diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
index 2096820e82dad..58385fb544a57 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/kibana/assets/install.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { partition } from 'lodash';
 
 import { getAssetFromAssetsMap, getPathParts } from '../../archive';
 import { KibanaAssetType, KibanaSavedObjectType } from '../../../../types';
-import type { AssetReference, AssetParts, Installation, PackageSpecTags } from '../../../../types';
+import type { AssetReference, Installation, PackageSpecTags } from '../../../../types';
 import type { KibanaAssetReference, PackageInstallContext } from '../../../../../common/types';
 import {
   indexPatternTypes,
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ export async function installKibanaAssetsAndReferences({
 }) {
   const { savedObjectsImporter, savedObjectTagAssignmentService, savedObjectTagClient } =
     getSpaceAwareSaveobjectsClients(spaceId);
-  const kibanaAssets = await getKibanaAssets(packageInstallContext);
+  // This is where the memory consumption is rising up in the first place
+  const kibanaAssets = getKibanaAssets(packageInstallContext);
   if (installedPkg) {
     await deleteKibanaSavedObjectsAssets({ savedObjectsClient, installedPkg, spaceId });
   }
@@ -323,9 +324,9 @@ export async function deleteKibanaAssetsAndReferencesForSpace({
   await saveKibanaAssetsRefs(savedObjectsClient, pkgName, [], true);
 }
 
-export async function getKibanaAssets(
+export function getKibanaAssets(
   packageInstallContext: PackageInstallContext
-): Promise<Record<KibanaAssetType, ArchiveAsset[]>> {
+): Record<KibanaAssetType, ArchiveAsset[]> {
   const kibanaAssetTypes = Object.values(KibanaAssetType);
   const isKibanaAssetType = (path: string) => {
     const parts = getPathParts(path);
@@ -333,36 +334,20 @@ export async function getKibanaAssets(
     return parts.service === 'kibana' && (kibanaAssetTypes as string[]).includes(parts.type);
   };
 
-  const filteredPaths = packageInstallContext.paths
-    .filter(isKibanaAssetType)
-    .map<[string, AssetParts]>((path) => [path, getPathParts(path)]);
+  const result = Object.fromEntries<ArchiveAsset[]>(
+    kibanaAssetTypes.map((type) => [type, []])
+  ) as Record<KibanaAssetType, ArchiveAsset[]>;
 
-  const assetArrays: Array<Promise<ArchiveAsset[]>> = [];
-  for (const assetType of kibanaAssetTypes) {
-    const matching = filteredPaths.filter(([path, parts]) => parts.type === assetType);
+  packageInstallContext.paths.filter(isKibanaAssetType).forEach((path) => {
+    const buffer = getAssetFromAssetsMap(packageInstallContext.assetsMap, path);
+    const asset = JSON.parse(buffer.toString('utf8'));
 
-    assetArrays.push(
-      Promise.all(
-        matching.map(([path]) => {
-          const buffer = getAssetFromAssetsMap(packageInstallContext.assetsMap, path);
-
-          // cache values are buffers. convert to string / JSON
-          return JSON.parse(buffer.toString('utf8'));
-        })
-      )
-    );
-  }
-
-  const resolvedAssets = await Promise.all(assetArrays);
-
-  const result = {} as Record<KibanaAssetType, ArchiveAsset[]>;
-
-  for (const [index, assetType] of kibanaAssetTypes.entries()) {
-    const expectedType = KibanaSavedObjectTypeMapping[assetType];
-    const properlyTypedAssets = resolvedAssets[index].filter(({ type }) => type === expectedType);
-
-    result[assetType] = properlyTypedAssets;
-  }
+    const assetType = getPathParts(path).type as KibanaAssetType;
+    const soType = KibanaSavedObjectTypeMapping[assetType];
+    if (asset.type === soType) {
+      result[assetType].push(asset);
+    }
+  });
 
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/remove.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/remove.ts
index 5369da9da82e2..ba781c18ad9c7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/remove.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/services/epm/packages/remove.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { SavedObjectsClient } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { DEFAULT_SPACE_ID } from '@kbn/spaces-plugin/common/constants';
 
 import { SavedObjectsUtils, SavedObjectsErrorHelpers } from '@kbn/core/server';
+import minVersion from 'semver/ranges/min-version';
 
 import { updateIndexSettings } from '../elasticsearch/index/update_settings';
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import { auditLoggingService } from '../../audit_logging';
 import { FleetError, PackageRemovalError } from '../../../errors';
 
 import { populatePackagePolicyAssignedAgentsCount } from '../../package_policies/populate_package_policy_assigned_agents_count';
+import * as Registry from '../registry';
 
 import { getInstallation, kibanaSavedObjectTypes } from '.';
 
@@ -112,7 +114,14 @@ export async function removeInstallation(options: {
   return installedAssets;
 }
 
-async function deleteKibanaAssets(
+/**
+ * This method resolves saved objects before deleting them. It is needed when
+ * deleting assets that were installed in 7.x to mitigate the breaking change
+ * that occurred in 8.0. This is a memory-intensive operation as it requires
+ * loading all the saved objects into memory. It is generally better to delete
+ * assets directly if the package is known to be installed in 8.x or later.
+ */
+async function resolveAndDeleteKibanaAssets(
   installedObjects: KibanaAssetReference[],
   spaceId: string = DEFAULT_SPACE_ID
 ) {
@@ -152,6 +161,26 @@ async function deleteKibanaAssets(
   return savedObjectsClient.bulkDelete(assetsToDelete, { namespace });
 }
 
+async function deleteKibanaAssets(
+  assetsToDelete: KibanaAssetReference[],
+  spaceId: string = DEFAULT_SPACE_ID
+) {
+  const savedObjectsClient = new SavedObjectsClient(
+    appContextService.getSavedObjects().createInternalRepository()
+  );
+  const namespace = SavedObjectsUtils.namespaceStringToId(spaceId);
+
+  for (const asset of assetsToDelete) {
+    auditLoggingService.writeCustomSoAuditLog({
+      action: 'delete',
+      id: asset.id,
+      savedObjectType: asset.type,
+    });
+  }
+
+  return savedObjectsClient.bulkDelete(assetsToDelete, { namespace });
+}
+
 function deleteESAssets(
   installedObjects: EsAssetReference[],
   esClient: ElasticsearchClient
@@ -237,9 +266,9 @@ async function deleteAssets(
     // then the other asset types
     await Promise.all([
       ...deleteESAssets(otherAssets, esClient),
-      deleteKibanaAssets(installedKibana, spaceId),
+      resolveAndDeleteKibanaAssets(installedKibana, spaceId),
       Object.entries(installedInAdditionalSpacesKibana).map(([additionalSpaceId, kibanaAssets]) =>
-        deleteKibanaAssets(kibanaAssets, additionalSpaceId)
+        resolveAndDeleteKibanaAssets(kibanaAssets, additionalSpaceId)
       ),
     ]);
   } catch (err) {
@@ -299,8 +328,25 @@ export async function deleteKibanaSavedObjectsAssets({
     .filter(({ type }) => kibanaSavedObjectTypes.includes(type))
     .map(({ id, type }) => ({ id, type } as KibanaAssetReference));
 
+  const registryInfo = await Registry.fetchInfo(
+    installedPkg.attributes.name,
+    installedPkg.attributes.version
+  );
+
+  const minKibana = registryInfo.conditions?.kibana?.version
+    ? minVersion(registryInfo.conditions.kibana.version)
+    : null;
+
   try {
-    await deleteKibanaAssets(assetsToDelete, spaceIdToDelete);
+    // Compare Kibana versions to determine if the package could been installed
+    // only in 8.x or later. If so, we can skip SO resolution step altogether
+    // and delete the assets directly. Otherwise, we need to resolve the assets
+    // which might create high memory pressure if a package has a lot of assets.
+    if (minKibana && minKibana.major >= 8) {
+      await deleteKibanaAssets(assetsToDelete, spaceIdToDelete);
+    } else {
+      await resolveAndDeleteKibanaAssets(assetsToDelete, spaceIdToDelete);
+    }
   } catch (err) {
     // in the rollback case, partial installs are likely, so missing assets are not an error
     if (!SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.isNotFoundError(err)) {