diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/transform/remove.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/transform/remove.ts
index 02d5dfc64d07d..5b5583a121e5d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/transform/remove.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/transform/remove.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import { SavedObjectsClientContract } from 'kibana/server';
 import { CallESAsCurrentUser, ElasticsearchAssetType, EsAssetReference } from '../../../../types';
 import { PACKAGES_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE } from '../../../../../common/constants';
+import { appContextService } from '../../../app_context';
 
 export const stopTransforms = async (transformIds: string[], callCluster: CallESAsCurrentUser) => {
   for (const transformId of transformIds) {
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export const deleteTransforms = async (
       // get the index the transform
       const transformResponse: {
         count: number;
-        transforms: Array<{
+        transforms?: Array<{
           dest: {
             index: string;
           };
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export const deleteTransforms = async (
       } = await callCluster('transport.request', {
         method: 'GET',
         path: `/_transform/${transformId}`,
+        ignore: [404],
       });
 
       await stopTransforms([transformId], callCluster);
@@ -46,13 +48,17 @@ export const deleteTransforms = async (
         ignore: [404],
       });
 
-      // expect this to be 1
-      for (const transform of transformResponse.transforms) {
-        await callCluster('transport.request', {
-          method: 'DELETE',
-          path: `/${transform?.dest?.index}`,
-          ignore: [404],
-        });
+      if (transformResponse?.transforms) {
+        // expect this to be 1
+        for (const transform of transformResponse.transforms) {
+          await callCluster('transport.request', {
+            method: 'DELETE',
+            path: `/${transform?.dest?.index}`,
+            ignore: [404],
+          });
+        }
+      } else {
+        appContextService.getLogger().warn(`cannot find transform for ${transformId}`);
       }
     })
   );
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/transform/transform.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/transform/transform.test.ts
index 768c6af1d8915..2bf0ad12856f8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/transform/transform.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/elasticsearch/transform/transform.test.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ describe('test transform install', () => {
         {
           method: 'GET',
           path: '/_transform/endpoint.metadata_current-default-0.15.0-dev.0',
+          ignore: [404],
         },
       ],
       [
@@ -446,6 +447,7 @@ describe('test transform install', () => {
         {
           method: 'GET',
           path: '/_transform/endpoint.metadata-current-default-0.15.0-dev.0',
+          ignore: [404],
         },
       ],
       [