diff --git a/apmpackage/apm/changelog.yml b/apmpackage/apm/changelog.yml
index 5d1a4d6f414..f2da57a35d1 100644
--- a/apmpackage/apm/changelog.yml
+++ b/apmpackage/apm/changelog.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 - version: generated
   changes:
-    - description: Placeholder
+    - description: Remove unused `processor.name` field
       type: enhancement
-      link: https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/pull/123
+      link: https://github.com/elastic/apm-server/pull/11437
 - version: "8.10.0"
   changes:
     - description: Add permissions to reroute to dedicated datasets for logs, metrics and traces
diff --git a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/app_logs/fields/fields.yml b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/app_logs/fields/fields.yml
index 2593c42a445..2ff10708182 100644
--- a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/app_logs/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/app_logs/fields/fields.yml
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
   type: constant_keyword
   value: log
   description: Processor event.
-- name: processor.name
-  type: constant_keyword
-  value: log
-  description: Processor name.
 - name: service.framework.name
   type: keyword
   index: false
diff --git a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/app_metrics/fields/fields.yml b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/app_metrics/fields/fields.yml
index 392ba1bab23..4cd7e5d9c4c 100644
--- a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/app_metrics/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/app_metrics/fields/fields.yml
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
   type: constant_keyword
   value: metric
   description: Processor event.
-- name: processor.name
-  type: constant_keyword
-  value: metric
-  description: Processor name.
 - name: service.framework.name
   type: keyword
   index: false
diff --git a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/error_logs/fields/fields.yml b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/error_logs/fields/fields.yml
index ac4464dabf4..c24ddc4e677 100644
--- a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/error_logs/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/error_logs/fields/fields.yml
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@
   type: constant_keyword
   value: error
   description: Processor event.
-- name: processor.name
-  type: constant_keyword
-  value: error
-  description: Processor name.
 - name: service.framework.name
   type: keyword
   index: false
diff --git a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/internal_metrics/fields/fields.yml b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/internal_metrics/fields/fields.yml
index c0c9bc4d596..1725e95ce2d 100644
--- a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/internal_metrics/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/internal_metrics/fields/fields.yml
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@
   type: constant_keyword
   value: metric
   description: Processor event.
-- name: processor.name
-  type: constant_keyword
-  value: metric
-  description: Processor name.
 - name: service.framework.name
   type: keyword
   index: false
diff --git a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_destination_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_destination_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
index 9e419875432..9cfb66a71a5 100644
--- a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_destination_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_destination_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
   type: constant_keyword
   value: metric
   description: Processor event.
-- name: processor.name
-  type: constant_keyword
-  value: metric
-  description: Processor name.
 - name: service.target.name
   type: keyword
   description: Target service for which data is collected.
diff --git a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_summary_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_summary_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
index e7f2a5b2999..1e6a410ff5d 100644
--- a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_summary_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_summary_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
   type: constant_keyword
   value: metric
   description: Processor event.
-- name: processor.name
-  type: constant_keyword
-  value: metric
-  description: Processor name.
 - name: service.language.name
   type: keyword
   description: |
diff --git a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_transaction_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_transaction_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
index 9c56ef7336e..9c1b6b071d3 100644
--- a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_transaction_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/service_transaction_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
   type: constant_keyword
   value: metric
   description: Processor event.
-- name: processor.name
-  type: constant_keyword
-  value: metric
-  description: Processor name.
 - name: service.language.name
   type: keyword
   description: |
diff --git a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/traces/fields/fields.yml b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/traces/fields/fields.yml
index 9f2c59cfea0..94ec29db330 100644
--- a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/traces/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/traces/fields/fields.yml
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@
 - name: processor.event
   type: keyword
   description: Processor event, either "transaction" or "span".
-- name: processor.name
-  type: constant_keyword
-  value: transaction
-  description: Processor name.
 - name: service.framework.name
   type: keyword
   index: false
diff --git a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/transaction_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/transaction_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
index aea76cde8c6..0d72a139925 100644
--- a/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/transaction_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
+++ b/apmpackage/apm/data_stream/transaction_interval_metrics/fields/fields.yml
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
   type: constant_keyword
   value: metric
   description: Processor event.
-- name: processor.name
-  type: constant_keyword
-  value: metric
-  description: Processor name.
 - name: service.language.name
   type: keyword
   description: |