diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
index 726137ccbdb2d..07432ccf50dff 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
@@ -238,22 +238,6 @@ 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/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"