diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/elastic_response.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/elastic_response.ts
index e2579b85a16..447fede18ae 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/elastic_response.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/elastic_response.ts
@@ -571,13 +571,6 @@ const createEmptyDataFrame = (
     }).parse = (v: any) => {
       return v || '';
     };
-  } else {
-    series.addField({
-      name: '_source',
-      type: FieldType.string,
-    }).parse = (v: any) => {
-      return JSON.stringify(v, null, 2);
-    };
   }
 
   if (logLevelField) {
@@ -596,6 +589,10 @@ const createEmptyDataFrame = (
     if (fieldNames.includes(propName)) {
       continue;
     }
+    // Do not add _source field as we are showing each _source field in table instead.
+    if (propName === '_source') {
+      continue;
+    }
 
     series.addField({
       name: propName,