diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackClientPlugin.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackClientPlugin.java
index e117e8c3422fa..26abe1af66fa0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackClientPlugin.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackClientPlugin.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.search.action.DeleteAsyncSearchAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.search.action.GetAsyncSearchAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.search.action.SubmitAsyncSearchAction;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.beats.BeatsFeatureSetUsage;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ccr.AutoFollowMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.deprecation.DeprecationInfoAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.eql.EqlFeatureSetUsage;
@@ -439,8 +438,6 @@ public List<NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry> getNamedWriteables() {
                 new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(XPackFeatureSet.Usage.class, XPackField.GRAPH, GraphFeatureSetUsage::new),
                 // logstash
                 new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(XPackFeatureSet.Usage.class, XPackField.LOGSTASH, LogstashFeatureSetUsage::new),
-                // beats
-                new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(XPackFeatureSet.Usage.class, XPackField.BEATS, BeatsFeatureSetUsage::new),
                 // ML - Custom metadata
                 new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(MetaData.Custom.class, "ml", MlMetadata::new),
                 new NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry(NamedDiff.class, "ml", MlMetadata.MlMetadataDiff::new),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackSettings.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackSettings.java
index 82e9f2553c3ed..f61232cf97b1b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackSettings.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/XPackSettings.java
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ private XPackSettings() {
     public static final Setting<Boolean> LOGSTASH_ENABLED = Setting.boolSetting("xpack.logstash.enabled", true,
             Setting.Property.NodeScope);
 
-    /** Setting for enabling or disabling Beats extensions. Defaults to true. */
-    public static final Setting<Boolean> BEATS_ENABLED = Setting.boolSetting("xpack.beats.enabled", true,
-        Setting.Property.NodeScope);
-
     /**
      * Setting for enabling or disabling the index lifecycle extension. Defaults to true.
      */
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/beats/BeatsFeatureSetUsage.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/beats/BeatsFeatureSetUsage.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1702bf3869df6..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/beats/BeatsFeatureSetUsage.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
- */
-package org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.beats;
-
-import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackFeatureSet;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackField;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-public final class BeatsFeatureSetUsage extends XPackFeatureSet.Usage {
-
-    public BeatsFeatureSetUsage(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
-        super(in);
-    }
-
-    public BeatsFeatureSetUsage(boolean available, boolean enabled) {
-        super(XPackField.BEATS, available, enabled);
-    }
-
-}