diff --git a/backend.tf b/backend.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e14853def66ef58a299c97db6bcc9c911be2a4b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/backend.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-terraform {
-  backend "http" {
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manifests/elastic/main.tf b/manifests/elastic/main.tf
index 3bff0e8fdbfb45f061a19a0a546c878487b58ae6..69c80cc5b8c367e30475ae28a89652094331f40d 100644
--- a/manifests/elastic/main.tf
+++ b/manifests/elastic/main.tf
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 terraform {
+  backend "http" {
+  }
+
   required_providers {
     ec = {
       source  = "elastic/ec"