diff --git a/x-pack/packages/kbn-entities-schema/src/schema/common.ts b/x-pack/packages/kbn-entities-schema/src/schema/common.ts
index b2df63e93d71a..b0d4b7247d12c 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/kbn-entities-schema/src/schema/common.ts
+++ b/x-pack/packages/kbn-entities-schema/src/schema/common.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,8 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import moment from 'moment';
 
-export enum EntityType {
-  service = 'service',
-  host = 'host',
-  pod = 'pod',
-  node = 'node',
-}
-
 export const arrayOfStringsSchema = z.array(z.string());
 
-export const entityTypeSchema = z.nativeEnum(EntityType);
-
 export enum BasicAggregations {
   avg = 'avg',
   max = 'max',
diff --git a/x-pack/packages/kbn-entities-schema/src/schema/entity_definition.ts b/x-pack/packages/kbn-entities-schema/src/schema/entity_definition.ts
index 3ccc9a1ba2eea..15f3e98582c97 100644
--- a/x-pack/packages/kbn-entities-schema/src/schema/entity_definition.ts
+++ b/x-pack/packages/kbn-entities-schema/src/schema/entity_definition.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import {
   arrayOfStringsSchema,
-  entityTypeSchema,
   keyMetricSchema,
   metadataSchema,
   filterSchema,
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ export const entityDefinitionSchema = z.object({
   id: z.string().regex(/^[\w-]+$/),
   name: z.string(),
   description: z.optional(z.string()),
-  type: entityTypeSchema,
+  type: z.string(),
   filter: filterSchema,
   indexPatterns: arrayOfStringsSchema,
   identityFields: z.array(identityFieldsSchema),