diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/services/resource_service/resource_initializer.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/services/resource_service/resource_initializer.ts
index b796f20ef7ada..92861c65a8df5 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/services/resource_service/resource_initializer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/alerting_v2/server/lib/services/resource_service/resource_initializer.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export class ResourceInitializer implements IResourceInitializer {
     const componentTemplate: ClusterPutComponentTemplateRequest = {
       name: componentTemplateName,
       template: {
-        settings: { mode: 'lookup' },
         mappings: this.resourceDefinition.mappings,
       },
       _meta: {