diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.test.ts
index afb6a2f806f9a..975d45fd01c64 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.test.ts
@@ -607,7 +607,8 @@ describe('Fleet - validatePackagePolicy()', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    it('returns package policy validation error if input var does not exist', () => {
+    // TODO enable when https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/125655 is fixed
+    it.skip('returns package policy validation error if input var does not exist', () => {
       expect(
         validatePackagePolicy(
           {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.ts
index f1e28bfbe4e55..2a8c187d71629 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/common/services/validate_package_policy.ts
@@ -210,15 +210,11 @@ export const validatePackagePolicyConfig = (
   }
 
   if (varDef === undefined) {
-    errors.push(
-      i18n.translate('xpack.fleet.packagePolicyValidation.nonExistentVarMessage', {
-        defaultMessage: '{varName} var definition does not exist',
-        values: {
-          varName,
-        },
-      })
-    );
-    return errors;
+    // TODO return validation error here once https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/125655 is fixed
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.debug(`No variable definition for ${varName} found`);
+
+    return null;
   }
 
   if (varDef.required) {