diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common.nids b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common.nids
index df6af7a85..53a3f7b79 100644
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common.nids
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/files/ingest/common.nids
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     { "set":            { "if": "ctx.rule.severity == 3",   "field": "event.severity", "value": 1, "override": true }  },
     { "set":            { "if": "ctx.rule.severity == 2",   "field": "event.severity", "value": 2, "override": true }  },
     { "set":            { "if": "ctx.rule.severity == 1",   "field": "event.severity", "value": 3, "override": true }  },
-    { "remove":         { "field": ["rule_type", "rest_of_rulename"],     "ignore_failure": true                                                                  } },
+    { "remove":         { "field": ["rule_type", "rest_of_rulename", "host"],     "ignore_failure": true                                                                  } },
     { "pipeline":       { "name": "common"                                                                                                                      } }
   ]
 }