diff --git a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/xcontent/WatcherXContentParser.java b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/xcontent/WatcherXContentParser.java
index e9524f769fd..fd5bd6a21bd 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/xcontent/WatcherXContentParser.java
+++ b/elasticsearch/x-pack/watcher/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/support/xcontent/WatcherXContentParser.java
@@ -183,11 +183,6 @@ public class WatcherXContentParser implements XContentParser {
         return parser.numberType();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean estimatedNumberType() {
-        return parser.estimatedNumberType();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public short shortValue(boolean coerce) throws IOException {
         return parser.shortValue(coerce);