diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/logging/journalbeat.nix b/nixos/modules/services/logging/journalbeat.nix
index 2d98598c1bee..1a6473aed087 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/logging/journalbeat.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/logging/journalbeat.nix
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@ with lib;
 let
   cfg = config.services.journalbeat;
 
-  lt6 = builtins.compareVersions cfg.package.version "6" < 0;
-
   journalbeatYml = pkgs.writeText "journalbeat.yml" ''
     name: ${cfg.name}
     tags: ${builtins.toJSON cfg.tags}
 
-    ${optionalString lt6 "journalbeat.cursor_state_file: /var/lib/${cfg.stateDir}/cursor-state"}
-
     ${cfg.extraConfig}
   '';
 
@@ -58,17 +54,7 @@ in
 
       extraConfig = mkOption {
         type = types.lines;
-        default = optionalString lt6 ''
-          journalbeat:
-            seek_position: cursor
-            cursor_seek_fallback: tail
-            write_cursor_state: true
-            cursor_flush_period: 5s
-            clean_field_names: true
-            convert_to_numbers: false
-            move_metadata_to_field: journal
-            default_type: journal
-        '';
+        default = "";
         description = "Any other configuration options you want to add";
       };