diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.test.ts
index 6d479894793de..e4566bacdae54 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.test.ts
@@ -556,7 +556,8 @@ describe('Fleet - validatePackagePolicy()', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    it('returns package policy validation error if input var does not exist', () => {
+    // TODO enable when https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/125655 is fixed
+    it.skip('returns package policy validation error if input var does not exist', () => {
       expect(
         validatePackagePolicy(
           {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.ts
index d61714b9a3d31..3c0c0e5e92116 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.ts
@@ -210,15 +210,11 @@ export const validatePackagePolicyConfig = (
   }
 
   if (varDef === undefined) {
-    errors.push(
-      i18n.translate('xpack.fleet.packagePolicyValidation.nonExistentVarMessage', {
-        defaultMessage: '{varName} var definition does not exist',
-        values: {
-          varName,
-        },
-      })
-    );
-    return errors;
+    // TODO return validation error here once https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/125655 is fixed
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.debug(`No variable definition for ${varName} found`);
+
+    return null;
   }
 
   if (varDef.required) {