 @@
     { "append":          { "if": "ctx.dataset_tag_temp != null", "field": "tags", "value": "{{dataset_tag_temp.1}}"  } },
     { "grok":            { "if": "ctx.http?.response?.status_code != null", "field": "http.response.status_code", "patterns": ["%{NUMBER:http.response.status_code:long} %{GREEDYDATA}"]} },
     { "set":             { "if": "ctx?.metadata?.kafka != null" , "field": "kafka.id", "value": "{{metadata.kafka.partition}}{{metadata.kafka.offset}}{{metadata.kafka.timestamp}}", "ignore_failure": true } },
-    { "remove":          { "field": [ "message2", "type", "fields", "category", "module", "dataset", "dataset_tag_temp", "event.dataset_temp" ], "ignore_missing": true, "ignore_failure": true } }
-{%- endraw %}
-{%- if HIGHLANDER %}
-    ,
-    {
-      "pipeline": {
-        "name": "ecs"
-      }
-    }
-{%- endif %}
-{%- raw %}
-    ,
+    { "remove":          { "field": [ "message2", "type", "fields", "category", "module", "dataset", "dataset_tag_temp", "event.dataset_temp" ], "ignore_missing": true, "ignore_failure": true } },
     { "pipeline": { "name": "global@custom", "ignore_missing_pipeline": true, "description": "[Fleet] Global pipeline for all data streams" } }
   ]
 }
-{% endraw %}
diff --git a/salt/kibana/map.jinja b/salt/kibana/map.jinja
index bd333f1c4..b2e94806d 100644
--- a/salt/kibana/map.jinja
+++ b/salt/kibana/map.jinja
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 {% from 'vars/globals.map.jinja' import GLOBALS %}
 {% import_yaml 'kibana/defaults.yaml' as KIBANADEFAULTS with context %}
-{% set HIGHLANDER = salt['pillar.get']('global:highlander', False) %}
 
 {% do KIBANADEFAULTS.kibana.config.server.update({'publicBaseUrl': 'https://' ~ GLOBALS.url_base ~ '/kibana'}) %}
 {% do KIBANADEFAULTS.kibana.config.elasticsearch.update({'hosts': ['https://' ~ GLOBALS.manager ~ ':9200']}) %}
diff --git a/salt/kibana/so_dashboard_load.sls b/salt/kibana/so_dashboard_load.sls
index 3222eabc6..7f733e7c6 100644
--- a/salt/kibana/so_dashboard_load.sls
+++ b/salt/kibana/so_dashboard_load.sls
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
 # Elastic License 2.0.
 
-{% set HIGHLANDER = salt['pillar.get']('global:highlander', False) %}
 include:
   - kibana.enabled
 
@@ -29,27 +28,3 @@ so-kibana-dashboard-load:
     - require:
       - sls: kibana.enabled
       - file: dashboard_saved_objects_template
-{%- if HIGHLANDER %}
-dashboard_saved_objects_template_hl:
-  file.managed:
-    - name: /opt/so/conf/kibana/hl.ndjson.template
-    - source: salt://kibana/files/hl.ndjson
-    - user: 932
-    - group: 939
-    - show_changes: False
-
-dashboard_saved_objects_hl_changes:
-  file.absent:
-    - names:
-      - /opt/so/state/kibana_hl.txt
-    - onchanges:
-      - file: dashboard_saved_objects_template_hl
-
-so-kibana-dashboard-load_hl:
-  cmd.run:
-    - name: /usr/sbin/so-kibana-config-load -i /opt/so/conf/kibana/hl.ndjson.template
-    - cwd: /opt/so
-    - require:
-      - sls: kibana.enabled
-      - file: dashboard_saved_objects_template_hl
-{%- endif %}
diff --git a/salt/kibana/tools/sbin_jinja/so-kibana-space-defaults b/salt/kibana/tools/sbin_jinja/so-kibana-space-defaults
index cbd16a2de..fcb80e606 100755
--- a/salt/kibana/tools/sbin_jinja/so-kibana-space-defaults
+++ b/salt/kibana/tools/sbin_jinja/so-kibana-space-defaults
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
-{% set HIGHLANDER = salt['pillar.get']('global:highlander', False) %}
 wait_for_web_response "http://localhost:5601/api/spaces/space/default" "default" 300 "curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config"
 ## This hackery will be removed if using Elastic Auth ##
 
@@ -9,10 +8,6 @@ SESSIONCOOKIE=$(curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -c - -X GET http:
 
 # Disable certain Features from showing up in the Kibana UI
 echo
-echo "Setting up default Space:"
-{% if HIGHLANDER %}
-curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -b "sid=$SESSIONCOOKIE" -L -X PUT "localhost:5601/api/spaces/space/default" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' {"id":"default","name":"Default","disabledFeatures":["enterpriseSearch"]} ' >> /opt/so/log/kibana/misc.log
-{% else %}
+echo "Setting up default Kibana Space:"
 curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -b "sid=$SESSIONCOOKIE" -L -X PUT "localhost:5601/api/spaces/space/default" -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' {"id":"default","name":"Default","disabledFeatures":["ml","enterpriseSearch","logs","infrastructure","apm","uptime","monitoring","stackAlerts","actions","securitySolutionCasesV3","inventory","dataQuality","searchSynonyms","enterpriseSearchApplications","enterpriseSearchAnalytics","securitySolutionTimeline","securitySolutionNotes","entityManager"]} ' >> /opt/so/log/kibana/misc.log
-{% endif %}
 echo
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 052270932..e3ef10bc1 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1366,9 +1366,6 @@ create_global() {
 	echo "  mdengine: 'ZEEK'" >> $global_pillar_file
 	echo "  ids: 'Suricata'" >> $global_pillar_file
 	echo "  url_base: '$REDIRECTIT'" >> $global_pillar_file
-	if [[ $HIGHLANDER == 'True' ]]; then
-		echo "  highlander: True" >> $global_pillar_file
-	fi
 	if [[ $is_airgap ]]; then
 		echo "  airgap: True" >> $global_pillar_file
 	else