diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation_logic.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation_logic.test.ts
index 9f03044476263..1080f7bd0dd3a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation_logic.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation_logic.test.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ describe('MetaEngineCreationLogic', () => {
   describe('listeners', () => {
     describe('fetchIndexedEngineNames', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
+        mount();
         jest.clearAllMocks();
       });
 
@@ -124,6 +125,22 @@ describe('MetaEngineCreationLogic', () => {
         expect(MetaEngineCreationLogic.actions.setIndexedEngineNames).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['foo']);
       });
 
+      it('filters out elasticsearch type engines', async () => {
+        jest.spyOn(MetaEngineCreationLogic.actions, 'setIndexedEngineNames');
+        http.get.mockReturnValueOnce(
+          Promise.resolve({
+            results: [
+              { name: 'foo', type: 'default' },
+              { name: 'elasticsearch-engine', type: 'elasticsearch' },
+            ],
+            meta: { page: { total_pages: 1 } },
+          })
+        );
+        MetaEngineCreationLogic.actions.fetchIndexedEngineNames();
+        await nextTick();
+        expect(MetaEngineCreationLogic.actions.setIndexedEngineNames).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['foo']);
+      });
+
       it('if there are remaining pages it should call fetchIndexedEngineNames recursively with an incremented page', async () => {
         jest.spyOn(MetaEngineCreationLogic.actions, 'fetchIndexedEngineNames');
         http.get.mockReturnValueOnce(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation_logic.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation_logic.ts
index 5296676a38b36..82804db757ce5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation_logic.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/meta_engine_creation/meta_engine_creation_logic.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { HttpLogic } from '../../../shared/http';
 import { KibanaLogic } from '../../../shared/kibana';
 import { ENGINE_PATH } from '../../routes';
 import { formatApiName } from '../../utils/format_api_name';
-import { EngineDetails } from '../engine/types';
+import { EngineDetails, EngineTypes } from '../engine/types';
 
 import { META_ENGINE_CREATION_SUCCESS_MESSAGE } from './constants';
 
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ export const MetaEngineCreationLogic = kea<
       }
 
       if (response) {
-        const engineNames = response.results.map((result) => result.name);
+        const engineNames = response.results
+          .filter(({ type }) => type !== EngineTypes.elasticsearch)
+          .map((result) => result.name);
         actions.setIndexedEngineNames([...values.indexedEngineNames, ...engineNames]);
 
         if (page < response.meta.page.total_pages) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/source_engines/source_engines_logic.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/source_engines/source_engines_logic.test.ts
index eaaf43259185e..7002eb25f4668 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/source_engines/source_engines_logic.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/source_engines/source_engines_logic.test.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,24 @@ describe('SourceEnginesLogic', () => {
           selectableEngineNames: ['source-engine-1', 'source-engine-2'],
         });
       });
+
+      it('sets indexedEngines filters out elasticsearch type engines', () => {
+        mount();
+
+        SourceEnginesLogic.actions.setIndexedEngines([
+          { name: 'source-engine-1' },
+          { name: 'source-engine-2' },
+          { name: 'source-engine-elasticsearch', type: 'elasticsearch' },
+        ] as EngineDetails[]);
+
+        expect(SourceEnginesLogic.values).toEqual({
+          ...DEFAULT_VALUES,
+          indexedEngines: [{ name: 'source-engine-1' }, { name: 'source-engine-2' }],
+          // Selectors
+          indexedEngineNames: ['source-engine-1', 'source-engine-2'],
+          selectableEngineNames: ['source-engine-1', 'source-engine-2'],
+        });
+      });
     });
 
     describe('onSourceEnginesFetch', () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/source_engines/source_engines_logic.ts b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/source_engines/source_engines_logic.ts
index bae87f9370a34..1f12af3f20b44 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/source_engines/source_engines_logic.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/public/applications/app_search/components/source_engines/source_engines_logic.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { flashAPIErrors, flashSuccessToast } from '../../../shared/flash_message
 import { HttpLogic } from '../../../shared/http';
 import { recursivelyFetchEngines } from '../../utils/recursively_fetch_engines';
 import { EngineLogic } from '../engine';
-import { EngineDetails } from '../engine/types';
+import { EngineDetails, EngineTypes } from '../engine/types';
 
 import { ADD_SOURCE_ENGINES_SUCCESS_MESSAGE, REMOVE_SOURCE_ENGINE_SUCCESS_MESSAGE } from './i18n';
 
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ export const SourceEnginesLogic = kea<
     indexedEngines: [
       [],
       {
-        setIndexedEngines: (_, { indexedEngines }) => indexedEngines,
+        setIndexedEngines: (_, { indexedEngines }) =>
+          indexedEngines.filter(({ type }) => type !== EngineTypes.elasticsearch),
       },
     ],
     selectedEngineNamesToAdd: [