diff --git a/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2 b/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2
index df0e896..634fbe3 100644
--- a/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/elasticsearch.yml.j2
@@ -27,13 +27,7 @@ path.logs: {{ log_dir }}
 path.repo: {{ es_path_repo }}
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if es_action_auto_create_index == true %}
-action.auto_create_index: true
-{% elif not es_action_auto_create_index %}
-action.auto_create_index: false
-{% else %}
 action.auto_create_index: {{ es_action_auto_create_index }}
-{% endif %}
 
 {% if es_enable_xpack %}
 {% if not "security" in es_xpack_features %}