diff --git a/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/add_session_metadata.go b/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/add_session_metadata.go
index efcfdc96778..5b934980494 100644
--- a/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/add_session_metadata.go
+++ b/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/add_session_metadata.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/beat"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/processors"
@@ -113,8 +112,8 @@ func (p *addSessionMetadata) Run(ev *beat.Event) (*beat.Event, error) {
 }
 
 func (p *addSessionMetadata) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v=[backend=%s, pid_field=%s, replace_fields=%t]",
-		processorName, p.config.Backend, p.config.PIDField, p.config.ReplaceFields)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v=[backend=%s, pid_field=%s]",
+		processorName, p.config.Backend, p.config.PIDField)
 }
 
 func (p *addSessionMetadata) enrich(ev *beat.Event) (*beat.Event, error) {
@@ -148,12 +147,6 @@ func (p *addSessionMetadata) enrich(ev *beat.Event) (*beat.Event, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("merging enriched fields with event: %w", err)
 	}
 	result.Fields["process"] = m
-
-	if p.config.ReplaceFields {
-		if err := p.replaceFields(result); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("replace fields: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
 	return result, nil
 }
 
@@ -184,40 +177,6 @@ func pidToUInt32(value interface{}) (pid uint32, err error) {
 	return pid, nil
 }
 
-// replaceFields replaces event fields with values suitable user with the session viewer in Kibana
-// The current version of session view in Kibana expects different values than what are used by auditbeat
-// for some fields. This function converts these field to have values that will work with session view.
-//
-// This function is temporary, and can be removed when this Kibana issue is completed: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/179396.
-func (p *addSessionMetadata) replaceFields(ev *beat.Event) error {
-	kind, err := ev.Fields.GetValue("event.kind")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	isAuditdEvent, err := ev.Fields.HasKey("auditd")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if kind == "event" && isAuditdEvent {
-		// process start
-		syscall, err := ev.Fields.GetValue("auditd.data.syscall")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil //nolint:nilerr // processor can be called on unsupported events; not an error
-		}
-		switch syscall {
-		case "execveat", "execve":
-			ev.Fields.Put("event.action", []string{"exec", "fork"})
-			ev.Fields.Put("event.type", []string{"start"})
-
-		case "exit_group":
-			ev.Fields.Put("event.action", []string{"end"})
-			ev.Fields.Put("event.type", []string{"end"})
-			ev.Fields.Put("process.end", time.Now())
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func tryToMapStr(v interface{}) (mapstr.M, bool) {
 	switch m := v.(type) {
 	case mapstr.M:
diff --git a/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/add_session_metadata_test.go b/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/add_session_metadata_test.go
index 1ef06c92b2e..602f80f5836 100644
--- a/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/add_session_metadata_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/add_session_metadata_test.go
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ var (
 		{
 			testName: "enrich process",
 			config: config{
-				ReplaceFields: false,
-				PIDField:      "process.pid",
+				PIDField: "process.pid",
 			},
 			mockProcesses: []types.ProcessExecEvent{
 				{
@@ -94,8 +93,7 @@ var (
 		{
 			testName: "no PID field in event",
 			config: config{
-				ReplaceFields: false,
-				PIDField:      "process.pid",
+				PIDField: "process.pid",
 			},
 			input: beat.Event{
 				Fields: mapstr.M{
@@ -113,8 +111,7 @@ var (
 		{
 			testName: "PID not number",
 			config: config{
-				ReplaceFields: false,
-				PIDField:      "process.pid",
+				PIDField: "process.pid",
 			},
 			input: beat.Event{
 				Fields: mapstr.M{
@@ -133,8 +130,7 @@ var (
 		{
 			testName: "PID not in DB",
 			config: config{
-				ReplaceFields: false,
-				PIDField:      "process.pid",
+				PIDField: "process.pid",
 			},
 			input: beat.Event{
 				Fields: mapstr.M{
@@ -154,8 +150,7 @@ var (
 			testName: "process field not in event",
 			// This event, without a "process" field, is not supported by enrich, it should be handled gracefully
 			config: config{
-				ReplaceFields: false,
-				PIDField:      "action.pid",
+				PIDField: "action.pid",
 			},
 			input: beat.Event{
 				Fields: mapstr.M{
@@ -170,8 +165,7 @@ var (
 			testName: "process field not mapstr",
 			// Unsupported process field type should be handled gracefully
 			config: config{
-				ReplaceFields: false,
-				PIDField:      "action.pid",
+				PIDField: "action.pid",
 			},
 			input: beat.Event{
 				Fields: mapstr.M{
@@ -189,8 +183,7 @@ var (
 		{
 			testName: "enrich event with map[string]any process field",
 			config: config{
-				ReplaceFields: false,
-				PIDField:      "process.pid",
+				PIDField: "process.pid",
 			},
 			mockProcesses: []types.ProcessExecEvent{
 				{
diff --git a/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/config.go b/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/config.go
index 31c07c9065f..1aaa354c97d 100644
--- a/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/config.go
+++ b/x-pack/auditbeat/processors/sessionmd/config.go
@@ -8,15 +8,13 @@ package sessionmd
 
 // Config for add_session_metadata processor.
 type config struct {
-	Backend       string `config:"backend"`
-	ReplaceFields bool   `config:"replace_fields"`
-	PIDField      string `config:"pid_field"`
+	Backend  string `config:"backend"`
+	PIDField string `config:"pid_field"`
 }
 
 func defaultConfig() config {
 	return config{
-		Backend:       "auto",
-		ReplaceFields: false,
-		PIDField:      "process.pid",
+		Backend:  "auto",
+		PIDField: "process.pid",
 	}
 }