diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common
index f9d6199ba..de83ef4cf 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     { "rename":         { "field": "dataset",              "target_field": "event.dataset",                  "ignore_missing": true  } },
     { 
 	"remove": {
-		"field": [ "index_name_prefix", "beat"],
+		"field": [ "index_name_prefix"],
 		"ignore_failure": false
 	}
     }