diff --git a/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint/index.js b/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint/index.js
index dadeb85832da7..1b9c04a2b7918 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint/index.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,5 @@ module.exports = {
     no_constructor_args_in_property_initializers: require('./rules/no_constructor_args_in_property_initializers'),
     no_this_in_property_initializers: require('./rules/no_this_in_property_initializers'),
     no_unsafe_console: require('./rules/no_unsafe_console'),
-    no_unsafe_js_yaml: require('./rules/no_unsafe_js_yaml'),
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint/rules/no_unsafe_js_yaml.js b/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint/rules/no_unsafe_js_yaml.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 74dc20df93af6..0000000000000
--- a/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint/rules/no_unsafe_js_yaml.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +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
- * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
- * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
- * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
- * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
- */
-
-module.exports = {
-  meta: {
-    fixable: 'code',
-    schema: [],
-  },
-  create(context) {
-    const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode();
-    const jsYamlIdentifiers = new Set();
-    const isUnsafeMethod = (node) => node.name === 'load' || node.name === 'dump';
-
-    return {
-      ImportDeclaration(node) {
-        if (node.source.value === 'js-yaml') {
-          node.specifiers.forEach((specifier) => {
-            jsYamlIdentifiers.add(specifier.local.name);
-
-            if (specifier.imported && isUnsafeMethod(specifier.imported)) {
-              context.report({
-                node: specifier,
-                message:
-                  'Use `safeLoad` instead of `load` and `safeDump` instead of `dump` from `js-yaml`.',
-                fix(fixer) {
-                  const replacement =
-                    specifier.imported.name === 'load'
-                      ? fixer.replaceText(specifier.imported, 'safeLoad')
-                      : fixer.replaceText(specifier.imported, 'safeDump');
-                  return replacement;
-                },
-              });
-            }
-          });
-        }
-      },
-      CallExpression(node) {
-        const callee = node.callee;
-
-        if (isUnsafeMethod(callee)) {
-          const scope = sourceCode.getScope(node);
-          const variable = scope.variables.find((v) => v.name === callee.name);
-
-          if (variable && variable.defs.length) {
-            const [def] = variable.defs;
-
-            if (def?.parent?.source?.value === 'js-yaml') {
-              context.report({
-                node: callee,
-                message:
-                  'Use `safeLoad` instead of `load` and `safeDump` instead of `dump` from `js-yaml`.',
-                fix(fixer) {
-                  const replacement =
-                    callee.name === 'load'
-                      ? fixer.replaceText(callee, 'safeLoad')
-                      : fixer.replaceText(callee, 'safeDump');
-                  return replacement;
-                },
-              });
-            }
-          }
-        }
-
-        if (
-          callee.type === 'MemberExpression' &&
-          isUnsafeMethod(callee.property) &&
-          jsYamlIdentifiers.has(callee.object.name)
-        ) {
-          context.report({
-            node: callee.property,
-            message:
-              'Use `safeLoad` instead of `load` and `safeDump` instead of `dump` from `js-yaml`.',
-            fix(fixer) {
-              const replacement =
-                callee.property.name === 'load'
-                  ? fixer.replaceText(callee.property, 'safeLoad')
-                  : fixer.replaceText(callee.property, 'safeDump');
-              return replacement;
-            },
-          });
-        }
-      },
-    };
-  },
-};
diff --git a/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint/rules/no_unsafe_js_yaml.test.js b/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint/rules/no_unsafe_js_yaml.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 960bc0b0c23d1..0000000000000
--- a/packages/kbn-eslint-plugin-eslint/rules/no_unsafe_js_yaml.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +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
- * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
- * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
- * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
- * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
- */
-
-const { RuleTester } = require('eslint');
-const rule = require('./no_unsafe_js_yaml');
-
-const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
-  parser: require.resolve('@typescript-eslint/parser'),
-  parserOptions: {
-    sourceType: 'module',
-    ecmaVersion: 2018,
-  },
-});
-
-ruleTester.run('no_unsafe_js_yaml', rule, {
-  valid: [
-    "import { safeLoad } from 'js-yaml'; const data = safeLoad(yamlString);",
-    "import { safeDump } from 'js-yaml'; const yaml = safeDump(data);",
-    "import * as yaml from 'js-yaml'; const data = yaml.safeLoad(yamlString);",
-    "import yaml from 'js-yaml'; yaml.safeLoad('yamlString');",
-  ],
-  invalid: [
-    {
-      code: "import { load } from 'js-yaml'; const data = load(yamlString);",
-      errors: [
-        {
-          message:
-            'Use `safeLoad` instead of `load` and `safeDump` instead of `dump` from `js-yaml`.',
-          line: 1,
-          column: 10,
-          endLine: 1,
-          endColumn: 14,
-        },
-        {
-          message:
-            'Use `safeLoad` instead of `load` and `safeDump` instead of `dump` from `js-yaml`.',
-          line: 1,
-          column: 46,
-          endLine: 1,
-          endColumn: 50,
-        },
-      ],
-      output: "import { safeLoad } from 'js-yaml'; const data = safeLoad(yamlString);",
-    },
-    {
-      code: "import { dump } from 'js-yaml'; const yaml = dump(data);",
-      errors: [
-        {
-          message:
-            'Use `safeLoad` instead of `load` and `safeDump` instead of `dump` from `js-yaml`.',
-          line: 1,
-          column: 10,
-          endLine: 1,
-          endColumn: 14,
-        },
-        {
-          message:
-            'Use `safeLoad` instead of `load` and `safeDump` instead of `dump` from `js-yaml`.',
-          line: 1,
-          column: 46,
-          endLine: 1,
-          endColumn: 50,
-        },
-      ],
-      output: "import { safeDump } from 'js-yaml'; const yaml = safeDump(data);",
-    },
-    {
-      code: "import * as yaml from 'js-yaml'; const data = yaml.load(yamlString);",
-      errors: [
-        {
-          message:
-            'Use `safeLoad` instead of `load` and `safeDump` instead of `dump` from `js-yaml`.',
-        },
-      ],
-      output: "import * as yaml from 'js-yaml'; const data = yaml.safeLoad(yamlString);",
-    },
-    {
-      code: "import yaml from 'js-yaml'; yaml.load('someYAMLContent')",
-      errors: [
-        {
-          message:
-            'Use `safeLoad` instead of `load` and `safeDump` instead of `dump` from `js-yaml`.',
-        },
-      ],
-      output: "import yaml from 'js-yaml'; yaml.safeLoad('someYAMLContent')",
-    },
-    {
-      code: "import yaml, { safeDump } from 'js-yaml'; safeDump(data); yaml.load('someYAMLContent');",
-      errors: [
-        {
-          message:
-            'Use `safeLoad` instead of `load` and `safeDump` instead of `dump` from `js-yaml`.',
-        },
-      ],
-      output:
-        "import yaml, { safeDump } from 'js-yaml'; safeDump(data); yaml.safeLoad('someYAMLContent');",
-    },
-  ],
-});