diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/elastic-agent/metrics@custom.json b/salt/elasticsearch/templates/component/elastic-agent/metrics@custom.json
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+{
+    "template": {
+      "settings": {
+        "number_of_replicas": 0
+      }
+    }
+  }
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