diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/synthetics/delete_monitor.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/synthetics/delete_monitor.ts
index 3b9818f2d605d8..38c86e7d7b31fc 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/synthetics/delete_monitor.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/synthetics/delete_monitor.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import { getFixtureJson } from '../uptime/rest/helper/get_fixture_json';
 import { PrivateLocationTestService } from './services/private_location_test_service';
 
 export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  describe('DeleteMonitorRoute', function () {
+  // Failing: See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/147990
+  describe.skip('DeleteMonitorRoute', function () {
     this.tags('skipCloud');
 
     const supertest = getService('supertest');