diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/ftr_config.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/ftr_config.ts
index 84d1c40930c70..ec2e8d05a97dd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/ftr_config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/ftr_config.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 import { FtrConfigProviderContext } from '@kbn/test';
 import { CA_CERT_PATH } from '@kbn/dev-utils';
 
-// Used to spin up a docker container with package registry service that will be used by fleet
-export const packageRegistryPort = 1234;
-
 async function config({ readConfigFile }: FtrConfigProviderContext) {
   const kibanaCommonTestsConfig = await readConfigFile(
     require.resolve('../../../../test/common/config.js')
@@ -41,11 +38,6 @@ async function config({ readConfigFile }: FtrConfigProviderContext) {
         '--csp.warnLegacyBrowsers=false',
         // define custom kibana server args here
         `--elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities=${CA_CERT_PATH}`,
-
-        // Fleet config
-        `--xpack.fleet.packages.0.name=endpoint`,
-        `--xpack.fleet.packages.0.version=latest`,
-        `--xpack.fleet.registryUrl=http://localhost:${packageRegistryPort}`,
       ],
     },
   };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/ftr_config_run.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/ftr_config_run.ts
index 6a4c2e03fac08..768ad9b3f79f6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/ftr_config_run.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/ftr_e2e/ftr_config_run.ts
@@ -5,41 +5,17 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { defineDockerServersConfig, FtrConfigProviderContext } from '@kbn/test';
+import { FtrConfigProviderContext } from '@kbn/test';
 import cypress from 'cypress';
-import path from 'path';
 import { cypressStart } from './cypress_start';
-import { packageRegistryPort } from './ftr_config';
 import { FtrProviderContext } from './ftr_provider_context';
 
-export const dockerImage =
-  'docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution@sha256:c5bf8e058727de72e561b228f4b254a14a6f880e582190d01bd5ff74318e1d0b';
-
 async function ftrConfigRun({ readConfigFile }: FtrConfigProviderContext) {
   const kibanaConfig = await readConfigFile(require.resolve('./ftr_config.ts'));
 
-  // mount the config file for the package registry
-  const dockerArgs: string[] = [
-    '-v',
-    `${path.join(
-      path.dirname(__filename),
-      './apis/fixtures/package_registry_config.yml'
-    )}:/package-registry/config.yml`,
-  ];
-
   return {
     ...kibanaConfig.getAll(),
     testRunner,
-    dockerServers: defineDockerServersConfig({
-      registry: {
-        enabled: true,
-        image: dockerImage,
-        portInContainer: 8080,
-        port: packageRegistryPort,
-        args: dockerArgs,
-        waitForLogLine: 'package manifests loaded',
-      },
-    }),
   };
 }