diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/constants/epm.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/constants/epm.ts
index 297b15790b528..287b7ccdb88e0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/constants/epm.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/constants/epm.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
+
 export const PACKAGES_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE = 'epm-packages';
-export const ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE = 'epm-packages-assets';
 export const INDEX_PATTERN_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE = 'index-pattern';
 export const INDEX_PATTERN_PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX = '-index_pattern_placeholder';
 export const MAX_TIME_COMPLETE_INSTALL = 60000;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/epm.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/epm.ts
index 77625e48dbc96..a9893b170492f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/epm.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/types/models/epm.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 // TODO: Update when https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/53021 is closed
 import { SavedObject, SavedObjectAttributes, SavedObjectReference } from 'src/core/public';
 import {
-  ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   agentAssetTypes,
   dataTypes,
   defaultPackages,
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ export type PackageInfo =
 export interface Installation extends SavedObjectAttributes {
   installed_kibana: KibanaAssetReference[];
   installed_es: EsAssetReference[];
-  package_assets: PackageAssetReference[];
   es_index_patterns: Record<string, string>;
   name: string;
   version: string;
@@ -299,10 +297,6 @@ export type EsAssetReference = Pick<SavedObjectReference, 'id'> & {
   type: ElasticsearchAssetType;
 };
 
-export type PackageAssetReference = Pick<SavedObjectReference, 'id'> & {
-  type: typeof ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE;
-};
-
 export type RequiredPackage = typeof requiredPackages;
 
 export type DefaultPackages = typeof defaultPackages;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/constants/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/constants/index.ts
index f380608e6817e..b1d7318ff5107 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/constants/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/constants/index.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ export {
   PACKAGE_POLICY_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   OUTPUT_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   PACKAGES_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-  ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   INDEX_PATTERN_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   ENROLLMENT_API_KEYS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   GLOBAL_SETTINGS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/epm/handlers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/epm/handlers.ts
index 9ccf60dc80a5f..cfcde99541f13 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/epm/handlers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/routes/epm/handlers.ts
@@ -41,13 +41,12 @@ import {
   removeInstallation,
   getLimitedPackages,
   getInstallationObject,
-  getInstallation,
 } from '../../services/epm/packages';
 import { defaultIngestErrorHandler, ingestErrorToResponseOptions } from '../../errors';
 import { splitPkgKey } from '../../services/epm/registry';
 import { licenseService } from '../../services';
 import { getArchiveEntry } from '../../services/epm/archive/cache';
-import { getAsset } from '../../services/epm/archive/storage';
+import { bufferToStream } from '../../services/epm/streams';
 
 export const getCategoriesHandler: RequestHandler<
   undefined,
@@ -108,51 +107,32 @@ export const getFileHandler: RequestHandler<TypeOf<typeof GetFileRequestSchema.p
   try {
     const { pkgName, pkgVersion, filePath } = request.params;
     const savedObjectsClient = context.core.savedObjects.client;
-    const installation = await getInstallation({ savedObjectsClient, pkgName });
-    const useLocalFile = pkgVersion === installation?.version;
-
-    if (useLocalFile) {
-      const assetPath = `${pkgName}-${pkgVersion}/${filePath}`;
-      const fileBuffer = getArchiveEntry(assetPath);
-      // only pull local installation if we don't have it cached
-      const storedAsset = !fileBuffer && (await getAsset({ savedObjectsClient, path: assetPath }));
-
-      // error, if neither is available
-      if (!fileBuffer && !storedAsset) {
+    const savedObject = await getInstallationObject({ savedObjectsClient, pkgName });
+    const pkgInstallSource = savedObject?.attributes.install_source;
+    // TODO: when package storage is available, remove installSource check and check cache and storage, remove registry call
+    if (pkgInstallSource === 'upload' && pkgVersion === savedObject?.attributes.version) {
+      const headerContentType = mime.contentType(path.extname(filePath));
+      if (!headerContentType) {
         return response.custom({
-          body: `installed package file not found: ${filePath}`,
-          statusCode: 404,
+          body: `unknown content type for file: ${filePath}`,
+          statusCode: 400,
         });
       }
-
-      // if storedAsset is not available, fileBuffer *must* be
-      // b/c we error if we don't have at least one, and storedAsset is the least likely
-      const { buffer, contentType } = storedAsset
-        ? {
-            contentType: storedAsset.media_type,
-            buffer: storedAsset.data_utf8
-              ? Buffer.from(storedAsset.data_utf8, 'utf8')
-              : Buffer.from(storedAsset.data_base64, 'base64'),
-          }
-        : {
-            contentType: mime.contentType(path.extname(assetPath)),
-            buffer: fileBuffer,
-          };
-
-      if (!contentType) {
+      const archiveFile = getArchiveEntry(`${pkgName}-${pkgVersion}/${filePath}`);
+      if (!archiveFile) {
         return response.custom({
-          body: `unknown content type for file: ${filePath}`,
-          statusCode: 400,
+          body: `uploaded package file not found: ${filePath}`,
+          statusCode: 404,
         });
       }
-
+      const headers: ResponseHeaders = {
+        'cache-control': 'max-age=10, public',
+        'content-type': headerContentType,
+      };
       return response.custom({
-        body: buffer,
+        body: bufferToStream(archiveFile),
         statusCode: 200,
-        headers: {
-          'cache-control': 'max-age=10, public',
-          'content-type': contentType,
-        },
+        headers,
       });
     } else {
       const registryResponse = await getFile(pkgName, pkgVersion, filePath);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/index.ts
index 20bbee2b1c791..201ca1c7a97bc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/saved_objects/index.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   AGENT_POLICY_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   PACKAGE_POLICY_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   PACKAGES_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-  ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   AGENT_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   AGENT_EVENT_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
   AGENT_ACTION_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
@@ -305,13 +304,6 @@ const getSavedObjectTypes = (
             type: { type: 'keyword' },
           },
         },
-        package_assets: {
-          type: 'nested',
-          properties: {
-            id: { type: 'keyword' },
-            type: { type: 'keyword' },
-          },
-        },
         install_started_at: { type: 'date' },
         install_version: { type: 'keyword' },
         install_status: { type: 'keyword' },
@@ -319,25 +311,6 @@ const getSavedObjectTypes = (
       },
     },
   },
-  [ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE]: {
-    name: ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-    hidden: false,
-    namespaceType: 'agnostic',
-    management: {
-      importableAndExportable: false,
-    },
-    mappings: {
-      properties: {
-        package_name: { type: 'keyword' },
-        package_version: { type: 'keyword' },
-        install_source: { type: 'keyword' },
-        asset_path: { type: 'keyword' },
-        media_type: { type: 'keyword' },
-        data_utf8: { type: 'text', index: false },
-        data_base64: { type: 'binary' },
-      },
-    },
-  },
 });
 
 export function registerSavedObjects(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/storage.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/storage.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f7323279e0e7c..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/archive/storage.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +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 { extname } from 'path';
-import { isBinaryFile } from 'isbinaryfile';
-import mime from 'mime-types';
-import uuidv5 from 'uuid/v5';
-import { SavedObjectsClientContract, SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject } from 'src/core/server';
-import {
-  ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-  InstallablePackage,
-  InstallSource,
-  PackageAssetReference,
-} from '../../../../common';
-import { getArchiveEntry } from './index';
-
-// could be anything, picked this from https://github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/issues/17
-const MAX_ES_ASSET_BYTES = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
-
-export interface PackageAsset {
-  package_name: string;
-  package_version: string;
-  install_source: string;
-  asset_path: string;
-  media_type: string;
-  data_utf8: string;
-  data_base64: string;
-}
-
-export function assetPathToObjectId(assetPath: string): string {
-  // uuid v5 requires a SHA-1 UUID as a namespace
-  // used to ensure same input produces the same id
-  return uuidv5(assetPath, '71403015-cdd5-404b-a5da-6c43f35cad84');
-}
-
-export async function archiveEntryToESDocument(opts: {
-  path: string;
-  buffer: Buffer;
-  name: string;
-  version: string;
-  installSource: InstallSource;
-}): Promise<PackageAsset> {
-  const { path, buffer, name, version, installSource } = opts;
-  const fileExt = extname(path);
-  const contentType = mime.lookup(fileExt);
-  const mediaType = mime.contentType(contentType || fileExt);
-  // can use to create a data URL like `data:${mediaType};base64,${base64Data}`
-
-  const bufferIsBinary = await isBinaryFile(buffer);
-  const dataUtf8 = bufferIsBinary ? '' : buffer.toString('utf8');
-  const dataBase64 = bufferIsBinary ? buffer.toString('base64') : '';
-
-  // validation: filesize? asset type? anything else
-  if (dataUtf8.length > MAX_ES_ASSET_BYTES) {
-    throw new Error(`File at ${path} is larger than maximum allowed size of ${MAX_ES_ASSET_BYTES}`);
-  }
-
-  if (dataBase64.length > MAX_ES_ASSET_BYTES) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `After base64 encoding file at ${path} is larger than maximum allowed size of ${MAX_ES_ASSET_BYTES}`
-    );
-  }
-
-  return {
-    package_name: name,
-    package_version: version,
-    install_source: installSource,
-    asset_path: path,
-    media_type: mediaType || '',
-    data_utf8: dataUtf8,
-    data_base64: dataBase64,
-  };
-}
-
-export async function removeArchiveEntries(opts: {
-  savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
-  refs: PackageAssetReference[];
-}) {
-  const { savedObjectsClient, refs } = opts;
-  const results = await Promise.all(
-    refs.map((ref) => savedObjectsClient.delete(ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE, ref.id))
-  );
-  return results;
-}
-
-export async function saveArchiveEntries(opts: {
-  savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
-  paths: string[];
-  packageInfo: InstallablePackage;
-  installSource: InstallSource;
-}) {
-  const { savedObjectsClient, paths, packageInfo, installSource } = opts;
-  const bulkBody = await Promise.all(
-    paths.map((path) => {
-      const buffer = getArchiveEntry(path);
-      if (!buffer) throw new Error(`Could not find ArchiveEntry at ${path}`);
-      const { name, version } = packageInfo;
-      return archiveEntryToBulkCreateObject({ path, buffer, name, version, installSource });
-    })
-  );
-
-  const results = await savedObjectsClient.bulkCreate<PackageAsset>(bulkBody);
-  return results;
-}
-
-export async function archiveEntryToBulkCreateObject(opts: {
-  path: string;
-  buffer: Buffer;
-  name: string;
-  version: string;
-  installSource: InstallSource;
-}): Promise<SavedObjectsBulkCreateObject<PackageAsset>> {
-  const { path, buffer, name, version, installSource } = opts;
-  const doc = await archiveEntryToESDocument({ path, buffer, name, version, installSource });
-  return {
-    id: assetPathToObjectId(doc.asset_path),
-    type: ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-    attributes: doc,
-  };
-}
-
-export async function getAsset(opts: {
-  savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
-  path: string;
-}) {
-  const { savedObjectsClient, path } = opts;
-  const assetSavedObject = await savedObjectsClient.get<PackageAsset>(
-    ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-    assetPathToObjectId(path)
-  );
-  const storedAsset = assetSavedObject?.attributes;
-  if (!storedAsset) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  return storedAsset;
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.ts
index c0e2fcb12bcf8..c7500a9cfeaf6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/_install_package.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import { SavedObject, SavedObjectsClientContract } from 'src/core/server';
-import {
-  InstallablePackage,
-  InstallSource,
-  PackageAssetReference,
-  MAX_TIME_COMPLETE_INSTALL,
-  ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-} from '../../../../common';
+import { InstallablePackage, InstallSource, MAX_TIME_COMPLETE_INSTALL } from '../../../../common';
 import { PACKAGES_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE } from '../../../constants';
 import {
   AssetReference,
@@ -30,7 +24,6 @@ import { deleteKibanaSavedObjectsAssets } from './remove';
 import { installTransform } from '../elasticsearch/transform/install';
 import { createInstallation, saveKibanaAssetsRefs, updateVersion } from './install';
 import { installIlmForDataStream } from '../elasticsearch/datastream_ilm/install';
-import { saveArchiveEntries } from '../archive/storage';
 import { ConcurrentInstallOperationError } from '../../../errors';
 
 // this is only exported for testing
@@ -195,26 +188,11 @@ export async function _installPackage({
     if (installKibanaAssetsError) throw installKibanaAssetsError;
     await Promise.all([installKibanaAssetsPromise, installIndexPatternPromise]);
 
-    const packageAssetResults = await saveArchiveEntries({
-      savedObjectsClient,
-      paths,
-      packageInfo,
-      installSource,
-    });
-    const packageAssetRefs: PackageAssetReference[] = packageAssetResults.saved_objects.map(
-      (result) => ({
-        id: result.id,
-        type: ASSETS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-      })
-    );
-
     // update to newly installed version when all assets are successfully installed
     if (installedPkg) await updateVersion(savedObjectsClient, pkgName, pkgVersion);
-
     await savedObjectsClient.update(PACKAGES_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE, pkgName, {
       install_version: pkgVersion,
       install_status: 'installed',
-      package_assets: packageAssetRefs,
     });
 
     return [
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/ensure_installed_default_packages.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/ensure_installed_default_packages.test.ts
index fe7b8be23b03b..4ad6fc96218de 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/ensure_installed_default_packages.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/ensure_installed_default_packages.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ const mockInstallation: SavedObject<Installation> = {
     id: 'test-pkg',
     installed_kibana: [{ type: KibanaSavedObjectType.dashboard, id: 'dashboard-1' }],
     installed_es: [{ type: ElasticsearchAssetType.ingestPipeline, id: 'pipeline' }],
-    package_assets: [],
     es_index_patterns: { pattern: 'pattern-name' },
     name: 'test package',
     version: '1.0.0',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/get_install_type.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/get_install_type.test.ts
index 2dcfc7949d5e5..a41511260c6e7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/get_install_type.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/get_install_type.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const mockInstallation: SavedObject<Installation> = {
     id: 'test-pkg',
     installed_kibana: [{ type: KibanaSavedObjectType.dashboard, id: 'dashboard-1' }],
     installed_es: [{ type: ElasticsearchAssetType.ingestPipeline, id: 'pipeline' }],
-    package_assets: [],
     es_index_patterns: { pattern: 'pattern-name' },
     name: 'test packagek',
     version: '1.0.0',
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ const mockInstallationUpdateFail: SavedObject<Installation> = {
     id: 'test-pkg',
     installed_kibana: [{ type: KibanaSavedObjectType.dashboard, id: 'dashboard-1' }],
     installed_es: [{ type: ElasticsearchAssetType.ingestPipeline, id: 'pipeline' }],
-    package_assets: [],
     es_index_patterns: { pattern: 'pattern-name' },
     name: 'test packagek',
     version: '1.0.0',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts
index d641c4945e681..29300818288b4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/install.ts
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ export async function createInstallation(options: {
     {
       installed_kibana: [],
       installed_es: [],
-      package_assets: [],
       es_index_patterns: toSaveESIndexPatterns,
       name: pkgName,
       version: pkgVersion,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/remove.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/remove.ts
index 331b6bfa882da..0b4a0faddf0cc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/remove.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/remove.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import { packagePolicyService, appContextService } from '../..';
 import { splitPkgKey } from '../registry';
 import { deletePackageCache } from '../archive';
 import { deleteIlms } from '../elasticsearch/datastream_ilm/remove';
-import { removeArchiveEntries } from '../archive/storage';
 
 export async function removeInstallation(options: {
   savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ export async function removeInstallation(options: {
       `unable to remove package with existing package policy(s) in use by agent(s)`
     );
 
-  // Delete the installed assets. Don't include installation.package_assets. Those are irrelevant to users
+  // Delete the installed assets
   const installedAssets = [...installation.installed_kibana, ...installation.installed_es];
   await deleteAssets(installation, savedObjectsClient, callCluster);
 
@@ -70,8 +69,6 @@ export async function removeInstallation(options: {
     version: pkgVersion,
   });
 
-  await removeArchiveEntries({ savedObjectsClient, refs: installation.package_assets });
-
   // successful delete's in SO client return {}. return something more useful
   return installedAssets;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/generate_data.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/generate_data.ts
index 61c3d3ab192b6..1f9f1a2c6d098 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/generate_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/common/endpoint/generate_data.ts
@@ -1329,7 +1329,6 @@ export class EndpointDocGenerator {
             { id: 'logs-endpoint.events.security', type: 'index_template' },
             { id: 'metrics-endpoint.telemetry', type: 'index_template' },
           ] as EsAssetReference[],
-          package_assets: [],
           es_index_patterns: {
             alerts: 'logs-endpoint.alerts-*',
             events: 'events-endpoint-*',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_remove_assets.ts b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_remove_assets.ts
index 1d5f864c27eea..9dcd3ea100589 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_remove_assets.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/install_remove_assets.ts
@@ -433,7 +433,6 @@ const expectAssetsInstalled = ({
       ...res.attributes,
       installed_kibana: sortBy(res.attributes.installed_kibana, (o: AssetReference) => o.type),
       installed_es: sortBy(res.attributes.installed_es, (o: AssetReference) => o.type),
-      package_assets: sortBy(res.attributes.package_assets, (o: AssetReference) => o.type),
     };
     expect(sortedRes).eql({
       installed_kibana: [
@@ -496,29 +495,6 @@ const expectAssetsInstalled = ({
         test_logs: 'logs-all_assets.test_logs-*',
         test_metrics: 'metrics-all_assets.test_metrics-*',
       },
-      package_assets: [
-        { id: '333a22a1-e639-5af5-ae62-907ffc83d603', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '256f3dad-6870-56c3-80a1-8dfa11e2d568', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '3fa0512f-bc01-5c2e-9df1-bc2f2a8259c8', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: 'ea334ad8-80c2-5acd-934b-2a377290bf97', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '96c6eb85-fe2e-56c6-84be-5fda976796db', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '2d73a161-fa69-52d0-aa09-1bdc691b95bb', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '0a00c2d2-ce63-5b9c-9aa0-0cf1938f7362', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '691f0505-18c5-57a6-9f40-06e8affbdf7a', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: 'b36e6dd0-58f7-5dd0-a286-8187e4019274', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: 'f839c76e-d194-555a-90a1-3265a45789e4', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '9af7bbb3-7d8a-50fa-acc9-9dde6f5efca2', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '1e97a20f-9d1c-529b-8ff2-da4e8ba8bb71', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '8cfe0a2b-7016-5522-87e4-6d352360d1fc', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: 'bd5ff3c5-655e-5385-9918-b60ff3040aad', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '0954ce3b-3165-5c1f-a4c0-56eb5f2fa487', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '60d6d054-57e4-590f-a580-52bf3f5e7cca', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '47758dc2-979d-5fbe-a2bd-9eded68a5a43', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '318959c9-997b-5a14-b328-9fc7355b4b74', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: 'e786cbd9-0f3b-5a0b-82a6-db25145ebf58', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: '53c94591-aa33-591d-8200-cd524c2a0561', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        { id: 'b658d2d4-752e-54b8-afc2-4c76155c1466', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-      ],
       name: 'all_assets',
       version: '0.1.0',
       internal: false,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/update_assets.ts b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/update_assets.ts
index 7b264f949532e..d72209edf6501 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/update_assets.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/fleet_api_integration/apis/epm/update_assets.ts
@@ -322,26 +322,6 @@ export default function (providerContext: FtrProviderContext) {
           test_logs: 'logs-all_assets.test_logs-*',
           test_metrics: 'metrics-all_assets.test_metrics-*',
         },
-        package_assets: [
-          { id: '3eb4c54a-638f-51b6-84e2-d53f5a666e37', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '4acfbf69-7a27-5c58-9c99-7c86843d958f', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '938655df-b339-523c-a9e4-123c89c0e1e1', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: 'eec4606c-dbfa-565b-8e9c-fce1e641f3fc', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: 'ef67e7e0-dca3-5a62-a42a-745db5ad7c1f', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '64239d25-be40-5e10-94b5-f6b74b8c5474', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '071b5113-4c9f-5ee9-aafe-d098a4c066f6', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '498d8215-2613-5399-9a13-fa4f0bf513e2', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: 'd2f87071-c866-503a-8fcb-7b23a8c7afbf', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '5a080eba-f482-545c-8695-6ccbd426b2a2', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '28523a82-1328-578d-84cb-800970560200', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: 'cc1e3e1d-f27b-5d05-86f6-6e4b9a47c7dc', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '5c3aa147-089c-5084-beca-53c00e72ac80', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '48e582df-b1d2-5f88-b6ea-ba1fafd3a569', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: 'bf3b0b65-9fdc-53c6-a9ca-e76140e56490', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '2e56f08b-1d06-55ed-abee-4708e1ccf0aa', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: 'c7bf1a39-e057-58a0-afde-fb4b48751d8c', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-          { id: '8c665f28-a439-5f43-b5fd-8fda7b576735', type: 'epm-packages-assets' },
-        ],
         name: 'all_assets',
         version: '0.2.0',
         internal: false,