Index: src/plugin/indexer-elastic/src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexwriter/elastic/ElasticIndexWriter.java
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--- src/plugin/indexer-elastic/src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexwriter/elastic/ElasticIndexWriter.java	(revision 1498828)
+++ src/plugin/indexer-elastic/src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexwriter/elastic/ElasticIndexWriter.java	(working copy)
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@
   public void delete(String key) throws IOException {
     try{
       DeleteRequestBuilder builder =  client.prepareDelete();
+      builder.setIndex(defaultIndex);
+      builder.setType("doc");
       builder.setId(key);
       builder.execute().actionGet();
     }catch(ElasticSearchException e)