diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/server/templates/agent/cel.yml.hbs b/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/server/templates/agent/cel.yml.hbs
index 2947f6343a763..6a0f1f1d52bea 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/server/templates/agent/cel.yml.hbs
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/server/templates/agent/cel.yml.hbs
@@ -146,18 +146,4 @@ resource.rate_limit.burst: {{resource_rate_limit_burst}}
 {{#if enable_request_tracer}}
 resource.tracer.filename: "../../logs/cel/http-request-trace-*.ndjson"
 resource.tracer.maxbackups: 5
-{{/if}}
-
-{{#if tags}}
-tags:
-{{#each tags as |tag|}}
-  - {{tag}}
-{{/each}}
-{{/if}}
-{{#contains "forwarded" tags}}
-publisher_pipeline.disable_host: true
-{{/contains}}
-{{#if processors}}
-processors:
-{{processors}}
 {{/if}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/server/templates/manifest/cel_manifest.yml.njk b/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/server/templates/manifest/cel_manifest.yml.njk
index 025732305a59d..eae1ebaa3be38 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/server/templates/manifest/cel_manifest.yml.njk
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/integration_assistant/server/templates/manifest/cel_manifest.yml.njk
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 - input: cel
+  template_path: cel.yml.hbs
   title: |
     {{ data_stream_title }}
   description: |
@@ -308,21 +309,6 @@
       show_user: false
       multi: false
       required: false
-    - name: processors
-      type: yaml
-      title: Processors
-      multi: false
-      required: false
-      show_user: false
-      description: >
-        Processors are used to reduce the number of fields in the exported event or to enhance the event with metadata. This executes in the agent before the logs are parsed. See [Processors](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filtering-and-enhancing-data.html) for details.
-    - name: tags
-      type: text
-      title: Tags
-      multi: true
-      show_user: false
-      default:
-        - forwarded
     - name: enable_request_tracer
       type: bool
       title: Enable request tracing