diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.test.ts
index 288d528c722bf..d4f179c5c9359 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.test.ts
@@ -280,9 +280,7 @@ describe('ContentStream', () => {
     });
 
     it('should split raw data into chunks', async () => {
-      client.cluster.getSettings.mockResponseOnce(
-        set<any>({}, 'defaults.http.max_content_length', 1028)
-      );
+      stream.chunkSize = 2;
       stream.end('123456');
       await new Promise((resolve) => stream.once('finish', resolve));
 
@@ -322,9 +320,7 @@ describe('ContentStream', () => {
     });
 
     it('should encode every chunk separately', async () => {
-      client.cluster.getSettings.mockResponseOnce(
-        set<any>({}, 'defaults.http.max_content_length', 1028)
-      );
+      base64Stream.chunkSize = 3;
       base64Stream.end('12345678');
       await new Promise((resolve) => base64Stream.once('finish', resolve));
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.ts
index 0be61705d84b5..17362516d2c9d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/content_stream.ts
@@ -5,22 +5,15 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { defaults, get } from 'lodash';
 import { Duplex } from 'stream';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
 
 import type * as estypes from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/typesWithBodyKey';
-import { ByteSizeValue } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import type { ElasticsearchClient, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import type { ReportSource } from '@kbn/reporting-common/types';
 import type { ReportingCore } from '..';
 
-/**
- * @note The Elasticsearch `http.max_content_length` is including the whole POST body.
- * But the update/index request also contains JSON-serialized query parameters.
- * 1Kb span should be enough for that.
- */
-const REQUEST_SPAN_SIZE_IN_BYTES = 1024;
+const ONE_MB = 1024 * 1024;
 
 type Callback = (error?: Error) => void;
 type SearchRequest = estypes.SearchRequest;
@@ -52,21 +45,6 @@ interface ContentStreamParameters {
 }
 
 export class ContentStream extends Duplex {
-  /**
-   * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#Output_padding
-   */
-  private static getMaxBase64EncodedSize(max: number) {
-    return Math.floor(max / 4) * 3;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @note Raw data might be escaped during JSON serialization.
-   * In the worst-case, every character is escaped, so the max raw data length is twice less.
-   */
-  private static getMaxJsonEscapedSize(max: number) {
-    return Math.floor(max / 2);
-  }
-
   private buffers: Buffer[] = [];
   private bytesBuffered = 0;
 
@@ -74,7 +52,6 @@ export class ContentStream extends Duplex {
   private chunksRead = 0;
   private chunksWritten = 0;
   private jobSize?: number;
-  private maxChunkSize?: number;
   private parameters: Required<ContentStreamParameters>;
   private primaryTerm?: number;
   private seqNo?: number;
@@ -85,6 +62,14 @@ export class ContentStream extends Duplex {
    */
   bytesWritten = 0;
 
+  /**
+   * The chunking size of reporting files. Larger CSV files will be split into
+   * multiple documents, where the stream is chunked into pieces of approximately
+   * this size. The actual document size will be slightly larger due to Base64
+   * encoding and JSON metadata.
+   */
+  chunkSize = 4 * ONE_MB;
+
   constructor(
     private client: ElasticsearchClient,
     private logger: Logger,
@@ -103,30 +88,6 @@ export class ContentStream extends Duplex {
     return buffer.toString(this.parameters.encoding === 'base64' ? 'base64' : undefined);
   }
 
-  private async getMaxContentSize() {
-    const body = await this.client.cluster.getSettings({ include_defaults: true });
-    const { persistent, transient, defaults: defaultSettings } = body;
-    const settings = defaults({}, persistent, transient, defaultSettings);
-    const maxContentSize = get(settings, 'http.max_content_length', '100mb');
-
-    return ByteSizeValue.parse(maxContentSize).getValueInBytes();
-  }
-
-  private async getMaxChunkSize() {
-    if (!this.maxChunkSize) {
-      const maxContentSize = (await this.getMaxContentSize()) - REQUEST_SPAN_SIZE_IN_BYTES;
-
-      this.maxChunkSize =
-        this.parameters.encoding === 'base64'
-          ? ContentStream.getMaxBase64EncodedSize(maxContentSize)
-          : ContentStream.getMaxJsonEscapedSize(maxContentSize);
-
-      this.logger.debug(`Chunk size is ${this.maxChunkSize} bytes.`);
-    }
-
-    return this.maxChunkSize;
-  }
-
   private async readHead() {
     const { id, index } = this.document;
     const body: SearchRequest['body'] = {
@@ -306,10 +267,8 @@ export class ContentStream extends Duplex {
   }
 
   private async flushAllFullChunks() {
-    const maxChunkSize = await this.getMaxChunkSize();
-
-    while (this.bytesBuffered >= maxChunkSize && this.buffers.length) {
-      await this.flush(maxChunkSize);
+    while (this.bytesBuffered >= this.chunkSize && this.buffers.length) {
+      await this.flush(this.chunkSize);
     }
   }