diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/index_patterns/index.js b/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/index_patterns/index.js
index e8c75bec374a..559da3a2521e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/index_patterns/index.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/index_patterns/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export default function (server) {
   require('./register_get')(server);
   require('./register_post')(server);
-  require('./register_put')(server);
   require('./register_delete')(server);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/index_patterns/register_put.js b/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/index_patterns/register_put.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 410e6f675f45..000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/index_patterns/register_put.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-const Boom = require('boom');
-const indexPatternSchema = require('../../../lib/schemas/resources/index_pattern_schema');
-const _ = require('lodash');
-const handleESError = require('../../../lib/handle_es_error');
-const { convertToCamelCase } = require('../../../lib/case_conversion');
-
-module.exports = function registerPut(server) {
-  server.route({
-    path: '/api/kibana/index_patterns/{id}',
-    method: 'PUT',
-    config: {
-      validate: {
-        payload: indexPatternSchema.put
-      }
-    },
-    handler: function (req, reply) {
-      const callWithRequest = server.plugins.elasticsearch.callWithRequest;
-      const indexPatternResource = _.cloneDeep(req.payload);
-      const indexPatternId = indexPatternResource.data.id;
-      const indexPattern = convertToCamelCase(indexPatternResource.data.attributes);
-      const included = indexPatternResource.included;
-      indexPattern.fields = JSON.stringify(indexPattern.fields);
-      indexPattern.fieldFormatMap = JSON.stringify(indexPattern.fieldFormatMap);
-
-      if (!_.isEmpty(included)) {
-        return reply(Boom.badRequest('PUT does not support included resource updates'));
-      }
-
-      const params = {
-        index: '.kibana',
-        type: 'index-pattern',
-        id: indexPatternId,
-        body: {
-          doc: indexPattern
-        }
-      };
-      callWithRequest(req, 'update', params)
-      .then(function () {
-        return reply('success');
-      }, function (error) {
-        return reply(handleESError(error));
-      });
-    }
-  });
-};
diff --git a/test/unit/api/index_patterns/_put.js b/test/unit/api/index_patterns/_put.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c2b315c4c5d..000000000000
--- a/test/unit/api/index_patterns/_put.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-define(function (require) {
-  var Promise = require('bluebird');
-  var createTestData = require('intern/dojo/node!../../../unit/api/index_patterns/data');
-  var _ = require('intern/dojo/node!lodash');
-  var expect = require('intern/dojo/node!expect.js');
-
-  return function (bdd, scenarioManager, request) {
-
-    bdd.describe('PUT index_patterns', function putIndexPatterns() {
-
-      bdd.beforeEach(function () {
-        return scenarioManager.reload('emptyKibana').then(function () {
-          return request.post('/kibana/index_patterns').send(createTestData().indexPatternWithTemplate);
-        });
-      });
-
-      bdd.afterEach(function () {
-        return request.del('/kibana/index_patterns/logstash-*?include=template');
-      });
-
-      bdd.it('should return 200 for a successful update', function () {
-        var pattern = createTestData().indexPatternWithTemplate;
-        delete pattern.included;
-        pattern.data.attributes.time_field_name = 'foo';
-        pattern.data.attributes.fields[0].count = 5;
-
-        return request.put('/kibana/index_patterns/logstash-*')
-          .send(pattern)
-          .expect(200)
-          .then(function () {
-            return request.get('/kibana/index_patterns/logstash-*');
-          })
-          .then(function (res) {
-            expect(res.body.data.attributes.time_field_name).to.be('foo');
-            expect(res.body.data.attributes.fields[0].count).to.be(5);
-          });
-      });
-
-      bdd.it('should return 400 if you try to update an included template', function () {
-        return request.put('/kibana/index_patterns/logstash-*')
-          .send(createTestData().indexPatternWithTemplate)
-          .expect(400);
-      });
-
-      bdd.it('should return 400 for an invalid payload', function () {
-        const putTestData = createTestData().indexPatternWithTemplate;
-        delete putTestData.included;
-
-        return Promise.all([
-          request.put('/kibana/index_patterns/logstash-*').expect(400),
-
-          request.put('/kibana/index_patterns/logstash-*')
-            .send({})
-            .expect(400),
-
-          //fields must be an array
-          request.put('/kibana/index_patterns/logstash-*')
-            .send(_.set(putTestData, 'data.attributes.fields', {}))
-            .expect(400),
-
-          // field objects must have a name
-          request.put('/kibana/index_patterns/logstash-*')
-            .send(_.set(putTestData, 'data.attributes.fields', [{count: 0}]))
-            .expect(400)
-        ]);
-      });
-
-      bdd.it('should return 404 for a non-existent id', function () {
-        var pattern = createTestData().indexPatternWithTemplate;
-        pattern.data.id = 'idonotexist';
-        pattern.data.attributes.title = 'idonotexist';
-        delete pattern.included;
-
-        return request.put('/kibana/index_patterns/idonotexist')
-        .send(pattern)
-        .expect(404);
-      });
-
-      bdd.it('should enforce snake_case in the request body', function () {
-        var pattern = createTestData().indexPatternWithTemplate;
-        pattern.data.attributes.timeFieldName = 'foo';
-        delete pattern.data.attributes.time_field_name;
-        delete pattern.included;
-
-        return request.put('/kibana/index_patterns/logstash-*')
-        .send(pattern)
-        .expect(400);
-      });
-
-    });
-
-  };
-});
diff --git a/test/unit/api/index_patterns/index.js b/test/unit/api/index_patterns/index.js
index 85a287ddea60..005af478c14b 100644
--- a/test/unit/api/index_patterns/index.js
+++ b/test/unit/api/index_patterns/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ define(function (require) {
   var expect = require('intern/dojo/node!expect.js');
   var post = require('./_post');
   var get = require('./_get');
-  var put = require('./_put');
   var del = require('./_del');
 
   bdd.describe('index_patterns API', function () {
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ define(function (require) {
 
     get(bdd, scenarioManager, request);
     post(bdd, scenarioManager, request);
-    put(bdd, scenarioManager, request);
     del(bdd, scenarioManager, request);
   });
 });