diff --git a/modules/fb_apache/configuration/elasticsearch/fb_apache.json b/modules/fb_apache/configuration/elasticsearch/fb_apache.json
index 59d15d8d4..65b7fb2ee 100644
--- a/modules/fb_apache/configuration/elasticsearch/fb_apache.json
+++ b/modules/fb_apache/configuration/elasticsearch/fb_apache.json
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 {
   "mappings": {
-    "_default_": {
-      "_all": {
-        "norms": false
-      },
       "_meta": {
         "version": "5.4.0"
       },
@@ -668,12 +664,11 @@
           "type": "keyword"
         }
       }
-    }
   },
   "order": 0,
   "settings": {
     "index.mapping.total_fields.limit": 10000,
     "index.refresh_interval": "5s"
   },
-  "template": "fb_apache-*"
+  "index_patterns": "fb_apache-*"
 }
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diff --git a/modules/netflow/configuration/elasticsearch/netflow.json b/modules/netflow/configuration/elasticsearch/netflow.json
index 885f12d61..6cf58455a 100644
--- a/modules/netflow/configuration/elasticsearch/netflow.json
+++ b/modules/netflow/configuration/elasticsearch/netflow.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
     "order": 0,
-    "template": "netflow-*",
+    "index_patterns": "netflow-*",
     "mappings": {
-        "_default_": {
             "_meta": {
                 "version": "7.0.0"
             },
@@ -1047,7 +1046,6 @@
                         }
                     }
                 }
-            }
         }
     },
     "aliases": { }
diff --git a/x-pack/modules/arcsight/configuration/elasticsearch/arcsight.json b/x-pack/modules/arcsight/configuration/elasticsearch/arcsight.json
index 6c3764b7a..e18901a09 100644
--- a/x-pack/modules/arcsight/configuration/elasticsearch/arcsight.json
+++ b/x-pack/modules/arcsight/configuration/elasticsearch/arcsight.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "order": 0,
-  "template": "arcsight-*",
+  "index_patterns": "arcsight-*",
   "mappings": {
-    "_default_": {
       "_meta": {
         "version": "7.0.0"
       },
@@ -217,6 +216,5 @@
           "type": "long"
         }
       }
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/modules/azure/configuration/elasticsearch/azure.json b/x-pack/modules/azure/configuration/elasticsearch/azure.json
index 05d5175f7..6e8d5930d 100644
--- a/x-pack/modules/azure/configuration/elasticsearch/azure.json
+++ b/x-pack/modules/azure/configuration/elasticsearch/azure.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     "number_of_shards": 1
   },
   "mappings" : {
-    "_doc" : {
       "dynamic_templates" : [ {
         "message_field" : {
           "path_match" : "message",
@@ -41,6 +40,5 @@
           }
         }
       }
-    }
   }
 }
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