diff --git a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event.go b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event.go
index f3d67d74ffc9..1bfc807dfa6d 100644
--- a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event.go
+++ b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event.go
@@ -312,8 +312,6 @@ func buildMetricbeatEvent(e *Event, existedBefore bool) mb.Event {
 			hashes[string(hashType)] = digest
 		}
 		file["hash"] = hashes
-		// Remove this for 8.x
-		out.MetricSetFields.Put("hash", hashes)
 	}
 
 	out.MetricSetFields.Put("event.kind", "event")
diff --git a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event_test.go b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event_test.go
index dd57c590a41b..de14b3e2d13b 100644
--- a/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event_test.go
+++ b/auditbeat/module/file_integrity/event_test.go
@@ -411,9 +411,6 @@ func TestBuildEvent(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assertHasKey(t, fields, "file.hash.sha1")
 		assertHasKey(t, fields, "file.hash.sha256")
-		// Remove in 8.x
-		assertHasKey(t, fields, "hash.sha1")
-		assertHasKey(t, fields, "hash.sha256")
 	})
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		t.Run("drive letter", func(t *testing.T) {