diff --git a/src/indexer.py b/src/indexer.py
index a4843ceb70a2e77150d695f13076015e59a87e91..023af245498d145f766c80443a757a7b3f689b24 100644
--- a/src/indexer.py
+++ b/src/indexer.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ from time import sleep
 from typing import List
 import post
 
-doc_type = "post"
-
 def connect_elastic(host='localhost', port=9200):
 
     MAXIMUM_ATTEMPS = 12
@@ -46,5 +44,5 @@ def index_posts(es: Elasticsearch, posts: List[post.Post], hash: str):
 
         index_name = get_index_name(post.lang, hash)
 
-        es.index(index=index_name, doc_type=doc_type, id=post.id, body=doc)
+        es.index(index=index_name, id=post.id, body=doc)
         print("Created doc for " + post.url)