diff --git a/metadata/service/server/local.yml b/metadata/service/server/local.yml
index e3572ea..259f468 100644
--- a/metadata/service/server/local.yml
+++ b/metadata/service/server/local.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
         address: 127.0.0.1
         port: 9200
       index:
-        shards: 1
         replicas: 0
       cluster:
         multicast: false
diff --git a/metadata/service/server/single.yml b/metadata/service/server/single.yml
index a77268e..264186c 100644
--- a/metadata/service/server/single.yml
+++ b/metadata/service/server/single.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
         address: 0.0.0.0
         port: 9200
       index:
-        shards: 1
         replicas: 0
       cluster:
         multicast: false