diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/logstash/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/pipeline_editor.js b/x-pack/plugins/logstash/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/pipeline_editor.js
index 694e50cfe3e36..6cb1f87648da1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/logstash/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/pipeline_editor.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/logstash/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/pipeline_editor.js
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ class PipelineEditorUi extends React.Component {
 
   onPipelineSave = () => {
     const { pipelineService, toastNotifications, intl } = this.props;
-    const { id } = this.state.pipeline;
+    const { id, ...pipelineToStore } = this.state.pipeline;
     return pipelineService
       .savePipeline({
         id,
-        upstreamJSON: this.state.pipeline,
+        upstreamJSON: pipelineToStore,
       })
       .then(() => {
         toastNotifications.addSuccess(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/logstash/server/models/pipeline/pipeline.ts b/x-pack/plugins/logstash/server/models/pipeline/pipeline.ts
index 8ce04c83afdbf..0b7c3888b6f03 100755
--- a/x-pack/plugins/logstash/server/models/pipeline/pipeline.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/logstash/server/models/pipeline/pipeline.ts
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 
 interface PipelineOptions {
   id: string;
-  description: string;
+  description?: string;
   pipeline: string;
   username?: string;
   settings?: Record<string, any>;
 }
 
 interface DownstreamPipeline {
-  description: string;
+  description?: string;
   pipeline: string;
   settings?: Record<string, any>;
 }
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ interface DownstreamPipeline {
  */
 export class Pipeline {
   public readonly id: string;
-  public readonly description: string;
+  public readonly description?: string;
   public readonly username?: string;
   public readonly pipeline: string;
   private readonly settings: Record<string, any>;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/logstash/server/routes/pipeline/save.ts b/x-pack/plugins/logstash/server/routes/pipeline/save.ts
index e484d0e221b6d..755a82e670a2a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/logstash/server/routes/pipeline/save.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/logstash/server/routes/pipeline/save.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ export function registerPipelineSaveRoute(router: IRouter, security?: SecurityPl
           id: schema.string(),
         }),
         body: schema.object({
-          id: schema.string(),
-          description: schema.string(),
+          description: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
           pipeline: schema.string(),
           settings: schema.maybe(schema.object({}, { unknowns: 'allow' })),
         }),
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/logstash/pipeline/delete.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/logstash/pipeline/delete.ts
index 2a8cde85ee3cd..e3d68ef690359 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/logstash/pipeline/delete.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/logstash/pipeline/delete.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         .put('/api/logstash/pipeline/fast_generator')
         .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxx')
         .send({
-          id: 'fast_generator',
           description: 'foobar baz',
           pipeline: 'input { generator {} }\n\n output { stdout {} }',
         })
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/logstash/pipeline/save.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/logstash/pipeline/save.ts
index f44c5e6252d5f..1c2f23e81eafc 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/logstash/pipeline/save.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/logstash/pipeline/save.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         .put('/api/logstash/pipeline/fast_generator')
         .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxx')
         .send({
-          id: 'fast_generator',
           description: 'foobar baz',
           pipeline: 'input { generator {} }\n\n output { stdout {} }',
         })