diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
index c59be1dd7..ba968d2fe 100755
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates-load
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ for i in *; do TEMPLATE=$(echo $i | cut -d '.' -f1); echo "$TEMPLATE-mappings";
 cd ${ELASTICSEARCH_TEMPLATES}/component/elastic-agent
 
 echo "Loading Elastic Agent component templates..."
-for i in *; do TEMPLATE=${i::-5}; echo "so-$TEMPLATE"; so-elasticsearch-query _component_template/so-$TEMPLATE -d@$i -XPUT 2>/dev/null; echo; done
+for i in *; do TEMPLATE=${i::-5}; echo "$TEMPLATE"; so-elasticsearch-query _component_template/$TEMPLATE -d@$i -XPUT 2>/dev/null; echo; done
 
 # Load SO-specific component templates
 cd ${ELASTICSEARCH_TEMPLATES}/component/so