diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/builtin_action_types/es_index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/builtin_action_types/es_index.tsx
index a4f282f8e8633a..b3e62e022c4121 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/builtin_action_types/es_index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/builtin_action_types/es_index.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   EuiFormRow,
   EuiSwitch,
   EuiSpacer,
-  EuiHorizontalRule,
   EuiCodeEditor,
   EuiComboBox,
   EuiComboBoxOptionOption,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/actions/builtin_action_types/es_index.ts b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/actions/builtin_action_types/es_index.ts
index a9fccfccd35163..5cc3d7275a7bd2 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/actions/builtin_action_types/es_index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/actions/builtin_action_types/es_index.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ export default function indexTest({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         .send({
           name: 'An index action',
           actionTypeId: '.index',
-          config: { index: ES_TEST_INDEX_NAME },
+          config: {
+            index: ES_TEST_INDEX_NAME,
+            refresh: true,
+          },
           secrets: {},
         })
         .expect(200);