diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/api_keys/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/api_keys/index.ts
index 5c05d5612e200..7f3f9f5281f0c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/api_keys/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/api_keys/index.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export async function generateOutputApiKey(
       cluster: ['monitor'],
       index: [
         {
-          names: ['logs-*', 'metrics-*', 'events-*', 'metricbeat*'],
+          names: ['logs-*', 'metrics-*', 'events-*'],
           privileges: ['write', 'create_index'],
         },
       ],