diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/elasticsearch/overview.js b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/elasticsearch/overview.js
index 170fe101433b4..951e6ef937b23 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/elasticsearch/overview.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/monitoring/elasticsearch/overview.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
 
-  describe('overview', () => {
+  describe.skip('overview', () => {
     describe('with green platinum cluster', () => {
       const archive = 'monitoring/singlecluster-green-platinum';
       const timeRange = {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/reporting/api/bwc_existing_indexes.js b/x-pack/test/reporting/api/bwc_existing_indexes.js
index 7743e99c03de4..0af9cd8188922 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/reporting/api/bwc_existing_indexes.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/reporting/api/bwc_existing_indexes.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
     let expectedCompletedReportCount;
     let cleanupIndexAlias;
 
-    describe('existing 6_2 index', () => {
+    describe.skip('existing 6_2 index', () => {
       before('load data and add index alias', async () => {
         await reportingAPI.deleteAllReportingIndexes();
         await esArchiver.load('bwc/6_2');
diff --git a/x-pack/test/reporting/api/bwc_generation_urls.js b/x-pack/test/reporting/api/bwc_generation_urls.js
index 6127cbfa2b045..c7ca0ee0a19ca 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/reporting/api/bwc_generation_urls.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/reporting/api/bwc_generation_urls.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
       }).timeout(500000);
     });
 
-    describe('6_2', () => {
+    describe.skip('6_2', () => {
       before(async () => {
         await reportingAPI.deleteAllReportingIndexes();
       });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/reporting/api/usage.js b/x-pack/test/reporting/api/usage.js
index 53f292b7bf706..d9e10eb1f01f9 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/reporting/api/usage.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/reporting/api/usage.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
       });
     });
 
-    describe('usage updated when new jobs are posted', async () => {
+    describe.skip('usage updated when new jobs are posted', async () => {
       it('post jobs', async () => {
         const reportPaths = [];
         reportPaths.push(await reportingAPI.postJob(GenerationUrls.CSV_DISCOVER_KUERY_AND_FILTER_6_3));
diff --git a/x-pack/test/reporting/functional/reporting.js b/x-pack/test/reporting/functional/reporting.js
index 49960679a89c4..cc996d89877f8 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/reporting/functional/reporting.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/reporting/functional/reporting.js
@@ -273,13 +273,13 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
           await expectEnabledGenerateReportButton();
         });
 
-        it('generates a report with data', async () => {
+        it.skip('generates a report with data', async () => {
           await PageObjects.reporting.setTimepickerInDataRange();
           await PageObjects.reporting.openCsvReportingPanel();
           await expectReportCanBeCreated();
         });
 
-        it('generates a report with no data', async () => {
+        it.skip('generates a report with no data', async () => {
           await PageObjects.reporting.setTimepickerInNoDataRange();
           await PageObjects.reporting.openCsvReportingPanel();
           await expectReportCanBeCreated();