diff --git a/libbeat/statestore/backend/es/store_test.go b/libbeat/statestore/backend/es/store_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 12afc90ae99..00000000000
--- a/libbeat/statestore/backend/es/store_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +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.
-
-package es
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-
-	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/statestore/backend"
-	conf "github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/config"
-	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/logp"
-)
-
-func TestStore(t *testing.T) {
-	// This just a convenience test for store development
-	// REMOVE: before the opening PR
-	t.Skip()
-
-	ctx, cn := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cn()
-
-	notifier := NewNotifier()
-
-	store, err := openStore(ctx, logp.NewLogger("tester"), "filebeat", notifier)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer store.Close()
-
-	config, err := conf.NewConfigFrom(map[string]interface{}{
-		"api_key": "xxxxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxc-U6VH4DK8g",
-		"hosts": []string{
-			"https://6598f1d41f9d4e81a78117dddbb2b03e.us-central1.gcp.cloud.es.io:443",
-		},
-		"preset": "balanced",
-		"type":   "elasticsearch",
-	})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	notifier.NotifyConfigUpdate(config)
-
-	var m map[string]any
-	store.SetID("httpjson-okta.system-028ecf4b-babe-44c6-939e-9e3096af6959")
-	err = store.Get("foo", &m)
-	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, ErrKeyUnknown) {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	err = store.Each(func(s string, vd backend.ValueDecoder) (bool, error) {
-		var v any
-		err := vd.Decode(&v)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-		return true, nil
-	})
-
-	v := map[string]interface{}{
-		"updated": []interface{}{
-			float64(280444598839616),
-			float64(1729277837),
-		},
-		"cursor": map[string]interface{}{
-			"published": "2024-10-17T18:33:58.960Z",
-		},
-		"ttl": float64(1800000000000),
-	}
-
-	err = store.Set("foo", v)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	err = store.Get("foo", &m)
-	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, ErrKeyUnknown) {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	diff := cmp.Diff(v, m)
-	if diff != "" {
-		t.Fatal(diff)
-	}
-
-	var s1 = "dfsdf"
-	err = store.Set("foo1", s1)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	var s2 string
-	err = store.Get("foo1", &s2)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	diff = cmp.Diff(s1, s2)
-	if diff != "" {
-		t.Fatal(diff)
-	}
-
-	var n1 = 12345
-	err = store.Set("foon", n1)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	var n2 int
-	err = store.Get("foon", &n2)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	diff = cmp.Diff(n1, n2)
-	if diff != "" {
-		t.Fatal(diff)
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	err = store.Remove("foon")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	err = store.Each(func(s string, vd backend.ValueDecoder) (bool, error) {
-		var v any
-		err := vd.Decode(&v)
-		if err != nil {
-			return false, err
-		}
-		return true, nil
-	})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-}