diff --git a/lib/searchkick/index_options.rb b/lib/searchkick/index_options.rb
index 5f4dfea..629ed8b 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick/index_options.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick/index_options.rb
@@ -288,8 +288,6 @@ module Searchkick
           dynamic_fields["{name}"] = {type: default_type, index: "no"}
         end
 
-        dynamic_fields["{name}"][:ignore_above] = (options[:ignore_above] || 256) unless below22
-
         unless options[:searchable]
           if options[:match] && options[:match] != :word
             dynamic_fields[options[:match]] = {type: default_type, index: "analyzed", analyzer: "searchkick_#{options[:match]}_index"}
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