diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 6201f17e4c7..5578ae084bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v1.1.2...master[Check the HEAD diff]
 
 *Topbeat*
 - Rename proc.cpu.user_p with proc.cpu.total_p as includes CPU time spent in kernel space {pull}631[631]
+- Remove count field from the exported fields {pull}1207[1207]
 
 *Filebeat*
 - Default config for ignore_older is now infinite instead of 24h, means ignore_older is disabled by default. Use close_older to only close file handlers.
diff --git a/topbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc b/topbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
index 42480da3cea..14e48033f93 100644
--- a/topbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
+++ b/topbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
@@ -41,15 +41,6 @@ required: True
 Set to "system" to indicate that the statistics are system-wide.
 
 
-==== count
-
-type: int
-
-required: True
-
-The number of transactions that this event represents. This is generally the inverse of the sampling rate. For example, for a sample rate of 1/10, the count is 10. The count is used by the UIs to return estimated values. Reserved for future usage.
-
-
 ==== beat.name
 
 Name of the Beat sending the events. If the shipper name is set in the configuration file, then that value is used. If it is not set, the hostname is used.
diff --git a/topbeat/etc/fields.yml b/topbeat/etc/fields.yml
index 97ce26ea0a7..da2464dd828 100644
--- a/topbeat/etc/fields.yml
+++ b/topbeat/etc/fields.yml
@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@ env:
         Set to "system" to indicate that the statistics are system-wide.
       required: true
 
-    - name: count
-      type: int
-      description: >
-        The number of transactions that this event represents. This
-        is generally the inverse of the sampling rate. For example, for
-        a sample rate of 1/10, the count is 10. The count is used by the
-        UIs to return estimated values. Reserved for future usage.
-      required: true
-
     - name: beat.name
       description: >
         Name of the Beat sending the events. If the shipper name is set
diff --git a/topbeat/system/cpu.go b/topbeat/system/cpu.go
index 2e79378f704..d48d17227b1 100644
--- a/topbeat/system/cpu.go
+++ b/topbeat/system/cpu.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package system
 
 import (
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp"
 	sigar "github.com/elastic/gosigar"
-	"strconv"
-	"time"
 )
 
 type CPU struct {
@@ -147,7 +148,6 @@ func (cpu *CPU) GetSystemStats() (common.MapStr, error) {
 	event := common.MapStr{
 		"@timestamp": common.Time(time.Now()),
 		"type":       "system",
-		"count":      1,
 		"load":       loadStat,
 		"cpu":        GetCpuStatEvent(cpuStat),
 		"mem":        GetMemoryEvent(memStat),
diff --git a/topbeat/system/filesystem.go b/topbeat/system/filesystem.go
index 53ab5d35cd4..6220a28b949 100644
--- a/topbeat/system/filesystem.go
+++ b/topbeat/system/filesystem.go
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ func CollectFileSystemStats(fss []sigar.FileSystem) []common.MapStr {
 		event := common.MapStr{
 			"@timestamp": common.Time(time.Now()),
 			"type":       "filesystem",
-			"count":      1,
 			"fs":         GetFilesystemEvent(fsStat),
 		}
 		events = append(events, event)
diff --git a/topbeat/system/process.go b/topbeat/system/process.go
index 373a6093fdf..866462fb27b 100644
--- a/topbeat/system/process.go
+++ b/topbeat/system/process.go
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ func (procStats *ProcStats) GetProcStats() ([]common.MapStr, error) {
 			event := common.MapStr{
 				"@timestamp": common.Time(time.Now()),
 				"type":       "process",
-				"count":      1,
 				"proc":       proc,
 			}