diff --git a/tests/pkg/tests/observability_alert_test.go b/tests/pkg/tests/observability_alert_test.go
index 1505703c9..5fb6cbd93 100644
--- a/tests/pkg/tests/observability_alert_test.go
+++ b/tests/pkg/tests/observability_alert_test.go
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ var _ = Describe("Observability:", func() {
 		}, EventuallyTimeoutMinute*5, EventuallyIntervalSecond*5).Should(Succeed())
 	})
 
+	// TODO(subbarao): Re-enable slack integration test once issue mentioned in
+	// https://github.com/stolostron/multicluster-observability-operator/pull/1112 &
+	// https://github.com/stolostron/multicluster-observability-operator/pull/1258
+	// is addressed.
 	// It("[P2][Sev2][observability][Stable] Should modify the SECRET: alertmanager-config (alert/g0)", func() {
 	// 	By("Editing the secret, we should be able to add the third partying tools integrations")
 	// 	secret := utils.CreateCustomAlertConfigYaml(testOptions.HubCluster.BaseDomain)
diff --git a/tests/pkg/utils/mco_deploy.go b/tests/pkg/utils/mco_deploy.go
index e451dfb6b..2d4b156ce 100644
--- a/tests/pkg/utils/mco_deploy.go
+++ b/tests/pkg/utils/mco_deploy.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	b64 "encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -869,51 +868,3 @@ func UninstallMCO(opt TestOptions) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-func CreateCustomAlertConfigYaml(baseDomain string) []byte {
-	global := fmt.Sprintf(`global:
-  resolve_timeout: 5m
-route:
-  receiver: default-receiver
-  routes:
-    - match:
-        alertname: Watchdog
-      receiver: default-receiver
-  group_by: ['alertname', 'cluster']
-  group_wait: 5s
-  group_interval: 5s
-  repeat_interval: 2m
-receivers:
-  - name: default-receiver
-    slack_configs:
-    - api_url: https://hooks.slack.com/services/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
-      channel: team-observability-test
-      footer: |
-        {{ .CommonLabels.cluster }}
-      mrkdwn_in:
-        - text
-      title: '[{{ .Status | toUpper }}] {{ .CommonLabels.alertname }} ({{ .CommonLabels.severity }})'
-      text: |-
-        {{ range .Alerts }}
-          *Alerts:* {{ .Annotations.summary }}
-          *Description:* {{ .Annotations.description }}
-          *Details:*
-          {{ range .Labels.SortedPairs }} • *{{ .Name }}:* {{ .Value }}
-          {{ end }}
-        {{ end }}
-      title_link: https://multicloud-console.apps.%s/grafana/explore?orgId=1&left=["now-1h","now","Observatorium",{"expr":"ALERTS{alertname=\"{{ .CommonLabels.alertname }}\"}","context":"explore"},{"mode":"Metrics"},{"ui":[true,true,true,"none"]}]
-`, baseDomain)
-	encodedGlobal := b64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(global))
-
-	instance := fmt.Sprintf(`kind: Secret
-apiVersion: v1
-metadata:
-  name: alertmanager-config
-  namespace: open-cluster-management-observability
-data:
-  alertmanager.yaml: >-
-    %s
-`, encodedGlobal)
-
-	return []byte(instance)
-}