diff --git a/build/logstash/config/logstash.yml b/build/logstash/config/logstash.yml
index 91bc0fa54ef20eebb5b1a45ce6d0e9b20102d1f8..2a5d4d762c62b609e6737c2cdfda187881b75444 100644
--- a/build/logstash/config/logstash.yml
+++ b/build/logstash/config/logstash.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 http.host: "0.0.0.0"
 path.config: /usr/share/logstash/pipeline
-xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.url: http://elasticsearch:9200
-xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.username: logstash_system
-xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.password: changeme
diff --git a/build/logstash/env2yaml/env2yaml.go b/build/logstash/env2yaml/env2yaml.go
index 59cf8c6088852ccc1959f28796ea3c3b12782a40..75c39a032bc5137da08f841f3491cbc4d03d356f 100644
--- a/build/logstash/env2yaml/env2yaml.go
+++ b/build/logstash/env2yaml/env2yaml.go
@@ -99,14 +99,6 @@ func normalizeSetting(setting string) (string, error)  {
 		"log.format",
 		"path.logs",
 		"path.plugins",
-		"xpack.monitoring.enabled",
-		"xpack.monitoring.collection.interval",
-		"xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.url",
-		"xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.username",
-		"xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.password",
-		"xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.ca",
-		"xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.truststore.path",
-		"xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.truststore.password",
 	}
 
 	for _, valid_setting := range valid_settings {
diff --git a/tests/test_settings.py b/tests/test_settings.py
index 802c2827843c76988f420e880d37a78e78b619dd..9b87d10c91f295ec71f50cf8c9938ceafdcf893c 100644
--- a/tests/test_settings.py
+++ b/tests/test_settings.py
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ def test_setting_things_with_upcased_and_underscored_env_vars(logstash):
     logstash.restart(args='-e PIPELINE_BATCH_DELAY=24')
     assert logstash.get_node_info()['pipeline']['batch_delay'] == 24
 
-
-def test_disabling_xpack_monitoring_via_environment(logstash):
-    logstash.restart(args='-e xpack.monitoring.enabled=false')
-    assert logstash.get_settings()['xpack.monitoring.enabled'] is False
-
-
 def test_invalid_settings_in_environment_are_ignored(logstash):
     logstash.restart(args='-e cheese.ftw=true')
     assert not logstash.settings_file.contains('cheese.ftw')