# Legacy index template is ignored
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/legacy-index-template-is-ignored/362246
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [June 30, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/legacy-index-template-is-ignored/362246 "2024-06-30T04:50:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@siakc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/siakc)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/legacy-index-template-is-ignored/362246/1 "2024-06-30T04:50:32Z")
I have a new style index template without any mapping and a legacy one with all the mappings. The matching indices do not inherit mapping from the legacy one. I expected the two templates to merge.
This is a related issue: [Template setting is not honored by the index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/template-setting-is-not-honored-by-the-index/361903)
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### Author:  [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/legacy-index-template-is-ignored/362246/2 "2024-06-30T14:11:37Z")
> [@siakc](#):
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> I expected the two templates to merge.
This won't happen by design, composable template does not merge with legacy template.
If you have a composable template that matchs an index pattern, the legacy template for it will not be used.
You will need to migrate your mappings to a composable template.