diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-pr.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-pr.yml
index af697452130fc..8d2a6c8bf9e99 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-pr.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-pr.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ spec:
       description: Runs manually for pull requests
     spec:
       env:
-        ELASTIC_PR_COMMENTS_ENABLED: 'true'
+        PR_COMMENTS_ENABLED: 'true'
         GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED: 'true'
         GITHUB_BUILD_COMMIT_STATUS_CONTEXT: kibana-ci
         GITHUB_STEP_COMMIT_STATUS_ENABLED: 'true'
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/test-failures/annotate.ts b/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/test-failures/annotate.ts
index 89f651f6d9855..39aa2d36b9ddb 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/test-failures/annotate.ts
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-utils/test-failures/annotate.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export const annotateTestFailures = async () => {
 
   buildkite.setAnnotation('test_failures', 'error', getAnnotation(failures, failureHtmlArtifacts));
 
-  if (process.env.ELASTIC_PR_COMMENTS_ENABLED === 'true') {
+  if (process.env.PR_COMMENTS_ENABLED === 'true') {
     buildkite.setMetadata(
       'pr_comment:test_failures:body',
       getPrComment(failures, failureHtmlArtifacts)