diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/alerting/rule_types/register_apm_rule_types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/alerting/rule_types/register_apm_rule_types.ts
index 48069b0a8fa57..7940a4128d809 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/alerting/rule_types/register_apm_rule_types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/alerting/rule_types/register_apm_rule_types.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,9 @@ import {
 import { ApmRuleType } from '../../../../common/rules/apm_rule_types';
 import {
   anomalyMessage,
-  anomalyRecoveryMessage,
   errorCountMessage,
-  errorCountRecoveryMessage,
   transactionDurationMessage,
-  transactionDurationRecoveryMessage,
   transactionErrorRateMessage,
-  transactionErrorRateRecoveryMessage,
 } from '../../../../common/rules/default_action_message';
 
 // copied from elasticsearch_fieldnames.ts to limit page load bundle size
@@ -59,7 +55,6 @@ export function registerApmRuleTypes(
     }),
     requiresAppContext: false,
     defaultActionMessage: errorCountMessage,
-    defaultRecoveryMessage: errorCountRecoveryMessage,
   });
 
   observabilityRuleTypeRegistry.register({
@@ -97,7 +92,6 @@ export function registerApmRuleTypes(
     ),
     requiresAppContext: false,
     defaultActionMessage: transactionDurationMessage,
-    defaultRecoveryMessage: transactionDurationRecoveryMessage,
   });
 
   observabilityRuleTypeRegistry.register({
@@ -130,7 +124,6 @@ export function registerApmRuleTypes(
     }),
     requiresAppContext: false,
     defaultActionMessage: transactionErrorRateMessage,
-    defaultRecoveryMessage: transactionErrorRateRecoveryMessage,
   });
 
   observabilityRuleTypeRegistry.register({
@@ -160,6 +153,5 @@ export function registerApmRuleTypes(
     }),
     requiresAppContext: false,
     defaultActionMessage: anomalyMessage,
-    defaultRecoveryMessage: anomalyRecoveryMessage,
   });
 }