diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/common/date_picker/synthetics_date_picker.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/common/date_picker/synthetics_date_picker.test.tsx
index 6fae43af920e5..a78710dd9994e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/common/date_picker/synthetics_date_picker.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/common/date_picker/synthetics_date_picker.test.tsx
@@ -25,26 +25,6 @@ describe('SyntheticsDatePicker component', () => {
     expect(await findByText('Refresh')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('uses shared date range state when there is no url date range state', async () => {
-    const customHistory = createMemoryHistory({
-      initialEntries: ['/?dateRangeStart=now-24h&dateRangeEnd=now'],
-    });
-
-    jest.spyOn(customHistory, 'push');
-
-    const { findByText } = render(<SyntheticsDatePicker />, {
-      history: customHistory,
-      core: startPlugins,
-    });
-
-    expect(await findByText('~ 30 minutes ago')).toBeInTheDocument();
-
-    expect(customHistory.push).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      pathname: '/',
-      search: 'dateRangeEnd=now-15m&dateRangeStart=now-30m',
-    });
-  });
-
   it('should use url date range even if shared date range is present', async () => {
     const customHistory = createMemoryHistory({
       initialEntries: ['/?g=%22%22&dateRangeStart=now-10m&dateRangeEnd=now'],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/common/date_picker/synthetics_date_picker.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/common/date_picker/synthetics_date_picker.tsx
index 82f2874f9ffa2..a5eaeacf6c7ed 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/common/date_picker/synthetics_date_picker.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/common/date_picker/synthetics_date_picker.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 import React, { useContext, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { EuiSuperDatePicker } from '@elastic/eui';
-import { CLIENT_DEFAULTS_SYNTHETICS } from '../../../../../../common/constants/synthetics/client_defaults';
 import { useUrlParams } from '../../../hooks';
 import { CLIENT_DEFAULTS } from '../../../../../../common/constants';
 import {
@@ -16,12 +15,6 @@ import {
   SyntheticsRefreshContext,
 } from '../../../contexts';
 
-const isSyntheticsDefaultDateRange = (dateRangeStart: string, dateRangeEnd: string) => {
-  const { DATE_RANGE_START, DATE_RANGE_END } = CLIENT_DEFAULTS_SYNTHETICS;
-
-  return dateRangeStart === DATE_RANGE_START && dateRangeEnd === DATE_RANGE_END;
-};
-
 export const SyntheticsDatePicker = ({ fullWidth }: { fullWidth?: boolean }) => {
   const [getUrlParams, updateUrl] = useUrlParams();
   const { commonlyUsedRanges } = useContext(SyntheticsSettingsContext);
@@ -36,10 +29,7 @@ export const SyntheticsDatePicker = ({ fullWidth }: { fullWidth?: boolean }) =>
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const { from, to } = sharedTimeState ?? {};
-    // if it's synthetics default range, and we have shared state from kibana, let's use that
-    if (isSyntheticsDefaultDateRange(start, end) && (from !== start || to !== end)) {
-      updateUrl({ dateRangeStart: from, dateRangeEnd: to });
-    } else if (from !== start || to !== end) {
+    if (from !== start || to !== end) {
       // if it's coming url. let's update shared state
       data?.query.timefilter.timefilter.setTime({ from: start, to: end });
     }