diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/anomaly_detection_integrations/lens_to_ml.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/anomaly_detection_integrations/lens_to_ml.ts
index 935ae3c599ac0..bb9c58991a28d 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/anomaly_detection_integrations/lens_to_ml.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/anomaly_detection_integrations/lens_to_ml.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
 
   describe('create jobs from lens', function () {
     this.tags(['ml']);
+    let jobId: string;
 
     before(async () => {
       await ml.testResources.setKibanaTimeZoneToUTC();
@@ -57,9 +58,13 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('dashboard');
     });
 
+    afterEach(async () => {
+      await ml.api.deleteAnomalyDetectionJobES(jobId);
+    });
+
     it('can create a single metric job from vis with single layer', async () => {
       const selectedPanelTitle = 'panel2';
-      const jobId = 'job_from_lens_1';
+      jobId = 'job_from_lens_1';
       const numberOfCompatibleLayers = 1;
       const layerIndex = 0;
 
@@ -87,13 +92,11 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await ml.jobSelection.assertJobSelection([jobId]);
 
       await ml.api.assertModelMemoryLimitForJob(jobId, '11mb');
-
-      await ml.api.deleteAnomalyDetectionJobES(jobId);
     });
 
     it('can create multi metric job from vis with single layer', async () => {
       const selectedPanelTitle = 'panel1';
-      const jobId = 'job_from_lens_2';
+      jobId = 'job_from_lens_2';
       const numberOfCompatibleLayers = 1;
       const layerIndex = 0;
 
@@ -121,8 +124,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       await ml.jobSelection.assertJobSelection([jobId]);
 
       await ml.api.assertModelMemoryLimitForJob(jobId, '12mb');
-
-      await ml.api.deleteAnomalyDetectionJobES(jobId);
     });
   });
 }