diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/search/session.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/search/session.ts
index 43eb9539b16eb..ad3504e756a09 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/search/session.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/search/session.ts
@@ -292,119 +292,5 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         getSessionSecondTime.body.attributes.touched
       );
     });
-
-    it('should sync search ids into not persisted session', async () => {
-      const sessionId = `my-session-${Math.random()}`;
-
-      // run search
-      const searchRes1 = await supertest
-        .post(`/internal/search/ese`)
-        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
-        .send({
-          sessionId,
-          params: {
-            body: {
-              query: {
-                term: {
-                  agent: '1',
-                },
-              },
-            },
-            wait_for_completion_timeout: '1ms',
-          },
-        })
-        .expect(200);
-
-      const { id: id1 } = searchRes1.body;
-
-      // run search
-      const searchRes2 = await supertest
-        .post(`/internal/search/ese`)
-        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
-        .send({
-          sessionId,
-          params: {
-            body: {
-              query: {
-                match_all: {},
-              },
-            },
-            wait_for_completion_timeout: '1ms',
-          },
-        })
-        .expect(200);
-
-      const { id: id2 } = searchRes2.body;
-
-      const resp = await supertest
-        .get(`/internal/session/${sessionId}`)
-        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
-        .expect(200);
-
-      const { appId, name, touched, created, persisted, idMapping } = resp.body.attributes;
-      expect(persisted).to.be(false);
-      expect(name).to.be(undefined);
-      expect(appId).to.be(undefined);
-      expect(touched).not.to.be(undefined);
-      expect(created).not.to.be(undefined);
-
-      const idMappings = Object.values(idMapping).map((value: any) => value.id);
-      expect(idMappings).to.contain(id1);
-      expect(idMappings).to.contain(id2);
-    });
-
-    it('touched time updates when you poll on an search', async () => {
-      const sessionId = `my-session-${Math.random()}`;
-
-      // run search
-      const searchRes1 = await supertest
-        .post(`/internal/search/ese`)
-        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
-        .send({
-          sessionId,
-          params: {
-            body: {
-              query: {
-                term: {
-                  agent: '1',
-                },
-              },
-            },
-            wait_for_completion_timeout: '1ms',
-          },
-        })
-        .expect(200);
-
-      const { id: id1 } = searchRes1.body;
-
-      // it might take the session a moment to be created
-      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
-
-      const getSessionFirstTime = await supertest
-        .get(`/internal/session/${sessionId}`)
-        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
-        .expect(200);
-
-      // poll on search
-      await supertest
-        .post(`/internal/search/ese/${id1}`)
-        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
-        .send({
-          sessionId,
-        })
-        .expect(200);
-
-      const getSessionSecondTime = await supertest
-        .get(`/internal/session/${sessionId}`)
-        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
-        .expect(200);
-
-      expect(getSessionFirstTime.body.attributes.sessionId).to.be.equal(
-        getSessionSecondTime.body.attributes.sessionId
-      );
-      expect(getSessionFirstTime.body.attributes.touched).to.be.lessThan(
-        getSessionSecondTime.body.attributes.touched
-      );
-    });
   });
 }