diff --git a/test/plugin_functional/config.js b/test/plugin_functional/config.js
index 7017c01cc5634..c7fa0f40e1d0c 100644
--- a/test/plugin_functional/config.js
+++ b/test/plugin_functional/config.js
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export default async function({ readConfigFile }) {
 
   return {
     testFiles: [
-      require.resolve('./test_suites/app_plugins'),
       require.resolve('./test_suites/custom_visualizations'),
       require.resolve('./test_suites/panel_actions'),
       require.resolve('./test_suites/embeddable_explorer'),
diff --git a/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin/index.js b/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ff4be4113eeb3..0000000000000
--- a/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-export default function(kibana) {
-  return new kibana.Plugin({
-    uiExports: {
-      app: {
-        title: 'Test Plugin App',
-        description: 'This is a sample plugin for the functional tests.',
-        main: 'plugins/kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin/app',
-      },
-    },
-  });
-}
diff --git a/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin/package.json b/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2537bb9a7ed5c..0000000000000
--- a/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "kibana": {
-    "version": "kibana",
-    "templateVersion": "1.0.0"
-  },
-  "license": "Apache-2.0"
-}
diff --git a/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin/public/app.js b/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin/public/app.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a7a516bb0cdbd..0000000000000
--- a/test/plugin_functional/plugins/kbn_tp_sample_app_plugin/public/app.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-import 'ui/autoload/all';
-
-import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
-
-chrome.setRootTemplate('<div data-test-subj="pluginContent">Super simple app plugin</div>');
diff --git a/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/app_plugins/app_navigation.js b/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/app_plugins/app_navigation.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bb39e52287556..0000000000000
--- a/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/app_plugins/app_navigation.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import expect from '@kbn/expect';
-
-export default function({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
-  const appsMenu = getService('appsMenu');
-  const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
-  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'header', 'home']);
-
-  describe('app navigation', function describeIndexTests() {
-    before(async () => {
-      await PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('settings');
-    });
-
-    it('should show nav link that navigates to the app', async () => {
-      await appsMenu.clickLink('Test Plugin App');
-      const pluginContent = await testSubjects.find('pluginContent');
-      expect(await pluginContent.getVisibleText()).to.be('Super simple app plugin');
-    });
-  });
-}
diff --git a/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/app_plugins/index.js b/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/app_plugins/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 83faa7377c7ac..0000000000000
--- a/test/plugin_functional/test_suites/app_plugins/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-export default function({ loadTestFile }) {
-  describe('app plugins', () => {
-    loadTestFile(require.resolve('./app_navigation'));
-  });
-}