diff --git a/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js b/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
index acbbddcce8e72..5a9f149736de5 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
+++ b/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ import {
   RemoveWorkspacesTask,
   TranspileBabelTask,
   TranspileScssTask,
-  TypecheckTypescriptTask,
   UpdateLicenseFileTask,
   VerifyEnvTask,
   VerifyExistingNodeBuildsTask,
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@ export async function buildDistributables(options) {
    * run platform-generic build tasks
    */
   await run(CopySourceTask);
-  await run(TypecheckTypescriptTask);
   await run(CreateEmptyDirsAndFilesTask);
   await run(CreateReadmeTask);
   await run(TranspileBabelTask);
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js b/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
index c471a7aafe118..35c07c9187317 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export * from './notice_file_task';
 export * from './optimize_task';
 export * from './os_packages';
 export * from './transpile_babel_task';
-export * from './typecheck_typescript_task';
 export * from './transpile_scss_task';
 export * from './verify_env_task';
 export * from './write_sha_sums_task';
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/typecheck_typescript_task.js b/src/dev/build/tasks/typecheck_typescript_task.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c8354c0941508..0000000000000
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/typecheck_typescript_task.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import { exec, write } from '../lib';
-import { Project } from '../../typescript';
-
-export const TypecheckTypescriptTask = {
-  description: 'Typechecking sources with typescript compiler',
-
-  async run(config, log, build) {
-    // these projects are built in the build folder
-    const defaultProjectBuild = new Project(build.resolvePath('tsconfig.json'));
-    const browserProjectBuild = new Project(build.resolvePath('tsconfig.browser.json'));
-
-    // update the default config to exclude **/public/**/* files
-    await write(defaultProjectBuild.tsConfigPath, JSON.stringify({
-      ...defaultProjectBuild.config,
-      exclude: [
-        ...defaultProjectBuild.config.exclude,
-        'src/**/public/**/*'
-      ]
-    }));
-
-    // update the browser config file to include **/public/**/* files
-    await write(browserProjectBuild.tsConfigPath, JSON.stringify({
-      ...browserProjectBuild.config,
-      include: [
-        ...browserProjectBuild.config.include,
-        'src/**/public/**/*',
-        'typings/**/*',
-        'target/types/**/*'
-      ]
-    }));
-
-    // the types project is built inside the repo so x-pack can use it for it's in-repo build.
-    const typesProjectRepo = new Project(config.resolveFromRepo('tsconfig.types.json'));
-    const typesProjectBuild = new Project(build.resolvePath('tsconfig.types.json'));
-
-    // update types config to include src/core/public/index.ts
-    // unlike `include`, specifying the `files` configuration property
-    // will include files regardless of any exclusion rules
-    await write(typesProjectBuild.tsConfigPath, JSON.stringify({
-      ...typesProjectBuild.config,
-      files: [
-        ...(typesProjectBuild.config.files || []),
-        'src/core/public/index.ts'
-      ]
-    }));
-
-    const typeProjects = [
-      typesProjectRepo.tsConfigPath,
-      typesProjectBuild.tsConfigPath,
-    ];
-
-    const buildProjects = [
-      // Browser needs to be compiled before server code so that any shared code
-      // is compiled to the lowest common denominator (server's CommonJS format)
-      // which can be supported by both environments.
-      browserProjectBuild.tsConfigPath,
-      defaultProjectBuild.tsConfigPath,
-    ];
-
-    // Build all typescript project types and then build the project with --noEmit to check for type errors
-    await Promise.all(typeProjects.map((tsConfigPath) => {
-      log.info(`Building types for: ${tsConfigPath}`);
-      return exec(
-        log,
-        require.resolve('typescript/bin/tsc'),
-        [
-          '--pretty', 'true',
-          '--project', tsConfigPath,
-        ],
-        {
-          cwd: build.resolvePath(),
-        }
-      );
-    }));
-
-    await Promise.all(buildProjects.map((tsConfigPath) => {
-      log.info(`Type checking: ${tsConfigPath}`);
-      return exec(
-        log,
-        require.resolve('typescript/bin/tsc'),
-        [
-          '--noEmit', 'true',
-          '--pretty', 'true',
-          '--project', tsConfigPath,
-        ],
-        {
-          cwd: build.resolvePath(),
-        }
-      );
-    }));
-  }
-};