diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/osquery/server/lib/telemetry/receiver.ts b/x-pack/plugins/osquery/server/lib/telemetry/receiver.ts
index 115218b3759583..59280ab342a97b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/osquery/server/lib/telemetry/receiver.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/osquery/server/lib/telemetry/receiver.ts
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ export class TelemetryReceiver {
       throw Error('elasticsearch client is unavailable: cannot retrieve cluster infomation');
     }
 
-    const { body } = await this.esClient.info();
-    return body;
+    return this.esClient.info();
   }
 
   public async fetchLicenseInfo(): Promise<ESLicense | undefined> {
@@ -101,15 +100,13 @@ export class TelemetryReceiver {
     }
 
     try {
-      const ret = (
-        await this.esClient.transport.request({
-          method: 'GET',
-          path: '/_license',
-          querystring: {
-            local: true,
-          },
-        })
-      ).body as Promise<{ license: ESLicense }>;
+      const ret = (await this.esClient.transport.request({
+        method: 'GET',
+        path: '/_license',
+        querystring: {
+          local: true,
+        },
+      })) as { license: ESLicense };
 
       return (await ret).license;
     } catch (err) {