diff --git a/packages/kbn-es/src/install/snapshot.js b/packages/kbn-es/src/install/snapshot.js
index 0cd0f094faf44..fc5e468488034 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es/src/install/snapshot.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-es/src/install/snapshot.js
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ const { BASE_PATH } = require('../paths');
 const { installArchive } = require('./archive');
 const { log: defaultLog, cache } = require('../utils');
 
-// pin TEST_ES_SNAPSHOT_VERSION until https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/39582 is merged and snapshots have updated
-if (!process.env.TEST_ES_SNAPSHOT_VERSION) {
-  process.env.TEST_ES_SNAPSHOT_VERSION = '7.1.0-36d8499e';
-}
-
 /**
  * Download an ES snapshot
  *
diff --git a/x-pack/test/upgrade_assistant_integration/config.js b/x-pack/test/upgrade_assistant_integration/config.js
index 36a4a44a7ecb6..2992600be2db1 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/upgrade_assistant_integration/config.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/upgrade_assistant_integration/config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import {
   EsProvider,
 } from './services';
 
+// Temporary until https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/29184 is merged
+delete process.env.TEST_ES_SNAPSHOT_VERSION;
+
 export default async function ({ readConfigFile }) {
 
   // Read the Kibana API integration tests config file so that we can utilize its services.