diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index f2750175969..059bbdb1cf6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix azure storage event format. {pull}21845[21845]
 - Fix panic in kubernetes autodiscover related to keystores {issue}21843[21843] {pull}21880[21880]
 - [Kubernetes] Remove redundant dockersock volume mount {pull}22009[22009]
+- Revert change to report `process.memory.rss` as `process.memory.wss` on Windows. {pull}22055[22055]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/system/process/process.go b/metricbeat/module/system/process/process.go
index c99ffaa1123..141a4a3a62d 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/system/process/process.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/system/process/process.go
@@ -150,24 +150,11 @@ func (m *MetricSet) Fetch(r mb.ReporterV2) error {
 			rootFields.Put("process.args", args)
 		}
 
-		// This is a temporary fix until we make these changes global across libbeat
-		// This logic should happen in libbeat getProcessEvent()
-
-		// There's some more Windows memory quirks we need to deal with.
-		// "rss" is a linux concept, but "wss" is a direct match on Windows.
-		// "share" is also unavailable on Windows.
+		// "share" is unavailable on Windows.
 		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 			proc.Delete("memory.share")
 		}
 
-		if m.IsAgent {
-			if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-				if setSize := getAndRemove(proc, "memory.rss"); setSize != nil {
-					proc.Put("memory.wss", setSize)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 		e := mb.Event{
 			RootFields:      rootFields,
 			MetricSetFields: proc,