diff --git a/elasticsearch-xpack/lib/elasticsearch/xpack/api/actions/machine_learning/delete_forecast.rb b/elasticsearch-xpack/lib/elasticsearch/xpack/api/actions/machine_learning/delete_forecast.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/elasticsearch-xpack/lib/elasticsearch/xpack/api/actions/machine_learning/delete_forecast.rb
+++ b/elasticsearch-xpack/lib/elasticsearch/xpack/api/actions/machine_learning/delete_forecast.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module Elasticsearch
           def delete_forecast(arguments={})
             raise ArgumentError, "Required argument 'job_id' missing" unless arguments[:job_id]
             method = Elasticsearch::API::HTTP_DELETE
-            path   = "_xpack/ml/anomaly_detectors/#{arguments[:job_id]}/_forecast/#{arguments[:forecast_id]}"
+            path   = "_ml/anomaly_detectors/#{arguments[:job_id]}/_forecast/#{arguments[:forecast_id]}"
 
             valid_params = [
                 :forecast_id,
[XPACK] Account for error when forecast_id is not provided and legacy path is used