diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_cluster_status.json b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_cluster_status.json
index fca6171b62329..5d6111ab8c766 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_cluster_status.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_cluster_status.json
@@ -47,19 +47,8 @@
                           }
                         },
                         {
-                          "bool": {
-                            "should": [
-                              {
-                                "term": {
-                                  "_type": "cluster_state"
-                                }
-                              },
-                              {
-                                "term": {
-                                  "type": "cluster_stats"
-                                }
-                              }
-                            ]
+                          "term": {
+                            "type": "cluster_stats"
                           }
                         },
                         {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
index 61d77d2b602fb..45ae5277bcd53 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/elasticsearch_version_mismatch.json
@@ -40,19 +40,8 @@
                           }
                         },
                         {
-                          "bool": {
-                            "should": [
-                              {
-                                "term": {
-                                  "_type": "cluster_stats"
-                                }
-                              },
-                              {
-                                "term": {
-                                  "type": "cluster_stats"
-                                }
-                              }
-                            ]
+                          "term": {
+                            "type": "cluster_stats"
                           }
                         },
                         {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/kibana_version_mismatch.json b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/kibana_version_mismatch.json
index 95de1a1a6383e..c03363854a3ef 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/kibana_version_mismatch.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/kibana_version_mismatch.json
@@ -44,19 +44,8 @@
                           }
                         },
                         {
-                          "bool": {
-                            "should": [
-                              {
-                                "term": {
-                                  "_type": "kibana_stats"
-                                }
-                              },
-                              {
-                                "term": {
-                                  "type": "kibana_stats"
-                                }
-                              }
-                            ]
+                          "term": {
+                            "type": "kibana_stats"
                           }
                         }
                       ]
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/logstash_version_mismatch.json b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/logstash_version_mismatch.json
index 7448000fa8516..0afce0bf74e2f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/logstash_version_mismatch.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/monitoring/src/main/resources/monitoring/watches/logstash_version_mismatch.json
@@ -44,19 +44,8 @@
                           }
                         },
                         {
-                          "bool": {
-                            "should": [
-                              {
-                                "term": {
-                                  "_type": "logstash_stats"
-                                }
-                              },
-                              {
-                                "term": {
-                                  "type": "logstash_stats"
-                                }
-                              }
-                            ]
+                          "term": {
+                            "type": "logstash_stats"
                           }
                         }
                       ]