diff --git a/src/ui/settings/index.js b/src/ui/settings/index.js
index 3049a31f8784e..7ee9ef504e1a6 100644
--- a/src/ui/settings/index.js
+++ b/src/ui/settings/index.js
@@ -24,26 +24,16 @@ export default function setupSettings(kbnServer, server, config) {
   }
 
   function userSettingsNotFound(kibanaVersion) {
-    server.plugins.kibana.status.yellow(`Could not find user-provided settings for this version of Kibana (${kibanaVersion})`);
+    server.plugins.elasticsearch.status.yellow(`Could not find user-provided settings for this version of Kibana (${kibanaVersion})`);
     return {};
   }
 
-  function resetKibanaPluginStatusIfNecessary(user) {
-    const isElasticsearchPluginGreen = server.plugins.elasticsearch.status.state === 'green';
-    const isKibanaPluginCurrentlyYellow = server.plugins.kibana.status.state === 'yellow';
-    if (isElasticsearchPluginGreen && isKibanaPluginCurrentlyYellow) {
-      server.plugins.kibana.status.green('Ready');
-    }
-    return user;
-  }
-
   function getUserProvided() {
     const { client } = server.plugins.elasticsearch;
     const clientSettings = getClientSettings(config);
     return client
       .get({ ...clientSettings })
       .then(res => res._source)
-      .then(resetKibanaPluginStatusIfNecessary)
       .catch(partial(userSettingsNotFound, clientSettings.id))
       .then(user => hydrateUserSettings(user));
   }