diff --git a/test/common/services/index.ts b/test/common/services/index.ts
index d1f63d6fb87465..0561c4047437d8 100644
--- a/test/common/services/index.ts
+++ b/test/common/services/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 import { DeploymentService } from './deployment';
-import { LegacyEsProvider } from './legacy_es';
 import { ElasticsearchProvider } from './elasticsearch';
 import { EsArchiverProvider } from './es_archiver';
 import { KibanaServerProvider } from './kibana_server';
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ import { SavedObjectInfoProvider } from './saved_object_info';
 
 export const services = {
   deployment: DeploymentService,
-  legacyEs: LegacyEsProvider,
   es: ElasticsearchProvider,
   esArchiver: EsArchiverProvider,
   kibanaServer: KibanaServerProvider,
diff --git a/test/common/services/legacy_es.ts b/test/common/services/legacy_es.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3766323cf1a4ef..00000000000000
--- a/test/common/services/legacy_es.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
- * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
- * Side Public License, v 1.
- */
-
-import { format as formatUrl } from 'url';
-
-import * as legacyElasticsearch from 'elasticsearch';
-
-import { DEFAULT_API_VERSION } from '../../../src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config';
-import { FtrProviderContext } from '../ftr_provider_context';
-
-export function LegacyEsProvider({ getService }: FtrProviderContext): legacyElasticsearch.Client {
-  const config = getService('config');
-
-  return new legacyElasticsearch.Client({
-    apiVersion: DEFAULT_API_VERSION,
-    host: formatUrl(config.get('servers.elasticsearch')),
-    requestTimeout: config.get('timeouts.esRequestTimeout'),
-  });
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/rest/helper/make_ping.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/rest/helper/make_ping.ts
index 0f82c7f99c5cf4..ea167b0e77e363 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/rest/helper/make_ping.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/rest/helper/make_ping.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 
 import uuid from 'uuid';
 import { merge } from 'lodash';
+import { KibanaClient } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/api/kibana';
 import { makeTls, TlsProps } from './make_tls';
 
 const DEFAULT_INDEX_NAME = 'heartbeat-7-generated-test';
 const DATA_STREAM_INDEX_NAME = 'synthetics-http-default';
 
 export const makePing = async (
-  es: any,
+  es: KibanaClient,
   monitorId: string,
   fields: { [key: string]: any },
   mogrify: (doc: any) => any,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/rest/telemetry_collectors_fleet.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/rest/telemetry_collectors_fleet.ts
index df741fe56381ee..768b65453fabcb 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/rest/telemetry_collectors_fleet.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/uptime/rest/telemetry_collectors_fleet.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { makeChecksWithStatus } from './helper/make_checks';
 
 export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
-  const es = getService('legacyEs');
   const client = getService('es');
 
   describe('telemetry collectors fleet', () => {
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       };
 
       await makeChecksWithStatus(
-        es,
+        client,
         'upMonitorId',
         1,
         1,
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       );
 
       await makeChecksWithStatus(
-        es,
+        client,
         'downMonitorId',
         1,
         1,
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       );
 
       await makeChecksWithStatus(
-        es,
+        client,
         'noGeoNameMonitor',
         1,
         1,
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         true
       );
       await makeChecksWithStatus(
-        es,
+        client,
         'downMonitorId',
         1,
         1,
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       );
 
       await makeChecksWithStatus(
-        es,
+        client,
         'mixMonitorId',
         1,
         1,
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         undefined,
         true
       );
-      await es.indices.refresh();
+      await client.indices.refresh();
     });
 
     after('unload heartbeat index', () => {
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
     });
 
     beforeEach(async () => {
-      await es.indices.refresh();
+      await client.indices.refresh();
     });
 
     it('should receive expected results for fleet managed monitors after calling monitor logging', async () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/services/index.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/services/index.ts
index bf5eaf9618414f..cf439eb7cd5a80 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/services/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/services/index.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 import { services as kibanaApiIntegrationServices } from '../../../../test/api_integration/services';
 import { services as commonServices } from '../../common/services';
 
-// @ts-ignore not ts yet
-import { LegacyEsProvider } from './legacy_es';
 // @ts-ignore not ts yet
 import { EsSupertestWithoutAuthProvider } from './es_supertest_without_auth';
 // @ts-ignore not ts yet
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ export const services = {
   esSupertest: kibanaApiIntegrationServices.esSupertest,
   supertest: kibanaApiIntegrationServices.supertest,
 
-  legacyEs: LegacyEsProvider,
   esSupertestWithoutAuth: EsSupertestWithoutAuthProvider,
   infraOpsSourceConfiguration: InfraOpsSourceConfigurationProvider,
   infraLogSourceConfiguration: InfraLogSourceConfigurationProvider,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/services/legacy_es.js b/x-pack/test/api_integration/services/legacy_es.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bc0f9946243c8e..00000000000000
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/services/legacy_es.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
- * 2.0.
- */
-
-import { format as formatUrl } from 'url';
-
-import * as legacyElasticsearch from 'elasticsearch';
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line @kbn/eslint/no-restricted-paths
-import { DEFAULT_API_VERSION } from '../../../../src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_config';
-
-export function LegacyEsProvider({ getService }) {
-  const config = getService('config');
-
-  return new legacyElasticsearch.Client({
-    apiVersion: DEFAULT_API_VERSION,
-    host: formatUrl(config.get('servers.elasticsearch')),
-    requestTimeout: config.get('timeouts.esRequestTimeout'),
-  });
-}