diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/basic-multi-node/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/basic-multi-node/build.gradle
index 12e2d240e8f2c..68b52cda7b63f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/basic-multi-node/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/basic-multi-node/build.gradle
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ testClusters.integTest {
   testDistribution = 'DEFAULT'
   numberOfNodes = 3
   setting 'xpack.security.enabled', 'false'
+  setting 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.collection.enabled', 'false'
   setting 'xpack.watcher.enabled', 'false'
   setting 'xpack.ml.enabled', 'true'
   setting 'xpack.license.self_generated.type', 'trial'
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/build.gradle
index 27e02999fd849..6dbb1058bbb6e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/build.gradle
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ testClusters.integTest {
   testDistribution = 'DEFAULT'
 
   setting 'xpack.security.enabled', 'true'
+  setting 'xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.collection.enabled', 'false'
   setting 'xpack.ml.enabled', 'true'
   setting 'xpack.watcher.enabled', 'false'
   setting 'xpack.security.authc.token.enabled', 'true'