diff --git a/manifests/elasticsearch_node.pp b/manifests/elasticsearch_node.pp
index 1f294d1..04e54e3 100644
--- a/manifests/elasticsearch_node.pp
+++ b/manifests/elasticsearch_node.pp
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ class openstackci::elasticsearch_node (
     version            => $es_version,
   }
 
-  cron { 'delete_old_es_indices':
-    ensure      => 'absent',
-    user        => 'root',
-    hour        => $es_indices_cleanup_hour,
-    minute      => $es_indices_cleanup_minute,
-    command     => "curl -sS -XDELETE \"http://localhost:9200/logstash-`date -d '${es_indices_cleanup_period}' +\%Y.\%m.\%d`/\" > /dev/null",
-    environment => 'PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin',
-  }
-
   class { '::logstash::curator':
     keep_for_days  => '10',
   }