diff --git a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-optional-integrations-load b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-optional-integrations-load
index 7579123cb..75bbc29d8 100644
--- a/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-optional-integrations-load
+++ b/salt/elasticfleet/tools/sbin_jinja/so-elastic-fleet-optional-integrations-load
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ for AGENT_POLICY in $agent_policies; do
     # non-default integrations that are in-use in any policy
     while IFS= read -r PACKAGE_NAME; do
         [ -n "$PACKAGE_NAME" ] && in_use_integrations+=("$PACKAGE_NAME")
-    done < <(jq -r --argjson def "$default_packages_json" \
-        '.item.package_policies[].package.name | select(. as $n | ($def | index($n)) | not)' \
+    done < <(jq -r --argjson defaults "$default_packages_json" \
+        '.item.package_policies[].package.name | select(. as $n | ($defaults | index($n)) | not)' \
         <<<"$policy_json")
 done