diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/intake.template.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/intake.template.yml
index af95e9cf9a0a5..a2b16b8f94fff 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/intake.template.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/intake.template.yml
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ steps:
           buildDirectory: /dev/shm/bk
         env:
           BWC_VERSION: "{{matrix.BWC_VERSION}}"
-  - label: bc-upgrade
-    command: ".buildkite/scripts/run-bc-upgrade-tests.sh"
   - group: lucene-compat
     steps:
       - label: "{{matrix.LUCENE_VERSION}} / lucene-compat"
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/intake.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/intake.yml
index b2560bb717769..5b660e7742047 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/intake.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/intake.yml
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ steps:
           buildDirectory: /dev/shm/bk
         env:
           BWC_VERSION: "{{matrix.BWC_VERSION}}"
-  - label: bc-upgrade
-    command: ".buildkite/scripts/run-bc-upgrade-tests.sh"
-    agents:
-      image: "docker.elastic.co/ci-agent-images/eck-region/buildkite-agent:1.5"
-      memory: "4G"
   - group: lucene-compat
     steps:
       - label: "{{matrix.LUCENE_VERSION}} / lucene-compat"
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/run-bc-upgrade-tests.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/run-bc-upgrade-tests.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 94343a2d5fb21..0000000000000
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/run-bc-upgrade-tests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-#
-# Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
-# or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
-# 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
-# Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
-# your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
-# License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
-#
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# Select the most recent build from the current branch.
-# We collect snapshots, order by date, then collect BCs, order by date, and concat them; then we select the last.
-# So if we have one (or more) BC, we will always prefer to use that. Otherwise we will use the latest snapshot.
-MANIFEST_URL="$(curl -s https://artifacts.elastic.co/releases/TfEVhiaBGqR64ie0g0r0uUwNAbEQMu1Z/future-releases/stack.json |
-jq ".releases[] |
-select(.branch == \"$BUILDKITE_BRANCH\") |
-select(.active_release == true) |
-((.snapshots | to_entries | sort_by(.value.completed_at)) +
-(.build_candidates | to_entries | sort_by(.value.completed_at))) |
-last | .value.manifest_url")"
-
-if [[ -z "$MANIFEST_URL" ]]; then
-   echo "No snapshots or build candidates for branch [$BUILDKITE_BRANCH]."
-   echo "Skipping BC upgrade tests."
-   exit 0
-fi
-
-MANIFEST="$(curl -s "$MANIFEST_URL")"
-if [[ -z "$MANIFEST" ]]; then
-   echo "Cannot get the build manifest from [$MANIFEST_URL]"
-   exit 1
-fi
-
-CURRENT_VERSION=$(sed -n 's/^elasticsearch[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*\(.*\)/\1/p' build-tools-internal/version.properties)
-
-BC_VERSION=$(echo "$MANIFEST" | jq -r .version)
-BC_BUILD_ID=$(echo "$MANIFEST" | jq -r .build_id)
-BC_COMMIT_HASH=$(echo "$MANIFEST" | jq -r .projects.elasticsearch.commit_hash)
-
-if [ "$CURRENT_VERSION-SNAPSHOT" != "$BC_VERSION" ]; then
-    echo "Version [$BC_VERSION] of BC (or snapshot) does not match current version [$CURRENT_VERSION] of branch [$BUILDKITE_BRANCH]."
-    echo "Skipping BC upgrade tests."
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-echo "Running BC upgrade tests on $BUILDKITE_BRANCH [$BC_VERSION] using BC (or snapshot) build of commit [$BC_COMMIT_HASH] with build id [$BC_BUILD_ID]."
-
-cat <<EOF | buildkite-agent pipeline upload
-steps:
-    - label: bc-upgrade $BC_BUILD_ID -> $BUILDKITE_BRANCH
-      command: .ci/scripts/run-gradle.sh -Dbwc.checkout.align=true -Dorg.elasticsearch.build.cache.push=true -Dignore.tests.seed -Dscan.capture-file-fingerprints -Dtests.bwc.main.version=${BC_VERSION} -Dtests.bwc.refspec.main=${BC_COMMIT_HASH} bcUpgradeTest -Dtests.jvm.argline="-Des.serverless_transport=true"
-      timeout_in_minutes: 300
-      agents:
-        provider: gcp
-        image: family/elasticsearch-ubuntu-2004
-        machineType: n1-standard-32
-        buildDirectory: /dev/shm/bk
-        preemptible: true
-      retry:
-        automatic:
-          - exit_status: "-1"
-            limit: 3
-            signal_reason: none
-          - signal_reason: agent_stop
-            limit: 3
-EOF