diff --git a/packages/kbn-ftr-common-functional-services/services/es_archiver.ts b/packages/kbn-ftr-common-functional-services/services/es_archiver.ts
index 8a81297bf1784..abb0b89544bc1 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-ftr-common-functional-services/services/es_archiver.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-ftr-common-functional-services/services/es_archiver.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export function EsArchiverProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext): EsArchiv
   const retry = getService('retry');
 
   const esArchiver = new EsArchiver({
+    baseDir: config.get('esArchiver.baseDirectory'),
     client,
     log,
     kbnClient: kibanaServer,
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/config/schema.ts b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/config/schema.ts
index ce44dd3cc0496..6d5dc75b8d969 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/config/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_test_runner/lib/config/schema.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,13 @@ export const schema = Joi.object()
     // definition of apps that work with `common.navigateToApp()`
     apps: Joi.object().pattern(ID_PATTERN, appUrlPartsSchema()).default(),
 
+    // settings for the saved objects svc
+    esArchiver: Joi.object()
+      .keys({
+        baseDirectory: Joi.string().optional(),
+      })
+      .default(),
+
     // settings for the saved objects svc
     kbnArchiver: Joi.object()
       .keys({
diff --git a/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/configs/config.stack_functional_integration_base.js b/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/configs/config.stack_functional_integration_base.js
index 1658bcbf6cd35..00dd89acbc9ef 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/configs/config.stack_functional_integration_base.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/configs/config.stack_functional_integration_base.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { esTestConfig, kbnTestConfig } from '@kbn/test';
 import { TriggersActionsPageProvider } from '../../functional_with_es_ssl/page_objects/triggers_actions_ui_page';
-import { services } from '../services';
 
 const log = new ToolingLog({
   level: 'info',
@@ -28,13 +27,14 @@ export default async ({ readConfigFile }) => {
   const xpackFunctionalConfig = await readConfigFile(
     require.resolve('../../functional/config.base.js')
   );
-  const externalConf = consumeState(resolve(__dirname, stateFilePath));
+  const externalConf = consumeState(resolve(__dirname, stateFilePath)) ?? {
+    TESTS_LIST: 'alerts',
+  };
   process.env.stack_functional_integration = true;
   logAll(log);
 
   const settings = {
     ...xpackFunctionalConfig.getAll(),
-    services,
     pageObjects: {
       triggersActionsUI: TriggersActionsPageProvider,
       ...xpackFunctionalConfig.get('pageObjects'),
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ export default async ({ readConfigFile }) => {
       ...xpackFunctionalConfig.get('kbnTestServer'),
       serverArgs: [...xpackFunctionalConfig.get('kbnTestServer.serverArgs')],
     },
+    esArchiver: {
+      baseDirectory: INTEGRATION_TEST_ROOT,
+    },
     testFiles: tests(externalConf.TESTS_LIST).map(prepend).map(logTest),
     // testFiles: ['alerts'].map(prepend).map(logTest),
     // If we need to do things like disable animations, we can do it in configure_start_kibana.sh, in the provisioner...which lives in the integration-test private repo
diff --git a/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/services/es_archiver.js b/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/services/es_archiver.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 821cf72e2c6bc..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/services/es_archiver.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
- * 2.0.
- */
-
-import Path from 'path';
-
-import { EsArchiver } from '@kbn/es-archiver';
-import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/utils';
-
-import { KibanaServer } from '@kbn/ftr-common-functional-services';
-
-const INTEGRATION_TEST_ROOT =
-  process.env.WORKSPACE || Path.resolve(REPO_ROOT, '../integration-test');
-
-export function EsArchiverProvider({ getService }) {
-  const config = getService('config');
-  const client = getService('es');
-  const log = getService('log');
-  const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
-  const retry = getService('retry');
-
-  const esArchiver = new EsArchiver({
-    baseDir: INTEGRATION_TEST_ROOT,
-    client,
-    log,
-    kbnClient: kibanaServer,
-  });
-
-  KibanaServer.extendEsArchiver({
-    esArchiver,
-    kibanaServer,
-    retry,
-    defaults: config.get('uiSettings.defaults'),
-  });
-
-  return esArchiver;
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/services/index.js b/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/services/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e311dd8b38f7e..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/test/stack_functional_integration/services/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
- * 2.0.
- */
-
-import { services as xpackFunctionalServices } from '../../functional/services';
-import { EsArchiverProvider } from './es_archiver';
-
-export const services = {
-  ...xpackFunctionalServices,
-  esArchiver: EsArchiverProvider,
-};