diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-on-merge-unsupported-ftrs.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-on-merge-unsupported-ftrs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fd040aef819e..0000000000000
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-on-merge-unsupported-ftrs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/elasticmachine/988b80dae436cafea07d9a4a460a011d/raw/rre.schema.json
-apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Resource
-metadata:
-  name: bk-kibana-on-merge-unsupported-ftrs
-  description: Runs unsupported ftr tests for each commit of Kibana
-  links:
-    - url: 'https://buildkite.com/elastic/kibana-on-merge-unsupported-ftrs'
-      title: Pipeline link
-spec:
-  type: buildkite-pipeline
-  owner: 'group:kibana-operations'
-  system: buildkite
-  implementation:
-    apiVersion: buildkite.elastic.dev/v1
-    kind: Pipeline
-    metadata:
-      name: kibana / on merge unsupported ftrs
-      description: Runs unsupported ftr tests for each commit of Kibana
-    spec:
-      env:
-        SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_CHANNEL: '#kibana-unsupported-ftrs-alerts'
-        ELASTIC_SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED: 'true'
-        SCOUT_REPORTER_ENABLED: 'true'
-      allow_rebuilds: true
-      branch_configuration: main 9.4 9.3 9.2 8.19
-      default_branch: main
-      repository: elastic/kibana
-      pipeline_file: .buildkite/pipelines/on_merge_unsupported_ftrs.yml
-      skip_intermediate_builds: false
-      provider_settings:
-        build_branches: false
-        build_pull_requests: false
-        publish_commit_status: false
-        trigger_mode: none
-        build_tags: false
-        prefix_pull_request_fork_branch_names: false
-        skip_pull_request_builds_for_existing_commits: false
-      teams:
-        everyone:
-          access_level: BUILD_AND_READ
-        kibana-operations:
-          access_level: MANAGE_BUILD_AND_READ
-        appex-qa:
-          access_level: MANAGE_BUILD_AND_READ
-        kibana-tech-leads:
-          access_level: MANAGE_BUILD_AND_READ
-      tags:
-        - kibana
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml
index e8cdb1566b78a..e1cd6d28c7c3b 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ spec:
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-migration-staging.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-node-glibc-217.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-node-pointer-compression.yml
-    - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-on-merge-unsupported-ftrs.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-on-merge.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-otel-semconv-sync.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-package-registry.yml
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
index 26e988dbb2062..e6afcb6b4a702 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
@@ -166,22 +166,22 @@ steps:
         - exit_status: '-1'
           limit: 3
 
-#  - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/api_contracts.sh
-#    label: 'Check API Contracts'
-#    agents:
-#      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2404
-#      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
-#      provider: gcp
-#      machineType: n2d-standard-2
-#      preemptible: true
-#      spotZones: us-central1-c,us-central1-a
-#    depends_on: check_oas_snapshot
-#    timeout_in_minutes: 30
-#    soft_fail: true
-#    retry:
-#      automatic:
-#        - exit_status: '-1'
-#          limit: 3
+  #  - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/api_contracts.sh
+  #    label: 'Check API Contracts'
+  #    agents:
+  #      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2404
+  #      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
+  #      provider: gcp
+  #      machineType: n2d-standard-2
+  #      preemptible: true
+  #      spotZones: us-central1-c,us-central1-a
+  #    depends_on: check_oas_snapshot
+  #    timeout_in_minutes: 30
+  #    soft_fail: true
+  #    retry:
+  #      automatic:
+  #        - exit_status: '-1'
+  #          limit: 3
 
   - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/on_merge_api_docs.sh
     label: Check Public API Docs
@@ -271,22 +271,6 @@ steps:
         - exit_status: '*'
           limit: 1
 
-  - command: '.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/on_merge_unsupported_ftrs.sh'
-    label: Trigger unsupported ftr tests
-    timeout_in_minutes: 10
-    agents:
-      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2404
-      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
-      provider: gcp
-      machineType: n2-standard-2
-    depends_on:
-      - build
-      - quick_checks
-      - checks
-      - linting
-      - linting_with_types
-      - check_types
-
   - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/storybooks/build_and_upload.sh
     label: 'Build Storybooks'
     agents:
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge_unsupported_ftrs.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge_unsupported_ftrs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 80dc6efbd94e0..0000000000000
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge_unsupported_ftrs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-steps:
-  - command: .buildkite/scripts/lifecycle/pre_build.sh
-    label: Pre-Build
-    timeout_in_minutes: 10
-    agents:
-      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2404
-      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
-      provider: gcp
-      machineType: n2-standard-2
-    retry:
-      automatic:
-        - exit_status: '*'
-          limit: 1
-
-  - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/build_kibana.sh
-    label: Build Kibana Distribution
-    agents:
-      image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2404
-      imageProject: elastic-images-prod
-      provider: gcp
-      machineType: n2-standard-8
-      preemptible: true
-    key: build
-    if: "build.env('KIBANA_BUILD_ID') == null || build.env('KIBANA_BUILD_ID') == ''"
-    timeout_in_minutes: 60
-    retry:
-      automatic:
-        - exit_status: '-1'
-          limit: 3
-
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/on_merge_unsupported_ftrs.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/on_merge_unsupported_ftrs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 65fd59f53b94c..0000000000000
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/functional/on_merge_unsupported_ftrs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-echo "--- Trigger unsupported ftr tests"
-ts-node .buildkite/scripts/steps/trigger_pipeline.ts kibana-on-merge-unsupported-ftrs "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH" "$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" "$BUILDKITE_BUILD_ID"