diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability_onboarding/public/assets/auto_detect.sh b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability_onboarding/public/assets/auto_detect.sh
index 009b5821606a3..001611d771c53 100755
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability_onboarding/public/assets/auto_detect.sh
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability_onboarding/public/assets/auto_detect.sh
@@ -310,9 +310,14 @@ apply_elastic_agent_config() {
     # Remove existing config file including `inputs.d` directory
     rm -rf "$elastic_agent_config_path" "$(dirname "$elastic_agent_config_path")/inputs.d" &&
     # Extract new config files from downloaded archive
-    tar --extract --file "$elastic_agent_tmp_config_path" --directory "$(dirname "$elastic_agent_config_path")" &&
+    tar --extract --file "$elastic_agent_tmp_config_path" --directory "$(dirname "$elastic_agent_config_path")"
     # Replace placeholder with the Ingest API key
-    sed -i='' "s/\${API_KEY}/$decoded_ingest_api_key/" "$elastic_agent_config_path"
+    if [ "${OS}" == "Linux" ]; then
+      sed -i "s/\${API_KEY}/$decoded_ingest_api_key/" "$elastic_agent_config_path"
+    else
+      # macOS requires an empty string for the backup extension
+      sed -i '' "s/\${API_KEY}/$decoded_ingest_api_key/" "$elastic_agent_config_path"
+    fi
   if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then
     printf "\e[32;1m✓\e[0m %s\n" "Config files written to:"
     while IFS= read -r file; do
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability_onboarding/server/routes/flow/route.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability_onboarding/server/routes/flow/route.ts
index d67fc15de0fce..38f4405bb7807 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability_onboarding/server/routes/flow/route.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/observability_onboarding/server/routes/flow/route.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   FleetUnauthorizedError,
   type PackageClient,
 } from '@kbn/fleet-plugin/server';
-import { safeDump } from 'js-yaml';
+import { safeLoad, safeDump } from 'js-yaml';
 import { PackageDataStreamTypes, Output } from '@kbn/fleet-plugin/common/types';
 import { transformOutputToFullPolicyOutput } from '@kbn/fleet-plugin/server/services/output_client';
 import { OBSERVABILITY_ONBOARDING_TELEMETRY_EVENT } from '../../../common/telemetry_events';
@@ -454,7 +454,10 @@ async function ensureInstalledIntegrations(
       if (installSource === 'registry') {
         const installation = await packageClient.ensureInstalledPackage({ pkgName });
         const pkg = installation.package;
-        const config = await packageClient.getAgentPolicyConfigYAML(pkg.name, pkg.version);
+        const config = filterUnsupportedInputs(
+          await packageClient.getAgentPolicyConfigYAML(pkg.name, pkg.version)
+        );
+
         const { packageInfo } = await packageClient.getPackage(pkg.name, pkg.version);
 
         return {
@@ -525,6 +528,21 @@ async function ensureInstalledIntegrations(
   );
 }
 
+function filterUnsupportedInputs(policyYML: string): string {
+  const policy = safeLoad(policyYML);
+
+  if (!policy) {
+    return policyYML;
+  }
+
+  return safeDump({
+    ...policy,
+    inputs: (policy.inputs || []).filter((input: any) => {
+      return input.type !== 'httpjson';
+    }),
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * Parses and validates a TSV (tab-separated values) string of integrations with params.
  *