diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_api_integration/test_suites/task_manager/task_manager_integration.js b/x-pack/test/plugin_api_integration/test_suites/task_manager/task_manager_integration.js
index 6d8121f8bf45b..165e79fb311ea 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/plugin_api_integration/test_suites/task_manager/task_manager_integration.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/plugin_api_integration/test_suites/task_manager/task_manager_integration.js
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
   const testHistoryIndex = '.kibana_task_manager_test_result';
   const supertest = supertestAsPromised(url.format(config.get('servers.kibana')));
 
-  describe('scheduling and running tasks', () => {
+  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/71390
+  describe.skip('scheduling and running tasks', () => {
     beforeEach(
       async () => await supertest.delete('/api/sample_tasks').set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxx').expect(200)
     );