diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/ingest/register_delete.js b/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/ingest/register_delete.js
index 92a020d8435dd..fb81655f1da04 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/ingest/register_delete.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/ingest/register_delete.js
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ module.exports = function registerDelete(server) {
     path: '/api/kibana/ingest/{id}',
     method: 'DELETE',
     handler: function (req, reply) {
+      const kibanaIndex = server.config().get('kibana.index');
       const callWithRequest = server.plugins.elasticsearch.callWithRequest;
       const deletePatternParams = {
-        index: '.kibana',
+        index: kibanaIndex,
         type: 'index-pattern',
         id: req.params.id
       };
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/ingest/register_post.js b/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/ingest/register_post.js
index b36b778232fdd..fe944f5307055 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/ingest/register_post.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/ingest/register_post.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module.exports = function registerPost(server) {
       }
     },
     handler: function (req, reply) {
+      const kibanaIndex = server.config().get('kibana.index');
       const callWithRequest = server.plugins.elasticsearch.callWithRequest;
       const requestDocument = _.cloneDeep(req.payload);
       const indexPatternId = requestDocument.id;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ module.exports = function registerPost(server) {
         }
 
         const patternCreateParams = {
-          index: '.kibana',
+          index: kibanaIndex,
           type: 'index-pattern',
           id: indexPatternId,
           body: indexPattern
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ module.exports = function registerPost(server) {
           return callWithRequest(req, 'indices.putTemplate', templateParams)
           .catch((templateError) => {
             const deleteParams = {
-              index: '.kibana',
+              index: kibanaIndex,
               type: 'index-pattern',
               id: indexPatternId
             };