diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/scripts/create-functional-tests-archive/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/scripts/create-functional-tests-archive/index.ts
index cbd63262bd08d..723ff03dc4995 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/scripts/create-functional-tests-archive/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/scripts/create-functional-tests-archive/index.ts
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ async function run() {
     },
   };
 
-  const archivesDir = path.join(__dirname, '.archives');
   const root = path.join(__dirname, '../../../../..');
+  const commonDir = path.join(root, 'x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common');
+  const archivesDir = path.join(commonDir, 'fixtures/es_archiver');
 
   // create the archive
 
@@ -98,67 +99,30 @@ async function run() {
     }
   );
 
-  const targetDirs = ['trial', 'basic'];
-
-  // copy the archives to the test fixtures
-
-  await Promise.all(
-    targetDirs.map(async (target) => {
-      const targetPath = path.resolve(
-        __dirname,
-        '../../../../test/apm_api_integration/',
-        target
-      );
-      const targetArchivesPath = path.resolve(
-        targetPath,
-        'fixtures/es_archiver',
-        archiveName
-      );
-
-      if (!fs.existsSync(targetArchivesPath)) {
-        fs.mkdirSync(targetArchivesPath);
-      }
-
-      fs.copyFileSync(
-        path.join(archivesDir, archiveName, 'data.json.gz'),
-        path.join(targetArchivesPath, 'data.json.gz')
-      );
-      fs.copyFileSync(
-        path.join(archivesDir, archiveName, 'mappings.json'),
-        path.join(targetArchivesPath, 'mappings.json')
-      );
-
-      const currentConfig = {};
-
-      // get the current metadata and extend/override metadata for the new archive
-      const configFilePath = path.join(targetPath, 'archives_metadata.ts');
-
-      try {
-        Object.assign(currentConfig, (await import(configFilePath)).default);
-      } catch (error) {
-        // do nothing
-      }
-
-      const newConfig = {
-        ...currentConfig,
-        [archiveName]: {
-          start: gte,
-          end: lt,
-        },
-      };
-
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        configFilePath,
-        `export default ${JSON.stringify(newConfig, null, 2)}`,
-        { encoding: 'utf-8' }
-      );
-    })
-  );
+  const currentConfig = {};
+
+  // get the current metadata and extend/override metadata for the new archive
+  const configFilePath = path.join(commonDir, 'archives_metadata.ts');
+
+  try {
+    Object.assign(currentConfig, (await import(configFilePath)).default);
+  } catch (error) {
+    // do nothing
+  }
 
-  fs.unlinkSync(path.join(archivesDir, archiveName, 'data.json.gz'));
-  fs.unlinkSync(path.join(archivesDir, archiveName, 'mappings.json'));
-  fs.rmdirSync(path.join(archivesDir, archiveName));
-  fs.rmdirSync(archivesDir);
+  const newConfig = {
+    ...currentConfig,
+    [archiveName]: {
+      start: gte,
+      end: lt,
+    },
+  };
+
+  fs.writeFileSync(
+    configFilePath,
+    `export default ${JSON.stringify(newConfig, null, 2)}`,
+    { encoding: 'utf-8' }
+  );
 
   // run ESLint on the generated metadata files
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/tests/services/agent_name.ts b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/tests/services/agent_name.ts
index 7cff4974916a6..e4cceca573ce8 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/tests/services/agent_name.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/tests/services/agent_name.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../../common/ftr_provider_context';
-import archives from '../../archives_metadata';
+import archives from '../../../common/archives_metadata';
 
 export default function ApiTest({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
diff --git a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/archives_metadata.ts b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/archives_metadata.ts
similarity index 78%
rename from x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/archives_metadata.ts
rename to x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/archives_metadata.ts
index f3228176db8d6..38dde685dd3f4 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/basic/archives_metadata.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/archives_metadata.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 export default {
   'apm_8.0.0': {
-    start: '2020-09-09T06:11:22.998Z',
-    end: '2020-09-09T06:41:22.998Z',
+    start: '2020-09-10T08:07:13.274Z',
+    end: '2020-09-10T08:37:13.274Z',
   },
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/fixtures/es_archiver/apm_8.0.0/data.json.gz b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/fixtures/es_archiver/apm_8.0.0/data.json.gz
index 27a90e49cca42..34b673790ec01 100644
Binary files a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/fixtures/es_archiver/apm_8.0.0/data.json.gz and b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/fixtures/es_archiver/apm_8.0.0/data.json.gz differ
diff --git a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/fixtures/es_archiver/apm_8.0.0/mappings.json b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/fixtures/es_archiver/apm_8.0.0/mappings.json
index 231cd2bbc1907..5171ea03fb49f 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/fixtures/es_archiver/apm_8.0.0/mappings.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/common/fixtures/es_archiver/apm_8.0.0/mappings.json
@@ -62937,6 +62937,14 @@
                       "scaling_factor": 1000000,
                       "type": "scaled_float"
                     },
+                    "firstContentfulPaint": {
+                      "scaling_factor": 1000000,
+                      "type": "scaled_float"
+                    },
+                    "largestContentfulPaint": {
+                      "scaling_factor": 1000000,
+                      "type": "scaled_float"
+                    },
                     "timeToFirstByte": {
                       "scaling_factor": 1000000,
                       "type": "scaled_float"
diff --git a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/trial/archives_metadata.ts b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/trial/archives_metadata.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f3228176db8d6..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/trial/archives_metadata.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
- */
-
-export default {
-  'apm_8.0.0': {
-    start: '2020-09-09T06:11:22.998Z',
-    end: '2020-09-09T06:41:22.998Z',
-  },
-};