diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client.go b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client.go
index c89056ac7ee..d0ebe7130e1 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client.go
@@ -308,20 +308,12 @@ func (c *baseClientImpl) createMultiSearchRequests(searchRequests []*SearchReque
 }
 
 func (c *baseClientImpl) getMultiSearchQueryParameters() string {
-	var qs []string
-
 	if c.version >= 70 {
 		maxConcurrentShardRequests := c.getSettings().Get("maxConcurrentShardRequests").MustInt(5)
-		qs = append(qs, fmt.Sprintf("max_concurrent_shard_requests=%d", maxConcurrentShardRequests))
-
-		includeFrozen := c.getSettings().Get("includeFrozen").MustBool(false)
-
-		if includeFrozen {
-			qs = append(qs, "ignore_throttled=false")
-		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("max_concurrent_shard_requests=%d", maxConcurrentShardRequests)
 	}
 
-	return strings.Join(qs, "&")
+	return ""
 }
 
 func (c *baseClientImpl) MultiSearch() *MultiSearchRequestBuilder {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client_test.go
index 222272a33f1..993310d6beb 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/elasticsearch/client/client_test.go
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 				"maxConcurrentShardRequests": 100,
 				"timeField":                  "@timestamp",
 				"interval":                   "Daily",
-				"includeFrozen":              true,
 			}),
 		}, func(sc *scenarioContext) {
 			sc.responseBody = `{
@@ -272,7 +271,6 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 					So(sc.request, ShouldNotBeNil)
 					So(sc.request.Method, ShouldEqual, http.MethodPost)
 					So(sc.request.URL.Path, ShouldEqual, "/_msearch")
-					So(sc.request.URL.RawQuery, ShouldNotContainSubstring, "ignore_throttled=")
 
 					So(sc.requestBody, ShouldNotBeNil)
 
@@ -314,7 +312,6 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 				"maxConcurrentShardRequests": 6,
 				"timeField":                  "@timestamp",
 				"interval":                   "Daily",
-				"includeFrozen":              true,
 			}),
 		}, func(sc *scenarioContext) {
 			sc.responseBody = `{
@@ -336,8 +333,7 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 					So(sc.request, ShouldNotBeNil)
 					So(sc.request.Method, ShouldEqual, http.MethodPost)
 					So(sc.request.URL.Path, ShouldEqual, "/_msearch")
-					So(sc.request.URL.RawQuery, ShouldContainSubstring, "max_concurrent_shard_requests=6")
-					So(sc.request.URL.RawQuery, ShouldContainSubstring, "ignore_throttled=false")
+					So(sc.request.URL.RawQuery, ShouldEqual, "max_concurrent_shard_requests=6")
 
 					So(sc.requestBody, ShouldNotBeNil)
 
@@ -354,7 +350,6 @@ func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
 					So(jHeader.Get("index").MustString(), ShouldEqual, "metrics-2018.05.15")
 					So(jHeader.Get("ignore_unavailable").MustBool(false), ShouldEqual, true)
 					So(jHeader.Get("search_type").MustString(), ShouldEqual, "query_then_fetch")
-					So(jHeader.Get("ignore_throttled").MustBool(), ShouldBeFalse)
 
 					Convey("and replace $__interval variable", func() {
 						So(jBody.GetPath("aggs", "2", "aggs", "1", "avg", "script").MustString(), ShouldEqual, "15000*@hostname")
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/configuration/ConfigEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/configuration/ConfigEditor.tsx
index 328d0696b81..9d6e87e8f72 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/configuration/ConfigEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/configuration/ConfigEditor.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export const ConfigEditor = (props: Props) => {
       jsonData: {
         ...options.jsonData,
         timeField: options.jsonData.timeField || '@timestamp',
-        includeFrozen: options.jsonData.includeFrozen ?? false,
         esVersion,
         maxConcurrentShardRequests:
           options.jsonData.maxConcurrentShardRequests || defaultMaxConcurrentShardRequests(esVersion),
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/configuration/ElasticDetails.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/configuration/ElasticDetails.tsx
index 7cf35144874..2c26f3007db 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/configuration/ElasticDetails.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/configuration/ElasticDetails.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { EventsWithValidation, regexValidation, LegacyForms } from '@grafana/ui';
-const { Select, Input, FormField, Switch } = LegacyForms;
+const { Select, Input, FormField } = LegacyForms;
 import { ElasticsearchOptions } from '../types';
-import { DataSourceSettings, onUpdateDatasourceJsonDataOptionChecked, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataSourceSettings, SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
 
 const indexPatternTypes = [
   { label: 'No pattern', value: 'none' },
@@ -144,29 +144,11 @@ export const ElasticDetails = (props: Props) => {
             />
           </div>
         </div>
-        {value.jsonData.esVersion >= 70 && (
-          <div className="gf-form-group">
-            <div className="gf-form-inline">
-              <Switch
-                label="Include Frozen Indices"
-                checked={value.jsonData.includeFrozen ?? false}
-                onChange={onUpdateDatasourceJsonDataOptionChecked(
-                  {
-                    options: value,
-                    onOptionsChange: onChange,
-                  },
-                  'includeFrozen'
-                )}
-              />
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        )}
       </div>
     </>
   );
 };
 
-// TODO: Use change handlers from @grafana/data
 const changeHandler = (
   key: keyof DataSourceSettings<ElasticsearchOptions>,
   value: Props['value'],
@@ -178,7 +160,6 @@ const changeHandler = (
   });
 };
 
-// TODO: Use change handlers from @grafana/data
 const jsonDataChangeHandler = (key: keyof ElasticsearchOptions, value: Props['value'], onChange: Props['onChange']) => (
   event: React.SyntheticEvent<HTMLInputElement | HTMLSelectElement>
 ) => {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.test.ts
index 3c5f5c185fa..4ac588e0fc7 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.test.ts
@@ -864,69 +864,6 @@ describe('ElasticDatasource', function(this: any) {
       expect(typeof JSON.parse(query.split('\n')[1]).query.bool.filter[0].range['@time'].gte).toBe('number');
     });
   });
-
-  describe('getMultiSearchUrl', () => {
-    describe('When esVersion >= 70', () => {
-      it('Should add correct params to URL if "includeFrozen" is enabled', () => {
-        const datasSurce = new ElasticDatasource(
-          {
-            jsonData: {
-              esVersion: 70,
-              includeFrozen: true,
-            },
-          } as DataSourceInstanceSettings<ElasticsearchOptions>,
-          templateSrv,
-          timeSrv
-        );
-
-        expect(datasSurce.getMultiSearchUrl()).toMatch(/ignore_throttled=false/);
-      });
-
-      it('Should NOT add ignore_throttled if "includeFrozen" is disabled', () => {
-        const datasSurce = new ElasticDatasource(
-          {
-            jsonData: {
-              esVersion: 70,
-              includeFrozen: false,
-            },
-          } as DataSourceInstanceSettings<ElasticsearchOptions>,
-          templateSrv,
-          timeSrv
-        );
-
-        expect(datasSurce.getMultiSearchUrl()).not.toMatch(/ignore_throttled=false/);
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('When esVersion <= 70', () => {
-      it('Should NOT add ignore_throttled params regardless of includeFrozen', () => {
-        const datasSurceWithIncludeFrozen = new ElasticDatasource(
-          {
-            jsonData: {
-              esVersion: 60,
-              includeFrozen: true,
-            },
-          } as DataSourceInstanceSettings<ElasticsearchOptions>,
-          templateSrv,
-          timeSrv
-        );
-
-        const datasSurceWithoutIncludeFrozen = new ElasticDatasource(
-          {
-            jsonData: {
-              esVersion: 60,
-              includeFrozen: false,
-            },
-          } as DataSourceInstanceSettings<ElasticsearchOptions>,
-          templateSrv,
-          timeSrv
-        );
-
-        expect(datasSurceWithIncludeFrozen.getMultiSearchUrl()).not.toMatch(/ignore_throttled=false/);
-        expect(datasSurceWithoutIncludeFrozen.getMultiSearchUrl()).not.toMatch(/ignore_throttled=false/);
-      });
-    });
-  });
 });
 
 describe('enhanceDataFrame', () => {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts
index 603c8d07193..7960ba72c5d 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ export class ElasticDatasource extends DataSourceApi<ElasticsearchQuery, Elastic
   logLevelField?: string;
   dataLinks: DataLinkConfig[];
   languageProvider: LanguageProvider;
-  includeFrozen: boolean;
 
   /** @ngInject */
   constructor(
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ export class ElasticDatasource extends DataSourceApi<ElasticsearchQuery, Elastic
     this.logMessageField = settingsData.logMessageField || '';
     this.logLevelField = settingsData.logLevelField || '';
     this.dataLinks = settingsData.dataLinks || [];
-    this.includeFrozen = settingsData.includeFrozen ?? false;
 
     if (this.logMessageField === '') {
       this.logMessageField = undefined;
@@ -561,17 +559,11 @@ export class ElasticDatasource extends DataSourceApi<ElasticsearchQuery, Elastic
   }
 
   getMultiSearchUrl() {
-    const searchParams = new URLSearchParams();
-
     if (this.esVersion >= 70 && this.maxConcurrentShardRequests) {
-      searchParams.append('max_concurrent_shard_requests', '' + this.maxConcurrentShardRequests);
+      return `_msearch?max_concurrent_shard_requests=${this.maxConcurrentShardRequests}`;
     }
 
-    if (this.esVersion >= 70 && this.includeFrozen) {
-      searchParams.append('ignore_throttled', 'false');
-    }
-
-    return (`_msearch?` + searchParams.toString()).replace(/\?+$/, '');
+    return '_msearch';
   }
 
   metricFindQuery(query: any) {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/types.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/types.ts
index af896bc5b6c..ec07da2c737 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/types.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export interface ElasticsearchOptions extends DataSourceJsonData {
   logMessageField?: string;
   logLevelField?: string;
   dataLinks?: DataLinkConfig[];
-  includeFrozen?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ElasticsearchAggregation {