diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/fleetapi/client.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/fleetapi/client.go
index 648620dcab98..bfdc131ce908 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/fleetapi/client.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/fleetapi/client.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ type clienter interface {
 
 var baseRoundTrippers = func(rt http.RoundTripper) (http.RoundTripper, error) {
 	rt = NewFleetUserAgentRoundTripper(rt, release.Version())
-	rt = kibana.NewEnforceKibanaVersionRoundTripper(rt, release.Version())
 	return rt, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/fleetapi/client_test.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/fleetapi/client_test.go
index 305bbafc1174..5766fe109a6f 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/fleetapi/client_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/fleetapi/client_test.go
@@ -17,43 +17,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/core/logger"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana"
-	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/release"
 )
 
 func TestHTTPClient(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	t.Run("Ensure we validate the remote Kibana version is higher or equal", withServer(
-		func(t *testing.T) *http.ServeMux {
-			msg := `{ message: "hello" }`
-			mux := http.NewServeMux()
-			mux.HandleFunc("/echo-hello", authHandler(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-				v := r.Header.Get("kbn-version")
-				assert.Equal(t, release.Version(), v)
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, msg)
-			}, "abc123"))
-			return mux
-		}, func(t *testing.T, host string) {
-			cfg := &kibana.Config{
-				Host: host,
-			}
-
-			l, err := logger.New()
-			client, err := NewAuthWithConfig(l, "abc123", cfg)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			resp, err := client.Send(ctx, "GET", "/echo-hello", nil, nil, nil)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-
-			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			defer resp.Body.Close()
-			assert.Equal(t, `{ message: "hello" }`, string(body))
-		},
-	))
-
 	t.Run("API Key is valid", withServer(
 		func(t *testing.T) *http.ServeMux {
 			msg := `{ message: "hello" }`
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/round_trippers.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/round_trippers.go
index 4adbee0e476e..ded029356716 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/round_trippers.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/kibana/round_trippers.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (r *EnforceKibanaVersionRoundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.R
 }
 
 // NewEnforceKibanaVersionRoundTripper enforce the remove endpoint to be a a certain version, if the
-// remove kibana is not equal or superior on the requested version the call will fail.
+// remote kibana is not equal the call will fail.
 func NewEnforceKibanaVersionRoundTripper(wrapped http.RoundTripper, version string) http.RoundTripper {
 	return &EnforceKibanaVersionRoundTripper{rt: wrapped, version: version}
 }