diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/common/env.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/common/env.sh
index 0efcbb7dbcda3..82c42af67f226 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/common/env.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/common/env.sh
@@ -101,3 +101,8 @@ export DISABLE_BOOTSTRAP_VALIDATION=true
 
 # Prevent Browserlist from logging on CI about outdated database versions
 export BROWSERSLIST_IGNORE_OLD_DATA=true
+
+# keys used to associate test group data in ci-stats with Jest execution order
+export TEST_GROUP_TYPE_UNIT="Jest Unit Tests"
+export TEST_GROUP_TYPE_INTEGRATION="Jest Integration Tests"
+export TEST_GROUP_TYPE_FUNCTIONAL="Functional Tests"
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/on_merge_build_and_metrics.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/on_merge_build_and_metrics.sh
index de46ba58e9d52..fb05bb99b0c54 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/on_merge_build_and_metrics.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/on_merge_build_and_metrics.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 .buildkite/scripts/build_kibana_plugins.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/post_build_kibana_plugins.sh
 .buildkite/scripts/post_build_kibana.sh
-
-source ".buildkite/scripts/steps/test/test_group_env.sh"
 .buildkite/scripts/saved_object_field_metrics.sh
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/ftr_configs.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/ftr_configs.sh
index 52a4b9572f5b6..244b108a269f8 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/ftr_configs.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/ftr_configs.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 source .buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/common.sh
-source .buildkite/scripts/steps/test/test_group_env.sh
 
 export JOB_NUM=$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB
 export JOB=ftr-configs-${JOB_NUM}
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest_parallel.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest_parallel.sh
index f7efc13b501bd..71ecf7a853d4a 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest_parallel.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/jest_parallel.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-source .buildkite/scripts/steps/test/test_group_env.sh
-
 export JOB=$BUILDKITE_PARALLEL_JOB
 
 # a jest failure will result in the script returning an exit code of 10
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/pick_test_group_run_order.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/pick_test_group_run_order.sh
index 3bb09282efb41..56308b73c6fd7 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/pick_test_group_run_order.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/pick_test_group_run_order.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 source .buildkite/scripts/common/util.sh
-source .buildkite/scripts/steps/test/test_group_env.sh
 
 echo '--- Pick Test Group Run Order'
 node "$(dirname "${0}")/pick_test_group_run_order.js"
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/test_group_env.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/test_group_env.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a8c12fdb4a52..0000000000000
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/test/test_group_env.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# keys used to associate test group data in ci-stats with Jest execution order
-export TEST_GROUP_TYPE_UNIT="Jest Unit Tests"
-export TEST_GROUP_TYPE_INTEGRATION="Jest Integration Tests"
-export TEST_GROUP_TYPE_FUNCTIONAL="Functional Tests"