diff --git a/src/Elastic.Extensions.Logging/ElasticsearchLoggerProvider.cs b/src/Elastic.Extensions.Logging/ElasticsearchLoggerProvider.cs
index c0eba776..cb36716f 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Extensions.Logging/ElasticsearchLoggerProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Extensions.Logging/ElasticsearchLoggerProvider.cs
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ private IBufferedChannel<LogEvent> CreatIngestChannel(ElasticsearchLoggerOptions
 				{
 					IndexFormat = loggerOptions.Index.Format,
 					IndexOffset = loggerOptions.Index.IndexOffset,
-					WriteEvent = async (stream, ctx, logEvent) => await logEvent.SerializeAsync(stream, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false),
 					TimestampLookup = l => l.Timestamp,
 				};
 				SetupChannelOptions(_channelConfigurations, indexChannelOptions);
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.CommonSchema/EcsDataStreamChannel.cs b/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.CommonSchema/EcsDataStreamChannel.cs
index 04f08750..857def85 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.CommonSchema/EcsDataStreamChannel.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.CommonSchema/EcsDataStreamChannel.cs
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ public EcsDataStreamChannel(DataStreamChannelOptions<TEcsDocument> options) : th
 		public EcsDataStreamChannel(
 			DataStreamChannelOptions<TEcsDocument> options,
 			ICollection<IChannelCallbacks<TEcsDocument, BulkResponse>>? callbackListeners
-		) : base(options, callbackListeners) =>
-			options.WriteEvent = async (stream, ctx, @event) =>
-				await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(stream, @event, typeof(TEcsDocument), EcsJsonConfiguration.SerializerOptions, ctx)
-					.ConfigureAwait(false);
+		) : base(options, callbackListeners) { }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Bootstrap the target data stream. Will register the appropriate index and component templates
diff --git a/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.CommonSchema/EcsIndexChannel.cs b/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.CommonSchema/EcsIndexChannel.cs
index d0bc1385..a1784440 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.CommonSchema/EcsIndexChannel.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Ingest.Elasticsearch.CommonSchema/EcsIndexChannel.cs
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ public class EcsIndexChannel<TEcsDocument> : IndexChannel<TEcsDocument>
 		where TEcsDocument : EcsDocument
 	{
 		/// <inheritdoc cref="EcsIndexChannel{TEcsDocument}"/>
-		public EcsIndexChannel(IndexChannelOptions<TEcsDocument> options) : base(options) =>
-			options.WriteEvent = async (stream, ctx, @event) =>
-				await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(stream, @event, typeof(TEcsDocument), EcsJsonConfiguration.SerializerOptions, ctx)
-					.ConfigureAwait(false);
+		public EcsIndexChannel(IndexChannelOptions<TEcsDocument> options) : base(options) { }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Bootstrap the target index. Will register the appropriate index and component templates
diff --git a/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/ElasticsearchTarget.cs b/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/ElasticsearchTarget.cs
index 81d0a6fb..cc1d0677 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/ElasticsearchTarget.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.NLog.Targets/ElasticsearchTarget.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class ElasticsearchTarget : TargetWithLayout
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets or sets the format string for the Elastic search index. The current <c>DateTimeOffset</c> is passed as parameter 0.
-		/// 
+		///
 		/// <para> Example: "dotnet-{0:yyyy.MM.dd}"</para>
 		/// <para> If no {0} parameter is defined the index name is effectively fixed</para>
 		/// </summary>
@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ private EcsDataStreamChannel<NLogEcsDocument> CreateDataStreamChannel(Distribute
 			var dataStreamNamespace = DataStreamNamespace?.Render(LogEventInfo.CreateNullEvent()) ?? string.Empty;
 			var channelOptions = new DataStreamChannelOptions<NLogEcsDocument>(transport)
 			{
-				DataStream = new DataStreamName(dataStreamType, dataStreamSet, dataStreamNamespace),
-				WriteEvent = async (stream, ctx, logEvent) => await logEvent.SerializeAsync(stream, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false),
+				DataStream = new DataStreamName(dataStreamType, dataStreamSet, dataStreamNamespace)
 			};
 			SetupChannelOptions(channelOptions);
 			var channel = new EcsDataStreamChannel<NLogEcsDocument>(channelOptions, new[] { new InternalLoggerCallbackListener<NLogEcsDocument>() });
@@ -228,9 +227,8 @@ private EcsIndexChannel<NLogEcsDocument> CreateIndexChannel(DistributedTransport
 			{
 				IndexFormat = indexFormat,
 				IndexOffset = indexOffset,
-				WriteEvent = async (stream, ctx, logEvent) => await logEvent.SerializeAsync(stream, ctx).ConfigureAwait(false),
 				TimestampLookup = l => l.Timestamp,
-				OperationMode = indexOperation,
+				OperationMode = indexOperation
 			};
 
 			if (_hasIndexEventId)
@@ -251,7 +249,7 @@ protected override void CloseTarget()
 
 		/// <inheritdoc />
 		protected override void Write(LogEventInfo logEvent)
-		{ 
+		{
 			var ecsDoc = _layout.RenderEcsDocument(logEvent);
 			_channel?.TryWrite(ecsDoc);
 		}