diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/utils/test_utils.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/utils/test_utils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a3cddb74657d..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/utils/test_utils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
- */
-
-import { ReactWrapper } from 'enzyme';
-import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
-
-// Temporary fix for https://github.com/enzymejs/enzyme/issues/2073
-export const waitForUpdates = async <P>(wrapper: ReactWrapper<P>) => {
-  await act(async () => {
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
-    wrapper.update();
-  });
-};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/value_lists_management_modal/form.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/value_lists_management_modal/form.test.tsx
index ce5d19259e9ee..e2e793b34eaf9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/value_lists_management_modal/form.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/value_lists_management_modal/form.test.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import React, { FormEvent } from 'react';
 import { mount, ReactWrapper } from 'enzyme';
 import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
 
-import { waitForUpdates } from '../../../common/utils/test_utils';
 import { TestProviders } from '../../../common/mock';
 import { ValueListsForm } from './form';
 import { useImportList } from '../../../shared_imports';
@@ -30,10 +29,6 @@ const mockSelectFile: <P>(container: ReactWrapper<P>, file: File) => Promise<voi
       fileChange(([file] as unknown) as FormEvent);
     }
   });
-  await waitForUpdates(container);
-  expect(
-    container.find('button[data-test-subj="value-lists-form-import-action"]').prop('disabled')
-  ).not.toEqual(true);
 };
 
 describe('ValueListsForm', () => {
@@ -68,7 +63,6 @@ describe('ValueListsForm', () => {
     await mockSelectFile(container, mockFile);
 
     container.find('button[data-test-subj="value-lists-form-import-action"]').simulate('click');
-    await waitForUpdates(container);
 
     expect(mockImportList).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ file: mockFile }));
   });
@@ -80,12 +74,11 @@ describe('ValueListsForm', () => {
     }));
 
     const onError = jest.fn();
-    const container = mount(
+    mount(
       <TestProviders>
         <ValueListsForm onError={onError} onSuccess={jest.fn()} />
       </TestProviders>
     );
-    await waitForUpdates(container);
 
     expect(onError).toHaveBeenCalledWith('whoops');
   });
@@ -97,12 +90,11 @@ describe('ValueListsForm', () => {
     }));
 
     const onSuccess = jest.fn();
-    const container = mount(
+    mount(
       <TestProviders>
         <ValueListsForm onSuccess={onSuccess} onError={jest.fn()} />
       </TestProviders>
     );
-    await waitForUpdates(container);
 
     expect(onSuccess).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ mockResult: true });
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/value_lists_management_modal/modal.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/value_lists_management_modal/modal.test.tsx
index daf1cbd68df91..175882de551cb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/value_lists_management_modal/modal.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/detections/components/value_lists_management_modal/modal.test.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { mount } from 'enzyme';
 
 import { TestProviders } from '../../../common/mock';
 import { ValueListsModal } from './modal';
-import { waitForUpdates } from '../../../common/utils/test_utils';
 
 describe('ValueListsModal', () => {
   it('renders nothing if showModal is false', () => {
@@ -20,20 +19,21 @@ describe('ValueListsModal', () => {
     );
 
     expect(container.find('EuiModal')).toHaveLength(0);
+    container.unmount();
   });
 
-  it('renders modal if showModal is true', async () => {
+  it('renders modal if showModal is true', () => {
     const container = mount(
       <TestProviders>
         <ValueListsModal showModal={true} onClose={jest.fn()} />
       </TestProviders>
     );
-    await waitForUpdates(container);
 
     expect(container.find('EuiModal')).toHaveLength(1);
+    container.unmount();
   });
 
-  it('calls onClose when modal is closed', async () => {
+  it('calls onClose when modal is closed', () => {
     const onClose = jest.fn();
     const container = mount(
       <TestProviders>
@@ -43,21 +43,19 @@ describe('ValueListsModal', () => {
 
     container.find('button[data-test-subj="value-lists-modal-close-action"]').simulate('click');
 
-    await waitForUpdates(container);
-
     expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    container.unmount();
   });
 
-  it('renders ValueListsForm and ValueListsTable', async () => {
+  it('renders ValueListsForm and ValueListsTable', () => {
     const container = mount(
       <TestProviders>
         <ValueListsModal showModal={true} onClose={jest.fn()} />
       </TestProviders>
     );
 
-    await waitForUpdates(container);
-
     expect(container.find('ValueListsForm')).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(container.find('ValueListsTable')).toHaveLength(1);
+    container.unmount();
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/overview/pages/overview.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/overview/pages/overview.test.tsx
index f7c77bc2dfdf8..286cc870378e1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/overview/pages/overview.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/overview/pages/overview.test.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 import '../../common/mock/match_media';
-import { waitForUpdates } from '../../common/utils/test_utils';
 import { TestProviders } from '../../common/mock';
 import { useWithSource } from '../../common/containers/source';
 import {
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ describe('Overview', () => {
         mockuseMessagesStorage.mockImplementation(() => endpointNoticeMessage(false));
       });
 
-      it('renders the Setup Instructions text', async () => {
+      it('renders the Setup Instructions text', () => {
         const wrapper = mount(
           <TestProviders>
             <MemoryRouter>
@@ -73,11 +72,10 @@ describe('Overview', () => {
             </MemoryRouter>
           </TestProviders>
         );
-        await waitForUpdates(wrapper);
         expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="empty-page"]').exists()).toBe(true);
       });
 
-      it('does not show Endpoint get ready button when ingest is not enabled', async () => {
+      it('does not show Endpoint get ready button when ingest is not enabled', () => {
         const wrapper = mount(
           <TestProviders>
             <MemoryRouter>
@@ -85,11 +83,10 @@ describe('Overview', () => {
             </MemoryRouter>
           </TestProviders>
         );
-        await waitForUpdates(wrapper);
         expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="empty-page-secondary-action"]').exists()).toBe(false);
       });
 
-      it('shows Endpoint get ready button when ingest is enabled', async () => {
+      it('shows Endpoint get ready button when ingest is enabled', () => {
         (useIngestEnabledCheck as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({ allEnabled: true });
         const wrapper = mount(
           <TestProviders>
@@ -98,12 +95,11 @@ describe('Overview', () => {
             </MemoryRouter>
           </TestProviders>
         );
-        await waitForUpdates(wrapper);
         expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="empty-page-secondary-action"]').exists()).toBe(true);
       });
     });
 
-    it('it DOES NOT render the Getting started text when an index is available', async () => {
+    it('it DOES NOT render the Getting started text when an index is available', () => {
       (useWithSource as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
         indicesExist: true,
         indexPattern: {},
@@ -120,12 +116,12 @@ describe('Overview', () => {
           </MemoryRouter>
         </TestProviders>
       );
-      await waitForUpdates(wrapper);
 
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="empty-page"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+      wrapper.unmount();
     });
 
-    test('it DOES render the Endpoint banner when the endpoint index is NOT available AND storage is NOT set', async () => {
+    test('it DOES render the Endpoint banner when the endpoint index is NOT available AND storage is NOT set', () => {
       (useWithSource as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce({
         indicesExist: true,
         indexPattern: {},
@@ -147,12 +143,12 @@ describe('Overview', () => {
           </MemoryRouter>
         </TestProviders>
       );
-      await waitForUpdates(wrapper);
 
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="endpoint-prompt-banner"]').exists()).toBe(true);
+      wrapper.unmount();
     });
 
-    test('it does NOT render the Endpoint banner when the endpoint index is NOT available but storage is set', async () => {
+    test('it does NOT render the Endpoint banner when the endpoint index is NOT available but storage is set', () => {
       (useWithSource as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce({
         indicesExist: true,
         indexPattern: {},
@@ -174,12 +170,12 @@ describe('Overview', () => {
           </MemoryRouter>
         </TestProviders>
       );
-      await waitForUpdates(wrapper);
 
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="endpoint-prompt-banner"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+      wrapper.unmount();
     });
 
-    test('it does NOT render the Endpoint banner when the endpoint index is available AND storage is set', async () => {
+    test('it does NOT render the Endpoint banner when the endpoint index is available AND storage is set', () => {
       (useWithSource as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
         indicesExist: true,
         indexPattern: {},
@@ -196,12 +192,12 @@ describe('Overview', () => {
           </MemoryRouter>
         </TestProviders>
       );
-      await waitForUpdates(wrapper);
 
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="endpoint-prompt-banner"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+      wrapper.unmount();
     });
 
-    test('it does NOT render the Endpoint banner when an index IS available but storage is NOT set', async () => {
+    test('it does NOT render the Endpoint banner when an index IS available but storage is NOT set', () => {
       (useWithSource as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
         indicesExist: true,
         indexPattern: {},
@@ -219,9 +215,10 @@ describe('Overview', () => {
         </TestProviders>
       );
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="endpoint-prompt-banner"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+      wrapper.unmount();
     });
 
-    test('it does NOT render the Endpoint banner when Ingest is NOT available', async () => {
+    test('it does NOT render the Endpoint banner when Ingest is NOT available', () => {
       (useWithSource as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue({
         indicesExist: true,
         indexPattern: {},
@@ -238,9 +235,9 @@ describe('Overview', () => {
           </MemoryRouter>
         </TestProviders>
       );
-      await waitForUpdates(wrapper);
 
       expect(wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="endpoint-prompt-banner"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+      wrapper.unmount();
     });
   });
 });