diff --git a/filebeat/beater/crawler.go b/filebeat/beater/crawler.go
index ede58e25bcf..60b4ff0609e 100644
--- a/filebeat/beater/crawler.go
+++ b/filebeat/beater/crawler.go
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/filebeat/channel"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure"
+
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/filebeat/input"
-	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/filebeat/input/file"
-	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/filebeat/registrar"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/beat"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cfgfile"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common"
@@ -32,9 +31,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 type crawler struct {
-	inputs          map[uint64]*input.Runner
+	log             *logp.Logger
+	inputs          map[uint64]cfgfile.Runner
 	inputConfigs    []*common.Config
-	out             channel.Factory
 	wg              sync.WaitGroup
 	inputsFactory   cfgfile.RunnerFactory
 	modulesFactory  cfgfile.RunnerFactory
@@ -46,14 +45,13 @@ type crawler struct {
 
 func newCrawler(
 	inputFactory, module cfgfile.RunnerFactory,
-	out channel.Factory,
 	inputConfigs []*common.Config,
 	beatDone chan struct{},
 	once bool,
 ) (*crawler, error) {
 	return &crawler{
-		out:            out,
-		inputs:         map[uint64]*input.Runner{},
+		log:            logp.NewLogger("crawler"),
+		inputs:         map[uint64]cfgfile.Runner{},
 		inputsFactory:  inputFactory,
 		modulesFactory: module,
 		inputConfigs:   inputConfigs,
@@ -65,16 +63,16 @@ func newCrawler(
 // Start starts the crawler with all inputs
 func (c *crawler) Start(
 	pipeline beat.Pipeline,
-	r *registrar.Registrar,
 	configInputs *common.Config,
 	configModules *common.Config,
 ) error {
+	log := c.log
 
-	logp.Info("Loading Inputs: %v", len(c.inputConfigs))
+	log.Infof("Loading Inputs: %v", len(c.inputConfigs))
 
 	// Prospect the globs/paths given on the command line and launch harvesters
 	for _, inputConfig := range c.inputConfigs {
-		err := c.startInput(pipeline, inputConfig, r.GetStates())
+		err := c.startInput(pipeline, inputConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("starting input failed: %+v", err)
 		}
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ func (c *crawler) Start(
 		}()
 	}
 
-	logp.Info("Loading and starting Inputs completed. Enabled inputs: %v", len(c.inputs))
+	log.Infof("Loading and starting Inputs completed. Enabled inputs: %v", len(c.inputs))
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -115,26 +113,33 @@ func (c *crawler) Start(
 func (c *crawler) startInput(
 	pipeline beat.Pipeline,
 	config *common.Config,
-	states []file.State,
 ) error {
 	if !config.Enabled() {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	connector := c.out(pipeline)
-	p, err := input.New(config, connector, c.beatDone, states, nil)
+	var h map[string]interface{}
+	config.Unpack(&h)
+	id, err := hashstructure.Hash(h, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error while initializing input: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("can not compute id from configuration: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, ok := c.inputs[id]; ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("input with same ID already exists: %v", id)
 	}
-	p.Once = c.once
 
-	if _, ok := c.inputs[p.ID]; ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Input with same ID already exists: %d", p.ID)
+	runner, err := c.inputsFactory.Create(pipeline, config, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error while initializing input: %+v", err)
+	}
+	if inputRunner, ok := runner.(*input.Runner); ok {
+		inputRunner.Once = c.once
 	}
 
-	c.inputs[p.ID] = p
+	c.inputs[id] = runner
 
-	p.Start()
+	c.log.Info("Starting input (ID: %d)", id)
+	runner.Start()
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -151,9 +156,13 @@ func (c *crawler) Stop() {
 	}
 
 	logp.Info("Stopping %v inputs", len(c.inputs))
-	for _, p := range c.inputs {
-		// Stop inputs in parallel
-		asyncWaitStop(p.Stop)
+	// Stop inputs in parallel
+	for id, p := range c.inputs {
+		id, p := id, p
+		asyncWaitStop(func() {
+			c.log.Infof("Stopping input: %d", id)
+			p.Stop()
+		})
 	}
 
 	if c.inputReloader != nil {
diff --git a/filebeat/beater/filebeat.go b/filebeat/beater/filebeat.go
index 226646150e4..c339c0a6cc0 100644
--- a/filebeat/beater/filebeat.go
+++ b/filebeat/beater/filebeat.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func (fb *Filebeat) Run(b *beat.Beat) error {
 	inputLoader := input.NewRunnerFactory(pipelineConnector, registrar, fb.done)
 	moduleLoader := fileset.NewFactory(inputLoader, b.Info, pipelineLoaderFactory, config.OverwritePipelines)
 
-	crawler, err := newCrawler(inputLoader, moduleLoader, pipelineConnector, config.Inputs, fb.done, *once)
+	crawler, err := newCrawler(inputLoader, moduleLoader, config.Inputs, fb.done, *once)
 	if err != nil {
 		logp.Err("Could not init crawler: %v", err)
 		return err
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func (fb *Filebeat) Run(b *beat.Beat) error {
 		logp.Debug("modules", "Existing Ingest pipelines will be updated")
 	}
 
-	err = crawler.Start(b.Publisher, registrar, config.ConfigInput, config.ConfigModules)
+	err = crawler.Start(b.Publisher, config.ConfigInput, config.ConfigModules)
 	if err != nil {
 		crawler.Stop()
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to start crawler: %+v", err)
diff --git a/filebeat/input/input.go b/filebeat/input/input.go
index 06e62e03555..f488fb1ec87 100644
--- a/filebeat/input/input.go
+++ b/filebeat/input/input.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/mitchellh/hashstructure"
-
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/filebeat/channel"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/filebeat/input/file"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common"
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ type Runner struct {
 	input    Input
 	done     chan struct{}
 	wg       *sync.WaitGroup
-	ID       uint64
 	Once     bool
 	beatDone chan struct{}
 }
@@ -78,13 +75,6 @@ func New(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	var h map[string]interface{}
-	conf.Unpack(&h)
-	input.ID, err = hashstructure.Hash(h, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	var f Factory
 	f, err = GetFactory(input.config.Type)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -111,7 +101,6 @@ func New(
 // Start starts the input
 func (p *Runner) Start() {
 	p.wg.Add(1)
-	logp.Info("Starting input of type: %v; ID: %d ", p.config.Type, p.ID)
 
 	onceWg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 	if p.Once {
@@ -164,8 +153,6 @@ func (p *Runner) Stop() {
 }
 
 func (p *Runner) stop() {
-	logp.Info("Stopping Input: %d", p.ID)
-
 	// In case of once, it will be waited until harvesters close itself
 	if p.Once {
 		p.input.Wait()
@@ -175,5 +162,5 @@ func (p *Runner) stop() {
 }
 
 func (p *Runner) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("input [type=%s, ID=%d]", p.config.Type, p.ID)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("input [type=%s]", p.config.Type)
 }
diff --git a/filebeat/tests/system/test_registrar.py b/filebeat/tests/system/test_registrar.py
index d5e9027fc9c..449f22da937 100644
--- a/filebeat/tests/system/test_registrar.py
+++ b/filebeat/tests/system/test_registrar.py
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ def test_restart_state_reset(self):
         # Wait until inputs are started
         self.wait_until(
             lambda: self.log_contains_count(
-                "Starting input of type: log", logfile="filebeat2.log") >= 1,
+                "Starting input", logfile="filebeat2.log") >= 1,
             max_timeout=10)
 
         filebeat.check_kill_and_wait()