diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/settings/alerting_defaults/alert_defaults_form.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/settings/alerting_defaults/alert_defaults_form.tsx
index 463e7604815a..f87f1267efcc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/settings/alerting_defaults/alert_defaults_form.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/synthetics/public/apps/synthetics/components/settings/alerting_defaults/alert_defaults_form.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
   EuiFlexItem,
   EuiForm,
   EuiSpacer,
-  EuiSwitch,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import { useKibana } from '@kbn/kibana-react-plugin/public';
@@ -81,50 +80,6 @@ export const AlertDefaultsForm = () => {
 
   return (
     <EuiForm>
-      <EuiSpacer size="m" />
-      <EuiDescribedFormGroup
-        title={
-          <h4>
-            <FormattedMessage
-              id="xpack.synthetics.settings.defaultConnectors"
-              defaultMessage="Default rules"
-            />
-          </h4>
-        }
-        description={
-          <FormattedMessage
-            id="xpack.synthetics.settings.defaultConnectors.description"
-            defaultMessage="Default rules are automatically created. You can disable creation of default rules here."
-          />
-        }
-      >
-        <EuiSpacer size="s" />
-        <EuiSwitch
-          label={i18n.translate('xpack.synthetics.ruleStatusDefaultsForm.euiSwitch.enabledLabel', {
-            defaultMessage: 'Status rule enabled',
-          })}
-          checked={formFields?.defaultStatusRuleEnabled ?? true}
-          onChange={() => {
-            setFormFields({
-              ...formFields,
-              defaultStatusRuleEnabled: !(formFields.defaultStatusRuleEnabled ?? true),
-            });
-          }}
-        />
-        <EuiSpacer size="m" />
-        <EuiSwitch
-          label={i18n.translate('xpack.synthetics.ruleTLSDefaultsForm.euiSwitch.enabledLabel', {
-            defaultMessage: 'TLS rule enabled',
-          })}
-          checked={formFields?.defaultTLSRuleEnabled ?? true}
-          onChange={() => {
-            setFormFields({
-              ...formFields,
-              defaultTLSRuleEnabled: !(formFields.defaultTLSRuleEnabled ?? true),
-            });
-          }}
-        />
-      </EuiDescribedFormGroup>
       <EuiSpacer size="m" />
       <EuiDescribedFormGroup
         title={