diff --git a/src/core_plugins/getting_started/public/components/getting_started/getting_started.html b/src/core_plugins/getting_started/public/components/getting_started/getting_started.html
index ee55b6728f5ed..963a2776a379c 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/getting_started/public/components/getting_started/getting_started.html
+++ b/src/core_plugins/getting_started/public/components/getting_started/getting_started.html
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-<div
-  class="kuiViewContent gettingStartedContent"
-  data-test-subj="gettingStartedContainer"
->
+<div class="kuiViewContent gettingStartedContent" data-test-subj="gettingStartedContainer">
 
   <div
     ng-if="!gettingStarted.hasOptedOut()"
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/_getting_started.js b/test/functional/apps/management/_getting_started.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f8ffb6936d25c..0000000000000
--- a/test/functional/apps/management/_getting_started.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-import expect from 'expect.js';
-
-export default ({ getService, getPageObjects }) => {
-  const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
-  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
-  const remote = getService('remote');
-  const log = getService('log');
-
-  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'gettingStarted']);
-
-  describe('Getting Started page', () => {
-    describe('when no index patterns exist', () => {
-      beforeEach(async () => {
-        // delete .kibana index and then wait for Kibana to re-create it
-        await esArchiver.unload('logstash_functional');
-        await esArchiver.load('empty_kibana');
-      });
-
-      describe('when user has not opted out of Getting Started page', () => {
-        beforeEach(async () => {
-          // First, we navigate to *somewhere* in Kibana so the browser loads up Kibana. This allows us...
-          await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('discover', '');
-
-          // ... to remove the Getting Started page opt-out flag from local storage for the Kibana domain
-          await remote.deleteLocalStorageItem('kibana.isGettingStartedOptedOut');
-        });
-
-        it('redirects to the Getting Started page', async () => {
-          await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('discover', '');
-          await PageObjects.common.waitUntilUrlIncludes('getting_started');
-          const isLoaded = await PageObjects.gettingStarted.doesContainerExist();
-          expect(isLoaded).to.be(true);
-        });
-      });
-
-      describe('when user has opted out of Getting Started page', () => {
-        beforeEach(async () => {
-          await PageObjects.gettingStarted.optOut();
-        });
-
-        it('does not redirect to the Getting Started page', async () => {
-          await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('discover', '');
-          const isLoaded = await PageObjects.gettingStarted.doesContainerExist();
-          expect(isLoaded).to.be(false);
-        });
-      });
-
-    });
-
-    describe('when index patterns exist', () => {
-      beforeEach(async () => {
-        log.debug('load kibana index with default index pattern');
-        await esArchiver.load('discover');
-        await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({
-          'dateFormat:tz':'UTC',
-          'defaultIndex':'logstash-*'
-        });
-      });
-
-      it('does not redirect to the Getting Started page', async () => {
-        await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('discover', '');
-        const isLoaded = await PageObjects.gettingStarted.doesContainerExist();
-        expect(isLoaded).to.be(false);
-      });
-
-      describe('when a user directly navigates to the Getting Started page', () => {
-        beforeEach(async () => {
-          await PageObjects.gettingStarted.navigateTo();
-        });
-
-        it('the kibana chrome (which contains the global nav) is visible', async () => {
-          const isChromeVisible = await PageObjects.common.isChromeVisible();
-          expect(isChromeVisible).to.be(true);
-        });
-      });
-    });
-  });
-};
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diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/index.js b/test/functional/apps/management/index.js
index a9c01555993ae..afaea2d42cff7 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/management/index.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/management/index.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export default function ({ getService, loadTestFile }) {
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_scripted_fields'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_index_pattern_filter'));
     loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_scripted_fields_filter'));
-    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./_getting_started'));
   });
 
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/getting_started_page.js b/test/functional/page_objects/getting_started_page.js
index aca06aac9d33c..f875a66ac2aa3 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/getting_started_page.js
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/getting_started_page.js
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-export function GettingStartedPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
+export function GettingStartedPageProvider({ getService }) {
 
   const log = getService('log');
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
 
-  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common']);
-
   class GettingStartedPage {
     async doesContainerExist() {
       return await testSubjects.exists('gettingStartedContainer');
@@ -20,11 +18,6 @@ export function GettingStartedPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
         }
       });
     }
-
-    async navigateTo() {
-      log.debug('Navigating directly to Getting Started page');
-      await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('settings', 'kibana/getting_started');
-    }
   }
 
   return new GettingStartedPage();