diff --git a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
index 5a638104..3556489d 100644
--- a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/defaults/main.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ elasticsearch_discovery_nodes:
 elasticsearch_node_data: true
 elasticsearch_node_ingest: true
 
-# X-Pack Security 
+# X-Pack Security
 elasticsearch_xpack_security: false
-elasticsearch_xpack_security_user: elastic
 elasticsearch_xpack_security_password: elastic_pass
 
 node_certs_generator: false