diff --git a/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js b/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
index b3f516977fe420..f606806163c8ae 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
+++ b/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import { getConfig, createRunner } from './lib';
 
 import {
-  BootstrapTask,
   BuildPackagesTask,
   CleanExtraBinScriptsTask,
   CleanExtraBrowsersTask,
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ export async function buildDistributables(options) {
    */
   await run(VerifyEnvTask);
   await run(CleanTask);
-  await run(BootstrapTask);
   await run(downloadFreshNode ? DownloadNodeBuildsTask : VerifyExistingNodeBuildsTask);
   await run(ExtractNodeBuildsTask);
 
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bootstrap_task.js b/src/dev/build/tasks/bootstrap_task.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c8e81a3db42832..00000000000000
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bootstrap_task.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +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 { exec } from '../lib';
-
-export const BootstrapTask = {
-  global: true,
-  description: 'Running `yarn kbn bootstrap` to make sure all dependencies are up-to-date',
-
-  async run(config, log) {
-    await exec(log, 'yarn', ['kbn', 'bootstrap', '--skip-kibana-extra']);
-  },
-};
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js b/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
index 156754e031feea..6fc15a2f921152 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-export * from './bootstrap_task';
 export * from './build_packages_task';
 export * from './clean_tasks';
 export * from './copy_source_task';