diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/default_cell_actions.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/default_cell_actions.tsx
index 5ad4804f88d5e..3adfb0a1d9c89 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/default_cell_actions.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/default_cell_actions.tsx
@@ -7,58 +7,16 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import { ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart } from '../..';
 import { getMappedNonEcsValue } from './render_cell_value';
 import FilterForValueButton from './filter_for_value';
-import { useKibana } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/kibana_react/public';
 import { TimelineNonEcsData } from '../../../../timelines/common/search_strategy';
 import { TGridCellAction } from '../../../../timelines/common/types/timeline';
-import { getPageRowIndex, TimelinesUIStart } from '../../../../timelines/public';
+import { getPageRowIndex } from '../../../../timelines/public';
 
 export const FILTER_FOR_VALUE = i18n.translate('xpack.observability.hoverActions.filterForValue', {
   defaultMessage: 'Filter for value',
 });
 
-/** a hook to eliminate the verbose boilerplate required to use common services */
-const useKibanaServices = () => {
-  const { timelines } = useKibana<{ timelines: TimelinesUIStart }>().services;
-  const {
-    services: {
-      data: {
-        query: { filterManager },
-      },
-    },
-  } = useKibana<ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart>();
-
-  return { timelines, filterManager };
-};
-
-/** actions common to all cells (e.g. copy to clipboard) */
-const commonCellActions: TGridCellAction[] = [
-  ({ data, pageSize }: { data: TimelineNonEcsData[][]; pageSize: number }) =>
-    ({ rowIndex, columnId, Component }) => {
-      const { timelines } = useKibanaServices();
-
-      const value = getMappedNonEcsValue({
-        data: data[getPageRowIndex(rowIndex, pageSize)],
-        fieldName: columnId,
-      });
-
-      return (
-        <>
-          {timelines.getHoverActions().getCopyButton({
-            Component,
-            field: columnId,
-            isHoverAction: false,
-            ownFocus: false,
-            showTooltip: false,
-            value,
-          })}
-        </>
-      );
-    },
-];
-
 /** actions for adding filters to the search bar */
 const buildFilterCellActions = (addToQuery: (value: string) => void): TGridCellAction[] => [
   ({ data, pageSize }: { data: TimelineNonEcsData[][]; pageSize: number }) =>
@@ -80,7 +38,5 @@ const buildFilterCellActions = (addToQuery: (value: string) => void): TGridCellA
 ];
 
 /** returns the default actions shown in `EuiDataGrid` cells */
-export const getDefaultCellActions = ({ addToQuery }: { addToQuery: (value: string) => void }) => [
-  ...buildFilterCellActions(addToQuery),
-  ...commonCellActions,
-];
+export const getDefaultCellActions = ({ addToQuery }: { addToQuery: (value: string) => void }) =>
+  buildFilterCellActions(addToQuery);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/filter_for_value.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/filter_for_value.tsx
index 77cac9d482a37..f75ae488c9b28 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/filter_for_value.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/filter_for_value.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 export const filterForValueButtonLabel = i18n.translate(
   'xpack.observability.hoverActions.filterForValueButtonLabel',
   {
-    defaultMessage: 'Filter for value',
+    defaultMessage: 'Filter in',
   }
 );
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/timelines/public/components/t_grid/body/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/timelines/public/components/t_grid/body/index.tsx
index 9e43c16fd5e6f..29766a5b8a1f5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/timelines/public/components/t_grid/body/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/timelines/public/components/t_grid/body/index.tsx
@@ -146,7 +146,14 @@ const EuiDataGridContainer = styled.div<{ hideLastPage: boolean }>`
   }
 `;
 
-const FIELDS_WITHOUT_CELL_ACTIONS = ['@timestamp', 'signal.rule.risk_score', 'signal.reason'];
+// TODO: accept extra list of column ids without actions from callsites
+const FIELDS_WITHOUT_CELL_ACTIONS = [
+  '@timestamp',
+  'signal.rule.risk_score',
+  'signal.reason',
+  'kibana.alert.duration.us',
+  'kibana.alert.reason',
+];
 const hasCellActions = (columnId?: string) =>
   columnId && FIELDS_WITHOUT_CELL_ACTIONS.indexOf(columnId) < 0;
 const transformControlColumns = ({
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/services/observability/alerts/common.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/services/observability/alerts/common.ts
index f47d17039b5ae..7e29b94c85fa3 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/services/observability/alerts/common.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/services/observability/alerts/common.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const DATE_WITH_DATA = {
 };
 
 const ALERTS_FLYOUT_SELECTOR = 'alertsFlyout';
-const COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD_BUTTON_SELECTOR = 'copy-to-clipboard';
+const FILTER_FOR_VALUE_BUTTON_SELECTOR = 'filter-for-value';
 const ALERTS_TABLE_CONTAINER_SELECTOR = 'events-viewer-panel';
 const ACTION_COLUMN_INDEX = 1;
 
@@ -149,16 +149,12 @@ export function ObservabilityAlertsCommonProvider({
 
   // Cell actions
 
-  const copyToClipboardButtonExists = async () => {
-    return await testSubjects.exists(COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD_BUTTON_SELECTOR);
-  };
-
-  const getCopyToClipboardButton = async () => {
-    return await testSubjects.find(COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD_BUTTON_SELECTOR);
+  const filterForValueButtonExists = async () => {
+    return await testSubjects.exists(FILTER_FOR_VALUE_BUTTON_SELECTOR);
   };
 
   const getFilterForValueButton = async () => {
-    return await testSubjects.find('filter-for-value');
+    return await testSubjects.find(FILTER_FOR_VALUE_BUTTON_SELECTOR);
   };
 
   const openActionsMenuForRow = async (rowIndex: number) => {
@@ -216,15 +212,14 @@ export function ObservabilityAlertsCommonProvider({
     getQueryBar,
     clearQueryBar,
     closeAlertsFlyout,
+    filterForValueButtonExists,
     getAlertsFlyout,
     getAlertsFlyoutDescriptionListDescriptions,
     getAlertsFlyoutDescriptionListTitles,
     getAlertsFlyoutOrFail,
     getAlertsFlyoutTitle,
     getAlertsFlyoutViewInAppButtonOrFail,
-    getCopyToClipboardButton,
     getFilterForValueButton,
-    copyToClipboardButtonExists,
     getNoDataPageOrFail,
     getNoDataStateOrFail,
     getTableCells,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/observability_functional/apps/observability/alerts/index.ts b/x-pack/test/observability_functional/apps/observability/alerts/index.ts
index 112c24f7c3a88..216a9736fbe87 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/observability_functional/apps/observability/alerts/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/observability_functional/apps/observability/alerts/index.ts
@@ -189,19 +189,15 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
             await alertStatusCell.moveMouseTo();
             await retry.waitFor(
               'cell actions visible',
-              async () => await observability.alerts.common.copyToClipboardButtonExists()
+              async () => await observability.alerts.common.filterForValueButtonExists()
             );
           });
         });
 
         afterEach(async () => {
           await observability.alerts.common.clearQueryBar();
-        });
-
-        it('Copy button works', async () => {
-          // NOTE: We don't have access to the clipboard in a headless environment,
-          // so we'll just check the button is clickable in the functional tests.
-          await (await observability.alerts.common.getCopyToClipboardButton()).click();
+          // Reset the query bar by hiding the dropdown
+          await observability.alerts.common.submitQuery('');
         });
 
         it('Filter for value works', async () => {