diff --git a/logstash-core/spec/logstash/pipeline_action/reload_spec.rb b/logstash-core/spec/logstash/pipeline_action/reload_spec.rb
index 0ce5ec0f5d6..5e0f9e171fd 100644
--- a/logstash-core/spec/logstash/pipeline_action/reload_spec.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/spec/logstash/pipeline_action/reload_spec.rb
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
     it "run the new pipeline code" do
       subject.execute(agent, pipelines)
-      expect(pipelines.get_pipeline(pipeline_id).config_hash).to eq(new_pipeline_config.config_hash)
+      expect(pipelines.get_pipeline(pipeline_id).pipeline_config.config_hash).to eq(new_pipeline_config.config_hash)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/execution/AbstractPipelineExt.java b/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/execution/AbstractPipelineExt.java
index a0c4488b779..ec26b9b0735 100644
--- a/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/execution/AbstractPipelineExt.java
+++ b/logstash-core/src/main/java/org/logstash/execution/AbstractPipelineExt.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.nio.file.FileStore;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.time.temporal.TemporalUnit;
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
-import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.jruby.Ruby;
@@ -146,8 +144,6 @@ public class AbstractPipelineExt extends RubyBasicObject {
     @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "serial"})
     private List<SourceWithMetadata> configParts;
 
-    private RubyString configHash;
-
     private transient IRubyObject settings;
 
     private transient IRubyObject pipelineSettings;
@@ -263,11 +259,6 @@ private AbstractPipelineExt initialize(final ThreadContext context,
         pipelineSettings = pipelineConfig;
         configString = (RubyString) pipelineSettings.callMethod(context, "config_string");
         configParts = pipelineSettings.toJava(PipelineConfig.class).getConfigParts();
-        configHash = context.runtime.newString(
-            Hex.encodeHexString(
-                MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA1").digest(configString.getBytes())
-            )
-        );
         settings = pipelineSettings.callMethod(context, "settings");
         final IRubyObject id = getSetting(context, SettingKeyDefinitions.PIPELINE_ID);
         if (id.isNil()) {
@@ -356,11 +347,6 @@ public final RubyString configStr() {
         return configString;
     }
 
-    @JRubyMethod(name = "config_hash")
-    public final RubyString configHash() {
-        return configHash;
-    }
-
     @JRubyMethod(name = "ephemeral_id")
     public final RubyString ephemeralId() {
         return ephemeralId;