diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.test.ts
index 6d3fccff0b91..91ab3953aa8a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.test.ts
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ describe('ContentStream', () => {
           id: expect.any(String),
           index: '.kibana-reporting',
           op_type: 'create',
-          refresh: 'wait_for',
           body: {
             '@timestamp': '1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
             parent_id: 'something',
@@ -317,7 +316,6 @@ describe('ContentStream', () => {
           id: expect.any(String),
           index: '.kibana-reporting',
           op_type: 'create',
-          refresh: 'wait_for',
           body: {
             '@timestamp': '1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
             parent_id: 'something',
@@ -348,7 +346,6 @@ describe('ContentStream', () => {
           id: expect.any(String),
           index: '.kibana-reporting',
           op_type: 'create',
-          refresh: 'wait_for',
           body: {
             parent_id: 'something',
             '@timestamp': '1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
@@ -365,7 +362,6 @@ describe('ContentStream', () => {
           id: expect.any(String),
           index: '.kibana-reporting',
           op_type: 'create',
-          refresh: 'wait_for',
           body: {
             parent_id: 'something',
             '@timestamp': '1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.ts
index b3c113dd43c3..e5006a4a4526 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ export class ContentStream extends Duplex {
 
     const body = await this.client.update<ReportSource>({
       ...this.document,
-      refresh: 'wait_for',
       body: {
         doc: {
           output: { content },
@@ -212,7 +211,6 @@ export class ContentStream extends Duplex {
     await this.client.index<ChunkSource>({
       id,
       index: REPORTING_DATA_STREAM_ALIAS,
-      refresh: 'wait_for',
       op_type: 'create',
       body: {
         parent_id: parentId,