diff --git a/kamelets/elasticsearch-index-sink.kamelet.yaml b/kamelets/elasticsearch-index-sink.kamelet.yaml
index 97b4d5911..14cff852e 100644
--- a/kamelets/elasticsearch-index-sink.kamelet.yaml
+++ b/kamelets/elasticsearch-index-sink.kamelet.yaml
@@ -112,12 +112,6 @@ spec:
             - set-header:
                 name: "indexId"
                 simple: "${header[ce-indexid]}"
-          otherwise:
-            steps:
-            - set-header:
-                name: "indexId"
-                expression:
-                  simple: ${bean:org.apache.camel.support.ShortUuidGenerator?method=generateUuid}
       - choice:
           when:
           - simple: "${header[indexName]}"