diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/group1/_discover.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/group1/_discover.ts
index a3cf7b2d29fcf..286a30a6bb227 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/group1/_discover.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/group1/_discover.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     defaultIndex: 'logstash-*',
   };
 
-  describe('discover test', function describeIndexTests() {
+  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/146223
+  describe.skip('discover test', function describeIndexTests() {
     before(async function () {
       log.debug('load kibana index with default index pattern');
       await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');