diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/request.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/request.go
index 9bfd6d9c4b9..2b8b24c2213 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/request.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/request.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (r *requester) doRequest(stdCtx context.Context, trCtx *transformContext, p
 			if len(r.requestFactories) == 1 {
 				finalResps = append(finalResps, httpResp)
 				p := newPublisher(trCtx, publisher, true, r.log)
-				r.responseProcessors[i].startProcessingSeq(stdCtx, trCtx, finalResps, true, p)
+				r.responseProcessors[i].startProcessing(stdCtx, trCtx, finalResps, true, p)
 				n = p.eventCount()
 				continue
 			}
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (r *requester) doRequest(stdCtx context.Context, trCtx *transformContext, p
 			}
 			// we avoid unnecessary pagination here since chaining is present, thus avoiding any unexpected updates to cursor values
 			p := newPublisher(trCtx, publisher, false, r.log)
-			r.responseProcessors[i].startProcessingSeq(stdCtx, trCtx, finalResps, false, p)
+			r.responseProcessors[i].startProcessing(stdCtx, trCtx, finalResps, false, p)
 			n = p.eventCount()
 		} else {
 			if len(ids) == 0 {
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ func (r *requester) doRequest(stdCtx context.Context, trCtx *transformContext, p
 
 			p := newPublisher(chainTrCtx, publisher, i < len(r.requestFactories), r.log)
 			if rf.isChain {
-				rf.chainResponseProcessor.startProcessingSeq(stdCtx, chainTrCtx, resps, true, p)
+				rf.chainResponseProcessor.startProcessing(stdCtx, chainTrCtx, resps, true, p)
 			} else {
-				r.responseProcessors[i].startProcessingSeq(stdCtx, trCtx, resps, true, p)
+				r.responseProcessors[i].startProcessing(stdCtx, trCtx, resps, true, p)
 			}
 			n += p.eventCount()
 		}
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ func (r *requester) getIdsFromResponses(intermediateResps []*http.Response, repl
 func (r *requester) processRemainingChainEvents(stdCtx context.Context, trCtx *transformContext, publisher inputcursor.Publisher, initialResp []*http.Response, chainIndex int) int {
 	// we start from 0, and skip the 1st event since we have already processed it
 	p := newChainProcessor(r, trCtx, publisher, chainIndex)
-	r.responseProcessors[0].startProcessingSeq(stdCtx, trCtx, initialResp, true, p)
+	r.responseProcessors[0].startProcessing(stdCtx, trCtx, initialResp, true, p)
 	return p.eventCount()
 }
 
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ func (r *requester) processChainPaginationEvents(stdCtx context.Context, trCtx *
 			resps = intermediateResps
 		}
 		p := newPublisher(chainTrCtx, publisher, i < len(r.requestFactories), r.log)
-		rf.chainResponseProcessor.startProcessingSeq(stdCtx, chainTrCtx, resps, true, p)
+		rf.chainResponseProcessor.startProcessing(stdCtx, chainTrCtx, resps, true, p)
 		n += p.eventCount()
 	}
 
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/response.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/response.go
index e744069d272..56ea94e4461 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/response.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/httpjson/response.go
@@ -209,84 +209,6 @@ func (s stream) close() {
 func (rp *responseProcessor) startProcessing(stdCtx context.Context, trCtx *transformContext, resps []*http.Response, paginate bool, ch sendStream) {
 	trCtx.clearIntervalData()
 
-	go func() {
-		defer ch.close()
-		var npages int64
-
-		for i, httpResp := range resps {
-			iter := rp.pagination.newPageIterator(stdCtx, trCtx, httpResp, rp.xmlDetails)
-			for {
-				pageStartTime := time.Now()
-				page, hasNext, err := iter.next()
-				if err != nil {
-					ch.fail(err)
-					return
-				}
-
-				if !hasNext {
-					if i+1 != len(resps) {
-						break
-					}
-					return
-				}
-
-				respTrs := page.asTransformables(rp.log)
-
-				if len(respTrs) == 0 {
-					return
-				}
-
-				// last_response context object is updated here organically
-				trCtx.updateLastResponse(*page)
-				npages = page.page
-
-				rp.log.Debugf("last received page: %#v", trCtx.lastResponse)
-
-				for _, tr := range respTrs {
-					for _, t := range rp.transforms {
-						tr, err = t.run(trCtx, tr)
-						if err != nil {
-							ch.fail(err)
-							return
-						}
-					}
-
-					if rp.split == nil {
-						ch.event(stdCtx, tr.body())
-						rp.log.Debug("no split found: continuing")
-						continue
-					}
-
-					if err := rp.split.run(trCtx, tr, ch); err != nil {
-						switch err { //nolint:errorlint // run never returns a wrapped error.
-						case errEmptyField:
-							// nothing else to send for this page
-							rp.log.Debug("split operation finished")
-						case errEmptyRootField:
-							// root field not found, most likely the response is empty
-							rp.log.Debug(err)
-						default:
-							rp.log.Debug("split operation failed")
-							ch.fail(err)
-							return
-						}
-					}
-				}
-
-				rp.metrics.updatePageExecutionTime(pageStartTime)
-
-				if !paginate {
-					break
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		rp.metrics.updatePagesPerInterval(npages)
-	}()
-}
-
-func (rp *responseProcessor) startProcessingSeq(stdCtx context.Context, trCtx *transformContext, resps []*http.Response, paginate bool, ch sendStream) {
-	trCtx.clearIntervalData()
-
 	defer ch.close()
 	var npages int64