diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/cluster/overview/elasticsearch_panel.js b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/cluster/overview/elasticsearch_panel.js
index 7e85d62c4bbd6..ded309ce64e2e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/cluster/overview/elasticsearch_panel.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/public/components/cluster/overview/elasticsearch_panel.js
@@ -230,6 +230,46 @@ export function ElasticsearchPanel(props) {
     return null;
   };
 
+  const showLicense = () => {
+    if (!props.showLicenseExpiration) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return (
+      <Fragment>
+        <EuiDescriptionListTitle className="eui-textBreakWord">
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="xpack.monitoring.cluster.overview.esPanel.licenseLabel"
+            defaultMessage="License"
+          />
+        </EuiDescriptionListTitle>
+        <EuiDescriptionListDescription data-test-subj="esLicenseType">
+          <EuiFlexGroup direction="column" gutterSize="xs">
+            <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+              <EuiLink href={getSafeForExternalLink('#/license')}>
+                {capitalize(props.license.type)}
+              </EuiLink>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+              <EuiText size="s">
+                {props.license.expiry_date_in_millis === undefined ? (
+                  ''
+                ) : (
+                  <FormattedMessage
+                    id="xpack.monitoring.cluster.overview.esPanel.expireDateText"
+                    defaultMessage="expires on {expiryDate}"
+                    values={{
+                      expiryDate: formatDateLocal(props.license.expiry_date_in_millis),
+                    }}
+                  />
+                )}
+              </EuiText>
+            </EuiFlexItem>
+          </EuiFlexGroup>
+        </EuiDescriptionListDescription>
+      </Fragment>
+    );
+  };
+
   const statusColorMap = {
     green: 'success',
     yellow: 'warning',
@@ -325,36 +365,7 @@ export function ElasticsearchPanel(props) {
                 {formatNumber(get(nodes, 'jvm.max_uptime_in_millis'), 'time_since')}
               </EuiDescriptionListDescription>
               {showMlJobs()}
-              <EuiDescriptionListTitle className="eui-textBreakWord">
-                <FormattedMessage
-                  id="xpack.monitoring.cluster.overview.esPanel.licenseLabel"
-                  defaultMessage="License"
-                />
-              </EuiDescriptionListTitle>
-              <EuiDescriptionListDescription data-test-subj="esLicenseType">
-                <EuiFlexGroup direction="column" gutterSize="xs">
-                  <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-                    <EuiLink href={getSafeForExternalLink('#/license')}>
-                      {capitalize(props.license.type)}
-                    </EuiLink>
-                  </EuiFlexItem>
-                  <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-                    <EuiText size="s">
-                      {props.license.expiry_date_in_millis === undefined ? (
-                        ''
-                      ) : (
-                        <FormattedMessage
-                          id="xpack.monitoring.cluster.overview.esPanel.expireDateText"
-                          defaultMessage="expires on {expiryDate}"
-                          values={{
-                            expiryDate: formatDateLocal(props.license.expiry_date_in_millis),
-                          }}
-                        />
-                      )}
-                    </EuiText>
-                  </EuiFlexItem>
-                </EuiFlexGroup>
-              </EuiDescriptionListDescription>
+              {showLicense()}
             </EuiDescriptionList>
           </EuiPanel>
         </EuiFlexItem>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/license_expiration_alert.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/license_expiration_alert.test.ts
index 74c300d971898..b82b4c235acba 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/license_expiration_alert.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/license_expiration_alert.test.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ describe('LicenseExpirationAlert', () => {
     const monitoringCluster = null;
     const config = {
       ui: {
+        show_license_expiration: true,
         ccs: { enabled: true },
         container: { elasticsearch: { enabled: false } },
         metricbeat: { index: 'metricbeat-*' },
@@ -282,5 +283,32 @@ describe('LicenseExpirationAlert', () => {
         state: 'resolved',
       });
     });
+
+    it('should not fire actions if we are not showing license expiration', async () => {
+      const alert = new LicenseExpirationAlert();
+      const customConfig = {
+        ...config,
+        ui: {
+          ...config.ui,
+          show_license_expiration: false,
+        },
+      };
+      alert.initializeAlertType(
+        getUiSettingsService as any,
+        monitoringCluster as any,
+        getLogger as any,
+        customConfig as any,
+        kibanaUrl,
+        false
+      );
+      const type = alert.getAlertType();
+      await type.executor({
+        ...executorOptions,
+        // @ts-ignore
+        params: alert.defaultParams,
+      } as any);
+      expect(replaceState).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith({});
+      expect(scheduleActions).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/license_expiration_alert.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/license_expiration_alert.ts
index 00846e9cf7599..9692d95bfc6fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/license_expiration_alert.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/alerts/license_expiration_alert.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   LegacyAlert,
   CommonAlertParams,
 } from '../../common/types/alerts';
-import { AlertInstance } from '../../../alerts/server';
+import { AlertExecutorOptions, AlertInstance } from '../../../alerts/server';
 import {
   INDEX_ALERTS,
   ALERT_LICENSE_EXPIRATION,
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ export class LicenseExpirationAlert extends BaseAlert {
     AlertingDefaults.ALERT_TYPE.context.actionPlain,
   ];
 
+  protected async execute(options: AlertExecutorOptions): Promise<any> {
+    if (!this.config.ui.show_license_expiration) {
+      return;
+    }
+    return await super.execute(options);
+  }
+
   protected async fetchData(
     params: CommonAlertParams,
     callCluster: any,