diff --git a/test/unit/api/index_patterns/_del.js b/test/unit/api/index_patterns/_del.js
index 6ebcc8be26d8..6bd856566dd6 100644
--- a/test/unit/api/index_patterns/_del.js
+++ b/test/unit/api/index_patterns/_del.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ define(function (require) {
 
       bdd.beforeEach(function () {
         return scenarioManager.reload('emptyKibana').then(function () {
-          return request.post('/kibana/index_patterns').send(createTestData().indexPatternWithMappings);
+          return request.post('/kibana/index_patterns').send(createTestData().indexPatternWithTemplate);
         });
       });