diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/model_management/model_list.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/model_management/model_list.ts
index c8b0e76a2071..7d3cf599558f 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/model_management/model_list.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/model_management/model_list.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
     id: model.name,
   }));
 
-  describe('trained models', function () {
+  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/165084
+  describe.skip('trained models', function () {
     // 'Created at' will be different on each run,
     // so we will just assert that the value is in the expected timestamp format.
     const builtInModelData = {