diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/watcher/watcher_test.js b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/watcher/watcher_test.js
index 16e639845fc9c..eeba4a93025d4 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/watcher/watcher_test.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/watcher/watcher_test.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const esSupertest = getService('esSupertest');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['security', 'common', 'header', 'settings', 'watcher']);
 
-  describe('watcher_test', function () {
+  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/157723
+  describe.skip('watcher_test', function () {
     before('initialize tests', async () => {
       // There may be system watches if monitoring was previously enabled
       // These cannot be deleted via the UI, so we need to delete via the API