diff --git a/.backportrc.json b/.backportrc.json
index 177deacfed..f95fdbd760 100644
--- a/.backportrc.json
+++ b/.backportrc.json
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
     "targetBranchChoices": [
         { "name": "7.x", "checked": true },
         { "name": "7.12.x", "checked": true },
-        { "name": "7.11.x", "checked": true },
-        { "name": "6.8.x", "checked": true }
+        { "name": "7.11.x", "checked": true }
     ],
     "targetPRLabels": ["backport"],
     "upstream": "elastic/e2e-testing"
diff --git a/.ci/jobs/e2e-testing-integrations-daily-mbp.yml b/.ci/jobs/e2e-testing-integrations-daily-mbp.yml
index 7a698ab837..c71b674676 100644
--- a/.ci/jobs/e2e-testing-integrations-daily-mbp.yml
+++ b/.ci/jobs/e2e-testing-integrations-daily-mbp.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     scm:
       - github:
           branch-discovery: no-pr
-          head-filter-regex: '(master|7\.x|7\.12\.x|7\.11\.x|6\.8\.x)'
+          head-filter-regex: '(master|7\.x|7\.12\.x|7\.11\.x)'
           discover-pr-forks-strategy: merge-current
           discover-pr-forks-trust: permission
           discover-pr-origin: merge-current
diff --git a/.ci/jobs/e2e-testing-mbp.yml b/.ci/jobs/e2e-testing-mbp.yml
index 755749f25a..829c2149b9 100644
--- a/.ci/jobs/e2e-testing-mbp.yml
+++ b/.ci/jobs/e2e-testing-mbp.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     scm:
       - github:
           branch-discovery: no-pr
-          head-filter-regex: '(master|PR-.*|v\d\.d\.d|7\.x|7\.12\.x|7\.11\.x|6\.8\.x)'
+          head-filter-regex: '(master|PR-.*|v\d\.d\.d|7\.x|7\.12\.x|7\.11\.x)'
           discover-pr-forks-strategy: merge-current
           discover-pr-forks-trust: permission
           discover-pr-origin: merge-current