diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0957e647..a26ed9982 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog Fab Manager
 
+- Fix rake task fablab:es_build_projects_index for ElasticSearch > 1.7
+
 # v2.7.2 2018 November 29
 
 - Allow running the ElasticSearch upgrade script while being root
diff --git a/lib/tasks/fablab.rake b/lib/tasks/fablab.rake
index 34ea66b98..752d5658d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/fablab.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/fablab.rake
@@ -137,12 +137,6 @@ namespace :fablab do
     unless client.indices.exists? index: Project.index_name
       Project.__elasticsearch__.create_index! force: true
     end
-    # delete doctype if exists
-    if client.indices.exists_type? index: Project.index_name, type: Project.document_type
-      client.indices.delete_mapping index: Project.index_name, type: Project.document_type
-    end
-    # create doctype
-    client.indices.put_mapping index: Project.index_name, type: Project.document_type, body: Project.mappings.to_hash
 
     # index requested documents
     if args.id