diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/hooks/use_find_maintenance_windows.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/hooks/use_find_maintenance_windows.test.tsx
index cdd188af84f8b..2080b9ff39d43 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/hooks/use_find_maintenance_windows.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/hooks/use_find_maintenance_windows.test.tsx
@@ -53,4 +53,12 @@ describe('useFindMaintenanceWindows', () => {
       expect(mockAddDanger).toBeCalledWith('Unable to load maintenance windows.')
     );
   });
+
+  it('should not try to find maintenance windows if not enabled', async () => {
+    renderHook(() => useFindMaintenanceWindows({ enabled: false }), {
+      wrapper: appMockRenderer.AppWrapper,
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(findMaintenanceWindows).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0));
+  });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/hooks/use_find_maintenance_windows.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/hooks/use_find_maintenance_windows.ts
index 10b7f3402aca1..ab36720e893a5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/hooks/use_find_maintenance_windows.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/hooks/use_find_maintenance_windows.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { useKibana } from '../utils/kibana_react';
 import { findMaintenanceWindows } from '../services/maintenance_windows_api/find';
 
-export const useFindMaintenanceWindows = () => {
+interface UseFindMaintenanceWindowsProps {
+  enabled?: boolean;
+}
+
+export const useFindMaintenanceWindows = (props?: UseFindMaintenanceWindowsProps) => {
+  const { enabled = true } = props || {};
+
   const {
     http,
     notifications: { toasts },
@@ -32,6 +38,7 @@ export const useFindMaintenanceWindows = () => {
 
   const {
     isLoading,
+    isFetching,
     data = [],
     refetch,
   } = useQuery({
@@ -41,11 +48,12 @@ export const useFindMaintenanceWindows = () => {
     refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
     retry: false,
     cacheTime: 0,
+    enabled,
   });
 
   return {
     maintenanceWindows: data,
-    isLoading,
+    isLoading: enabled && (isLoading || isFetching),
     refetch,
   };
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/pages/maintenance_windows/components/license_prompt.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/pages/maintenance_windows/components/license_prompt.tsx
index 4d1b0588fda4a..c7c6a41cf7e93 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/pages/maintenance_windows/components/license_prompt.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/pages/maintenance_windows/components/license_prompt.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ export const LicensePrompt = React.memo(() => {
                 >
                   {i18n.UPGRADE_SUBSCRIPTION}
                 </EuiButtonEmpty>
-                ,
               </EuiFlexItem>
               <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
                 <EuiButton
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ export const LicensePrompt = React.memo(() => {
                 >
                   {i18n.START_TRIAL}
                 </EuiButton>
-                ,
               </EuiFlexItem>
             </EuiFlexGroup>
           </EuiFlexItem>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/pages/maintenance_windows/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/pages/maintenance_windows/index.tsx
index 5eae620c5a3e5..052fe5d271ec5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/pages/maintenance_windows/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/public/pages/maintenance_windows/index.tsx
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ export const MaintenanceWindowsPage = React.memo(() => {
     docLinks,
   } = useKibana().services;
   const { isAtLeastPlatinum } = useLicense();
+  const hasLicense = isAtLeastPlatinum();
 
   const { navigateToCreateMaintenanceWindow } = useCreateMaintenanceWindowNavigation();
 
-  const { isLoading, maintenanceWindows, refetch } = useFindMaintenanceWindows();
+  const { isLoading, maintenanceWindows, refetch } = useFindMaintenanceWindows({
+    enabled: hasLicense,
+  });
 
   useBreadcrumbs(AlertingDeepLinkId.maintenanceWindows);
 
@@ -56,7 +59,6 @@ export const MaintenanceWindowsPage = React.memo(() => {
     maintenanceWindows.length === 0 &&
     showWindowMaintenance &&
     writeWindowMaintenance;
-  const hasLicense = isAtLeastPlatinum();
 
   const readOnly = showWindowMaintenance && !writeWindowMaintenance;