diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
index 7bb3e184a5099..729f1d569e265 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
@@ -236,22 +236,6 @@ 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"