diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/module/fortinet/firewall/config/firewall.yml b/x-pack/filebeat/module/fortinet/firewall/config/firewall.yml
index 6af16945317..1154d83947f 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/module/fortinet/firewall/config/firewall.yml
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/module/fortinet/firewall/config/firewall.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ tags: {{.tags | tojson}}
 publisher_pipeline.disable_host: {{ inList .tags "forwarded" }}
 
 processors:
-  - add_locale: ~
   - add_fields:
       target: ''
       fields:
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/module/fortinet/firewall/ingest/pipeline.yml b/x-pack/filebeat/module/fortinet/firewall/ingest/pipeline.yml
index dccde298b8c..2aaf7065ec1 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/module/fortinet/firewall/ingest/pipeline.yml
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/module/fortinet/firewall/ingest/pipeline.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ processors:
 - set:
     field: event.dataset
     value: fortinet.firewall
-- remove:
-    field: event.timezone
-    ignore_missing: true
 - set:
     field: event.timezone
     value: "{{fortinet.firewall.tz}}"