diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f4877e7..5ee4da8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ jobs:
           cd elasticsearch-init
           make release
 
-      - name: Build elasticsearch
-        run: |
-          cd elasticsearch
-          make release
-
       - name: Build elasticsearch-dashboard-init
         run: |
           cd elasticsearch-dashboard-init
diff --git a/elasticsearch/Dockerfile b/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index eb188b7..0000000
--- a/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-FROM debian:bullseye as builder
-
-# ref: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#automatic-platform-args-in-the-global-scope
-ARG TARGETOS
-ARG TARGETARCH
-
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
-ENV DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN true
-
-RUN set -x \
-  && apt-get update \
-  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl unzip
-
-RUN set -x \
-  && curl -fsSL -o yq https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/3.3.0/yq_${TARGETOS}_${TARGETARCH} \
-  && chmod 755 yq
-
-FROM {ELASTICSEARCH_IMAGE} as elasticsearch
-
-SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
-
-RUN IFS=',' read -ra PLUGINS <<< "{ELASTICSEARCH_PLUGINS}"; for PLUGIN in "${PLUGINS[@]}"; do /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin install --batch $PLUGIN ;done;
-RUN /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin list
-
-COPY scripts/config-merger.sh /usr/local/bin/config-merger.sh
-COPY scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
-COPY --from=builder /yq /usr/bin/yq
-
-# If you need to run as root,
-# you should change the user to root at the beginning of your Dockerfile then change back to the correct user with another USER instruction
-
-USER root
-
-RUN mkdir -p /elasticsearch/default-config
-RUN cp -r /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/* /elasticsearch/default-config/
-RUN chown 1000:0 -R /elasticsearch/default-config
-
-RUN chmod -c 755 /usr/local/bin/config-merger.sh
-RUN chmod -c 755 /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
-
-USER elasticsearch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/elasticsearch/Makefile b/elasticsearch/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index ae7bca3..0000000
--- a/elasticsearch/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-SHELL=/bin/bash -o pipefail
-
-REGISTRY   ?= ghcr.io/kubedb
-BIN        ?= elasticsearch
-IMAGE      := $(REGISTRY)/$(BIN)
-TAG        ?= $(shell git describe --exact-match --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-
-DOCKER_PLATFORMS := linux/amd64 linux/arm64
-PLATFORM         ?= $(firstword $(DOCKER_PLATFORMS))
-VERSION          = $(TAG)_$(subst /,_,$(PLATFORM))
-
-DB_REGISTRY	?=
-DB_BIN		?= elasticsearch
-DB_TAG		?= 8.8.0
-DB_IMAGE	?= $(shell if [ ! -z $(DB_REGISTRY) ]; then echo $(DB_REGISTRY)/; fi)$(DB_BIN):$(DB_TAG)
-ES_PLUGINS	?= repository-s3, repository-azure, repository-hdfs, repository-gcs
-
-BUILD_DIRS := bin
-
-$(BUILD_DIRS):
-	@mkdir -p $@
-
-container-%:
-	@$(MAKE) container \
-	    --no-print-directory \
-	    PLATFORM=$(subst _,/,$*)
-
-push-%:
-	@$(MAKE) push \
-	    --no-print-directory \
-	    PLATFORM=$(subst _,/,$*)
-
-all-container: $(addprefix container-, $(subst /,_,$(DOCKER_PLATFORMS)))
-
-all-push: $(addprefix push-, $(subst /,_,$(DOCKER_PLATFORMS)))
-
-.PHONY: container
-container: $(BUILD_DIRS)
-	@echo "container: $(IMAGE):$(VERSION)"
-	@rm -rf bin/.dockerfile;                             \
-	sed                                                  \
-	    -e 's|{ELASTICSEARCH_IMAGE}|$(DB_IMAGE)|g'       \
-	    -e 's|{ELASTICSEARCH_PLUGINS}|$(ES_PLUGINS)|g'   \
-	    Dockerfile > bin/.dockerfile;                    \
-	# ref: https://superuser.com/a/842705
-	tar -czh . | docker buildx build --platform $(PLATFORM) --load --pull -t $(IMAGE):$(VERSION) -f bin/.dockerfile -
-	@echo
-
-push: container
-	@docker push $(IMAGE):$(VERSION)
-	@echo "pushed: $(IMAGE):$(VERSION)"
-	@echo
-
-.PHONY: docker-manifest
-docker-manifest:
-	docker manifest create -a $(IMAGE):$(TAG) $(foreach PLATFORM,$(DOCKER_PLATFORMS),$(IMAGE):$(TAG)_$(subst /,_,$(PLATFORM)))
-	docker manifest push $(IMAGE):$(TAG)
-
-.PHONY: release
-release:
-	@$(MAKE) all-push docker-manifest --no-print-directory
-
-.PHONY: version
-version:
-	@echo ::set-output name=version::$(VERSION)
-
-.PHONY: fmt
-fmt:
-	@find ./.. -path ./vendor -prune -o -name '*.sh' -exec shfmt -l -w -ci -i 4 {} \;
-
-.PHONY: verify
-verify: fmt
-	@if !(git diff --exit-code HEAD); then \
-		echo "files are out of date, run make fmt"; exit 1; \
-	fi
-
-.PHONY: ci
-ci: verify
-
-.PHONY: entrypoint-script
-entrypoint-script:
-	@ wget -O scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/elasticsearch/v${DB_TAG}/distribution/docker/src/docker/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/elasticsearch/scripts b/elasticsearch/scripts
deleted file mode 120000
index a339954..0000000
--- a/elasticsearch/scripts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../scripts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh b/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 254ac50..0000000
--- a/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-# Files created by Elasticsearch should always be group writable too
-umask 0002
-
-run_as_other_user_if_needed() {
-    if [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]]; then
-        # If running as root, drop to specified UID and run command
-        exec chroot --userspec=1000:0 / "${@}"
-    else
-        # Either we are running in Openshift with random uid and are a member of the root group
-        # or with a custom --user
-        exec "${@}"
-    fi
-}
-
-# Allow user specify custom CMD, maybe bin/elasticsearch itself
-# for example to directly specify `-E` style parameters for elasticsearch on k8s
-# or simply to run /bin/bash to check the image
-if [[ "$1" != "eswrapper" ]]; then
-    if [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" && $(basename "$1") == "elasticsearch" ]]; then
-        # centos:7 chroot doesn't have the `--skip-chdir` option and
-        # changes our CWD.
-        # Rewrite CMD args to replace $1 with `elasticsearch` explicitly,
-        # so that we are backwards compatible with the docs
-        # from the previous Elasticsearch versions<6
-        # and configuration option D:
-        # https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.6/docker.html#_d_override_the_image_8217_s_default_ulink_url_https_docs_docker_com_engine_reference_run_cmd_default_command_or_options_cmd_ulink
-        # Without this, user could specify `elasticsearch -E x.y=z` but
-        # `bin/elasticsearch -E x.y=z` would not work.
-        set -- "elasticsearch" "${@:2}"
-        # Use chroot to switch to UID 1000 / GID 0
-        exec chroot --userspec=1000:0 / "$@"
-    else
-        # User probably wants to run something else, like /bin/bash, with another uid forced (Openshift?)
-        exec "$@"
-    fi
-fi
-
-# Allow environment variables to be set by creating a file with the
-# contents, and setting an environment variable with the suffix _FILE to
-# point to it. This can be used to provide secrets to a container, without
-# the values being specified explicitly when running the container.
-#
-# This is also sourced in elasticsearch-env, and is only needed here
-# as well because we use ELASTIC_PASSWORD below. Sourcing this script
-# is idempotent.
-source /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-env-from-file
-
-if [[ -f bin/elasticsearch-users ]]; then
-    # Check for the ELASTIC_PASSWORD environment variable to set the
-    # bootstrap password for Security.
-    #
-    # This is only required for the first node in a cluster with Security
-    # enabled, but we have no way of knowing which node we are yet. We'll just
-    # honor the variable if it's present.
-    if [[ -n "$ELASTIC_PASSWORD" ]]; then
-        [[ -f /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.keystore ]] || (run_as_other_user_if_needed elasticsearch-keystore create)
-        if ! (run_as_other_user_if_needed elasticsearch-keystore has-passwd --silent); then
-            # keystore is unencrypted
-            if ! (run_as_other_user_if_needed elasticsearch-keystore list | grep -q '^bootstrap.password$'); then
-                (run_as_other_user_if_needed echo "$ELASTIC_PASSWORD" | elasticsearch-keystore add -x 'bootstrap.password')
-            fi
-        else
-            # keystore requires password
-            if ! (run_as_other_user_if_needed echo "$KEYSTORE_PASSWORD" |
-                elasticsearch-keystore list | grep -q '^bootstrap.password$'); then
-                COMMANDS="$(printf "%s\n%s" "$KEYSTORE_PASSWORD" "$ELASTIC_PASSWORD")"
-                (run_as_other_user_if_needed echo "$COMMANDS" | elasticsearch-keystore add 'bootstrap.password')
-            fi
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
-
-if [[ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]]; then
-    # If requested and running as root, mutate the ownership of bind-mounts
-    if [[ -n "$TAKE_FILE_OWNERSHIP" ]]; then
-        chown -R 1000:0 /usr/share/elasticsearch/{data,logs}
-    fi
-fi
-
-if [[ -n "$ES_LOG_STYLE" ]]; then
-    case "$ES_LOG_STYLE" in
-        console)
-            # This is the default. Nothing to do.
-            ;;
-        file)
-            # Overwrite the default config with the stack config. Do this as a
-            # copy, not a move, in case the container is restarted.
-            cp -f /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/log4j2.file.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/log4j2.properties
-            ;;
-        *)
-            echo "ERROR: ES_LOG_STYLE set to [$ES_LOG_STYLE]. Expected [console] or [file]" >&2
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-    esac
-fi
-
-# Signal forwarding and child reaping is handled by `tini`, which is the
-# actual entrypoint of the container
-run_as_other_user_if_needed /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch <<<"$KEYSTORE_PASSWORD"