diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/es_agg_source.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/es_agg_source.js
index a92fe1b076e4f6..967a3c41aec269 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/es_agg_source.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/es_agg_source.js
@@ -57,33 +57,8 @@ export class AbstractESAggSource extends AbstractESSource {
     return this.getMetricFieldForName(name);
   }
 
-  createField({ fieldName, label }) {
-    //if there is a corresponding field with a custom label, use that one.
-    if (!label) {
-      const matchField = this._metricFields.find(field => field.getName() === fieldName);
-      if (matchField) {
-        label = matchField.getLabel();
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (fieldName === COUNT_PROP_NAME) {
-      return new ESAggMetricField({
-        aggType: COUNT_AGG_TYPE,
-        label: label,
-        source: this,
-        origin: this.getOriginForField(),
-      });
-    }
-    //this only works because aggType is a fixed set and does not include the `_of_` string
-    const [aggType, docField] = fieldName.split(AGG_DELIMITER);
-    const esDocField = new ESDocField({ fieldName: docField, source: this });
-    return new ESAggMetricField({
-      label: label,
-      esDocField,
-      aggType,
-      source: this,
-      origin: this.getOriginForField(),
-    });
+  createField() {
+    throw new Error('Cannot create a new field from just a fieldname for an es_agg_source.');
   }
 
   hasMatchingMetricField(fieldName) {