diff --git a/test/functional/apps/context/_date_nanos.ts b/test/functional/apps/context/_date_nanos.ts
index 33efd70a8f8ba6..fdc59b48b079ae 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/context/_date_nanos.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/context/_date_nanos.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'context', 'timePicker', 'discover']);
   const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
 
-  describe.only('context view for date_nanos', () => {
+  describe('context view for date_nanos', () => {
     before(async function () {
       await security.testUser.setRoles(['kibana_admin', 'kibana_date_nanos']);
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/date_nanos');
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_date_nanos.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/_date_nanos.ts
index 81327d0744bfe1..9edd9888b37a68 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_date_nanos.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_date_nanos.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   describe('date_nanos', function () {
     before(async function () {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/date_nanos');
+      await kibanaServer.savedObjects.clean({ types: ['search', 'index-pattern'] });
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.load(
+        'test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/date_nanos'
+      );
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({ defaultIndex: 'date-nanos' });
       await security.testUser.setRoles(['kibana_admin', 'kibana_date_nanos']);
       await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('discover');
@@ -30,6 +34,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     after(async function unloadMakelogs() {
       await security.testUser.restoreDefaults();
       await esArchiver.unload('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/date_nanos');
+      await kibanaServer.savedObjects.clean({ types: ['search', 'index-pattern'] });
     });
 
     it('should show a timestamp with nanoseconds in the first result row', async function () {