diff --git a/opensearch-api/lib/opensearch/api/utils.rb b/opensearch-api/lib/opensearch/api/utils.rb
index a17f7c09d..0e410ee61 100644
--- a/opensearch-api/lib/opensearch/api/utils.rb
+++ b/opensearch-api/lib/opensearch/api/utils.rb
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ def __pathify(*segments)
       # in a single item.
       #
       #     OpenSearch::API::Utils.__bulkify [
-      #       { :index =>  { :_index => 'myindexA', :_type => 'mytype', :_id => '1', :data => { :title => 'Test' } } },
-      #       { :update => { :_index => 'myindexB', :_type => 'mytype', :_id => '2', :data => { :doc => { :title => 'Update' } } } }
+      #       { :index =>  { :_index => 'myindexA', :_id => '1', :data => { :title => 'Test' } } },
+      #       { :update => { :_index => 'myindexB', :_id => '2', :data => { :doc => { :title => 'Update' } } } }
       #     ]
       #
-      #     # => {"index":{"_index":"myindexA","_type":"mytype","_id":"1"}}
+      #     # => {"index":{"_index":"myindexA","_id":"1"}}
       #     # => {"title":"Test"}
-      #     # => {"update":{"_index":"myindexB","_type":"mytype","_id":"2"}}
+      #     # => {"update":{"_index":"myindexB","_id":"2"}}
       #     # => {"doc":{"title":"Update"}}
       #
       def __bulkify(payload)
diff --git a/opensearch-api/spec/opensearch/api/actions/hashie_spec.rb b/opensearch-api/spec/opensearch/api/actions/hashie_spec.rb
index 09067d890..40937593e 100644
--- a/opensearch-api/spec/opensearch/api/actions/hashie_spec.rb
+++ b/opensearch-api/spec/opensearch/api/actions/hashie_spec.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
                 "hits": [
                   {
                     "_index": "myindex",
-                    "_type": "mytype",
                     "_id": "1",
                     "_score": 0.51104903,
                     "_source": {
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@
               },
               "facets": {
                 "tags": {
-                  "_type": "terms",
                   "missing": 0,
                   "total": 10,
                   "other": 0,
diff --git a/opensearch-api/spec/opensearch/api/utils_spec.rb b/opensearch-api/spec/opensearch/api/utils_spec.rb
index 7f9f7cfe4..1c1248623 100644
--- a/opensearch-api/spec/opensearch/api/utils_spec.rb
+++ b/opensearch-api/spec/opensearch/api/utils_spec.rb
@@ -109,19 +109,19 @@
 
       let(:result) do
         utils.__bulkify [
-          { :index =>  { :_index => 'myindexA', :_type => 'mytype', :_id => '1', :data => { :title => 'Test' } } },
-          { :update => { :_index => 'myindexB', :_type => 'mytype', :_id => '2', :data => { :doc => { :title => 'Update' } } } },
-          { :delete => { :_index => 'myindexC', :_type => 'mytypeC', :_id => '3' } }
+          { :index =>  { :_index => 'myindexA', :_id => '1', :data => { :title => 'Test' } } },
+          { :update => { :_index => 'myindexB', :_id => '2', :data => { :doc => { :title => 'Update' } } } },
+          { :delete => { :_index => 'myindexC', :_id => '3' } }
         ]
       end
 
       let(:expected_string) do
         <<-PAYLOAD.gsub(/^\s+/, '')
-                {"index":{"_index":"myindexA","_type":"mytype","_id":"1"}}
+                {"index":{"_index":"myindexA","_id":"1"}}
                 {"title":"Test"}
-                {"update":{"_index":"myindexB","_type":"mytype","_id":"2"}}
+                {"update":{"_index":"myindexB","_id":"2"}}
                 {"doc":{"title":"Update"}}
-                {"delete":{"_index":"myindexC","_type":"mytypeC","_id":"3"}}
+                {"delete":{"_index":"myindexC","mytypeC","_id":"3"}}
         PAYLOAD
       end
 
diff --git a/profile/benchmarking/measurable.rb b/profile/benchmarking/measurable.rb
index 296f942ea..25953e196 100644
--- a/profile/benchmarking/measurable.rb
+++ b/profile/benchmarking/measurable.rb
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def client
       def dataset_slices(slice_size=10000)
         @dataset_slices ||= begin
           dataset.collect do |d|
-            { index: { _index: INDEX, _type: '_doc', data: d } }
+            { index: { _index: INDEX, data: d } }
           end.each_slice(slice_size)
         end
       end