diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d8387d92c2..01070428ac 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -333,10 +333,6 @@ Deprecated Functionality
   decode_base64() and encode_base64(), which take an optional
   parameter to change the Base64 alphabet.
 
-- The ElasticSearch log writer hasn't been maintained for a while
-  and is now deprecated. It will be removed with the next release.
-
-
 Bro 2.4
 =======
 
diff --git a/aux/plugins b/aux/plugins
index 83ff68004a..a895d4d6d4 160000
--- a/aux/plugins
+++ b/aux/plugins
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 83ff68004adf1802bbce1295602c309e63e18ffb
+Subproject commit a895d4d6d475326f400e4664e08c8f71280d3294
diff --git a/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch-deprecated/README.rst b/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch-deprecated/README.rst
deleted file mode 120000
index 40894dead3..0000000000
--- a/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch-deprecated/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../aux/plugins/elasticsearch-deprecated/README
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch/README b/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch/README
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..8a5b78d689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/components/bro-plugins/elasticsearch/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../aux/plugins/elasticsearch/README
\ No newline at end of file