diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
index 44cb0ea7d..2e19c50b7 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/defaults.yaml
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ elasticsearch:
                 match_mapping_type: string
           settings:
             index:
-              lifecycle:
-                name: so-case-logs
               mapping:
                 total_fields:
                   limit: 1500
@@ -119,30 +117,6 @@ elasticsearch:
               sort:
                 field: '@timestamp'
                 order: desc
-      policy:
-        phases:
-          cold:
-            actions:
-              set_priority:
-                priority: 0
-            min_age: 30d
-          delete:
-            actions:
-              delete: {}
-            min_age: 365d
-          hot:
-            actions:
-              rollover:
-                max_age: 30d
-                max_primary_shard_size: 50gb
-              set_priority:
-                priority: 100
-            min_age: 0ms
-          warm:
-            actions:
-              set_priority:
-                priority: 50
-            min_age: 30d
     so-common:
       close: 30
       delete: 365