diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/integration_tests/router.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/integration_tests/router.test.ts
index 3a13359cdf782fa..2d9850dbebf984d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/integration_tests/router.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/integration_tests/router.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ function createXPackRoot(config: {} = {}) {
 describe('ingestManager', () => {
   describe.skip('default. manager, EPM, and Fleet all disabled', () => {
     let root: ReturnType<typeof kbnTestServer.createRoot>;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * commented out due to hooks being called regardless of skip
+     * https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/8379
+
     beforeAll(async () => {
       root = createXPackRoot();
       await root.setup();
@@ -33,6 +39,8 @@ describe('ingestManager', () => {
 
     afterAll(async () => await root.shutdown());
 
+    */
+
     it('does not have agent config api', async () => {
       await kbnTestServer.request.get(root, '/api/ingest_manager/agent_configs').expect(404);
     });
@@ -52,6 +60,12 @@ describe('ingestManager', () => {
 
   describe.skip('manager only (no EPM, no Fleet)', () => {
     let root: ReturnType<typeof kbnTestServer.createRoot>;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * commented out due to hooks being called regardless of skip
+     * https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/8379
+
     beforeAll(async () => {
       const ingestManagerConfig = {
         enabled: true,
@@ -65,6 +79,8 @@ describe('ingestManager', () => {
 
     afterAll(async () => await root.shutdown());
 
+    */
+
     it('has agent config api', async () => {
       await kbnTestServer.request.get(root, '/api/ingest_manager/agent_configs').expect(200);
     });
@@ -89,6 +105,12 @@ describe('ingestManager', () => {
 
   describe.skip('manager and EPM; no Fleet', () => {
     let root: ReturnType<typeof kbnTestServer.createRoot>;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * commented out due to hooks being called regardless of skip
+     * https://github.com/facebook/jest/issues/8379
+
     beforeAll(async () => {
       const ingestManagerConfig = {
         enabled: true,
@@ -103,6 +125,8 @@ describe('ingestManager', () => {
 
     afterAll(async () => await root.shutdown());
 
+    */
+
     it('has agent config api', async () => {
       await kbnTestServer.request.get(root, '/api/ingest_manager/agent_configs').expect(200);
     });