diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_navigation.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_navigation.ts
index b5863645d8a72..19f61851ef961 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_navigation.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_doc_navigation.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   describe('doc link in discover', function contextSize() {
     before(async () => {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/logstash_functional');
-      await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover.json');
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
       await PageObjects.timePicker.setDefaultAbsoluteRangeViaUiSettings();
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.update({
         'doc_table:legacy': true,
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
       });
     });
     after(async () => {
-      await kibanaServer.importExport.unload('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover.json');
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.unload('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({});
     });
 
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/discover/_sidebar.ts b/test/functional/apps/discover/_sidebar.ts
index 2523e0e0a48a2..a74f4367e657b 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/discover/_sidebar.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/discover/_sidebar.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
   describe('discover sidebar', function describeIndexTests() {
     before(async function () {
       await esArchiver.loadIfNeeded('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/logstash_functional');
-      await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover.json');
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({
         defaultIndex: 'logstash-*',
       });
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
     });
 
     after(async () => {
-      await kibanaServer.importExport.unload('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover.json');
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.unload('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
     });
 
     describe('field filtering', function () {