diff --git a/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/default/kibana.config.yml b/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/default/kibana.config.yml
index 6fb346118e..64840917d2 100644
--- a/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/default/kibana.config.yml
+++ b/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/default/kibana.config.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ elasticsearch.username: elastic
 elasticsearch.password: changeme
 xpack.monitoring.ui.container.elasticsearch.enabled: true
 
-xpack.fleet.registryUrl: "http://package-registry:8080"
+xpack.fleet.registryUrl: "https://epr-staging.elastic.co"
 xpack.fleet.agents.enabled: true
 xpack.fleet.agents.elasticsearch.host: "http://elasticsearch:9200"
 xpack.fleet.agents.fleet_server.hosts: ["http://fleet-server:8220"]
diff --git a/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/default/package-registry.config.yml b/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/default/package-registry.config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ed56090f02..0000000000
--- a/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/default/package-registry.config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package_paths:
-  - /packages/development
-  - /packages/production
-  - /packages/staging
-  - /packages/snapshot
diff --git a/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/docker-compose.yml b/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/docker-compose.yml
index 250bd58fa9..b87aace87a 100644
--- a/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/docker-compose.yml
@@ -54,11 +54,3 @@ services:
       - "KIBANA_FLEET_HOST=http://kibana:5601"
       - "FLEET_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0"
       - "FLEET_SERVER_PORT=8220"
-  package-registry:
-    image: docker.elastic.co/package-registry/distribution:staging
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080"]
-      retries: 300
-      interval: 1s
-    volumes:
-      - ./${kibanaProfile:-default}/package-registry.config.yml:/package-registry/config.yml
diff --git a/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/preconfigured-policies/kibana.config.yml b/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/preconfigured-policies/kibana.config.yml
index a995d47e26..dd2ff396c8 100644
--- a/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/preconfigured-policies/kibana.config.yml
+++ b/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/preconfigured-policies/kibana.config.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ elasticsearch.username: elastic
 elasticsearch.password: changeme
 xpack.monitoring.ui.container.elasticsearch.enabled: true
 
-xpack.fleet.registryUrl: "http://package-registry:8080"
+xpack.fleet.registryUrl: "https://epr-staging.elastic.co"
 xpack.fleet.agents.enabled: true
 xpack.fleet.agents.elasticsearch.host: "http://elasticsearch:9200"
 xpack.fleet.agents.fleet_server.hosts: ["http://fleet-server:8220"]
diff --git a/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/preconfigured-policies/package-registry.config.yml b/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/preconfigured-policies/package-registry.config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ed56090f02..0000000000
--- a/cli/config/compose/profiles/fleet/preconfigured-policies/package-registry.config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package_paths:
-  - /packages/development
-  - /packages/production
-  - /packages/staging
-  - /packages/snapshot
diff --git a/internal/deploy/elastic_package.go b/internal/deploy/elastic_package.go
index 10e642f4a7..fb930eed56 100644
--- a/internal/deploy/elastic_package.go
+++ b/internal/deploy/elastic_package.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func checkElasticPackageProfile(ctx context.Context, kibanaProfile string) error
 
 // Bootstrap sets up environment with docker compose
 func (ep *EPServiceManager) Bootstrap(ctx context.Context, profile ServiceRequest, env map[string]string, waitCB func() error) error {
-	services := "elasticsearch,fleet-server,kibana,package-registry"
+	services := "elasticsearch,fleet-server,kibana"
 
 	version := common.StackVersion