diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/index-templates/traces-apm.sampled@template.yaml b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/index-templates/traces-apm.sampled@template.yaml
index 9170306f3e8c3..694fd16f40ab3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/index-templates/traces-apm.sampled@template.yaml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/apm-data/src/main/resources/index-templates/traces-apm.sampled@template.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,4 @@ template:
       data_stream.dataset:
         type: constant_keyword
         value: apm.sampled
-      event.ingested:
-        type: date
-        format: date_time_no_millis
-        script: "emit(System.currentTimeMillis())"
+