diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/lib/lib.ts b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/lib/lib.ts
index 9008ff9b33100..ae5ceca74fdd1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/lib/lib.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/lib/lib.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import { DYNAMIC_SETTINGS_DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTES } from '../../constants/settings';
 import { DynamicSettingsAttributes } from '../../runtime_types/settings';
 import { settingsObjectId, umDynamicSettings } from './saved_objects/uptime_settings';
 import { API_URLS } from '../../../common/constants';
-import { UptimeServerSetup } from './adapters';
 
 export type { UMServerLibs } from '../uptime_server';
 
@@ -287,7 +286,3 @@ export function debugESCall({
   }
   console.log(`\n`);
 }
-
-export const isTestUser = (server: UptimeServerSetup) => {
-  return server.config.service?.username === 'localKibanaIntegrationTestsUser';
-};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/routes/uptime_route_wrapper.ts b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/routes/uptime_route_wrapper.ts
index 3e92f73efab10..5beaa563790e8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/routes/uptime_route_wrapper.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/uptime/server/legacy_uptime/routes/uptime_route_wrapper.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import { KibanaResponse } from '@kbn/core-http-router-server-internal';
 import { UMKibanaRouteWrapper } from './types';
-import { isTestUser, UptimeEsClient } from '../lib/lib';
+import { UptimeEsClient } from '../lib/lib';
 
 export const uptimeRouteWrapper: UMKibanaRouteWrapper = (uptimeRoute, server) => ({
   ...uptimeRoute,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const uptimeRouteWrapper: UMKibanaRouteWrapper = (uptimeRoute, server) =>
       {
         request,
         uiSettings: coreContext.uiSettings,
-        isDev: Boolean(server.isDev && !isTestUser(server)),
+        isDev: Boolean(server.isDev),
       }
     );