diff --git a/docs/reference/setup/important-settings/path-settings.asciidoc b/docs/reference/setup/important-settings/path-settings.asciidoc
index abd0d668fca71..0b46a35db7262 100644
--- a/docs/reference/setup/important-settings/path-settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/setup/important-settings/path-settings.asciidoc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ deletion during an upgrade.
 
 In production, we strongly recommend you set the `path.data` and `path.logs` in
 `elasticsearch.yml` to locations outside of `$ES_HOME`. <<docker,Docker>>,
-<<deb,Debian>>, <<rpm,RPM>>, and <<brew,macOS Homebrew>> installations write
+<<deb,Debian>>, and <<rpm,RPM>> installations write
 data and log to locations outside of `$ES_HOME` by default.
 
 Supported `path.data` and `path.logs` values vary by platform:
diff --git a/docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc b/docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc
index 5c5ea379bd8fb..89d5afe1b6c86 100644
--- a/docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/setup/install.asciidoc
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ downloaded from the Elastic Docker Registry.
 +
 {ref}/docker.html[Install {es} with Docker]
 
-`brew`::
-
-Formulae are available from the Elastic Homebrew tap for installing
-{es} on macOS with the Homebrew package manager.
-+
-{ref}/brew.html[Install {es} on macOS with Homebrew]
-
 include::install/targz.asciidoc[]
 
 include::install/zip-windows.asciidoc[]
@@ -63,5 +56,3 @@ include::install/deb.asciidoc[]
 include::install/rpm.asciidoc[]
 
 include::install/docker.asciidoc[]
-
-include::install/brew.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/docs/reference/setup/install/brew.asciidoc b/docs/reference/setup/install/brew.asciidoc
deleted file mode 100644
index 802667d65725e..0000000000000
--- a/docs/reference/setup/install/brew.asciidoc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-[[brew]]
-=== Install {es} on macOS with Homebrew
-
-Elastic publishes Homebrew formulae so you can install {es} with the
-https://brew.sh/[Homebrew] package manager.
-
-To install with Homebrew, you first need to tap the
-Elastic Homebrew repository:
-
-[source,sh]
--------------------------
-brew tap elastic/tap
--------------------------
-
-Once you've tapped the Elastic Homebrew repo, you can use `brew install` to
-install the **latest version** of {es}:
-
-[source,sh]
--------------------------
-brew install elastic/tap/elasticsearch-full
--------------------------
-
-[[brew-layout]]
-==== Directory layout for Homebrew installs
-
-When you install {es} with `brew install` the config files, logs,
-and data directory are stored in the following locations.
-
-[cols="<h,<,<m,<m",options="header",]
-|=======================================================================
-| Type | Description | Default Location | Setting
-| home
-  | Elasticsearch home directory or `$ES_HOME`
-  | /usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/elasticsearch-full
- d|
-
-| bin
-  | Binary scripts including `elasticsearch` to start a node
-    and `elasticsearch-plugin` to install plugins
-  | /usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/elasticsearch-full/bin
- d|
-
-| conf
-  | Configuration files including `elasticsearch.yml`
-  | /usr/local/etc/elasticsearch
-  | <<config-files-location,ES_PATH_CONF>>
-
-| data
-  | The location of the data files of each index / shard allocated
-    on the node.
-  | /usr/local/var/lib/elasticsearch
-  | path.data
-
-| logs
-  | Log files location.
-  | /usr/local/var/log/elasticsearch
-  | path.logs
-
-| plugins
-  | Plugin files location. Each plugin will be contained in a subdirectory.
-  | /usr/local/var/homebrew/linked/elasticsearch/plugins
-  |
-
-|=======================================================================
-
-include::next-steps.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/docs/reference/tab-widgets/logging-widget.asciidoc b/docs/reference/tab-widgets/logging-widget.asciidoc
index 41429e98c16cf..b08b8a5b05794 100644
--- a/docs/reference/tab-widgets/logging-widget.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/tab-widgets/logging-widget.asciidoc
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@
             tabindex="-1">
       macOS
     </button>
-    <button role="tab"
-            aria-selected="false"
-            aria-controls="brew-tab-logs"
-            id="brew-logs"
-            tabindex="-1">
-      Brew
-    </button>
     <button role="tab"
             aria-selected="false"
             aria-controls="linux-tab-logs"
@@ -90,17 +83,6 @@ include::logging.asciidoc[tag=rpm]
 
 include::logging.asciidoc[tag=mac]
 
-++++
-  </div>
-  <div tabindex="0"
-       role="tabpanel"
-       id="brew-tab-logs"
-       aria-labelledby="brew-logs"
-       hidden="">
-++++
-
-include::logging.asciidoc[tag=brew]
-
 ++++
   </div>
   <div tabindex="0"
@@ -126,4 +108,4 @@ include::logging.asciidoc[tag=win-zip]
 ++++
   </div>
 </div>
-++++
\ No newline at end of file
+++++
diff --git a/docs/reference/tab-widgets/logging.asciidoc b/docs/reference/tab-widgets/logging.asciidoc
index 0645bc3d5afb2..4da2b5b624dd7 100644
--- a/docs/reference/tab-widgets/logging.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/tab-widgets/logging.asciidoc
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ recommend you set `path.logs` to a location outside of `$ES_HOME`.
 See <<path-settings>>.
 // end::mac[]
 
-// tag::brew[]
-For <<brew,macOS Homebrew>> installations, {es} writes logs to
-`/usr/local/var/log/elasticsearch`.
-// end::brew[]
-
 // tag::linux[]
 For <<targz,Linux `.tar.gz`>> installations, {es} writes logs to
 `$ES_HOME/logs`.