diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/code/file_tree.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/code/file_tree.ts
index 69c1c4f9a863f4..a57fc914a124de 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/code/file_tree.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/code/file_tree.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export default function exploreRepositoryFunctionalTests({
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'header', 'security', 'code', 'home']);
 
-  describe('File Tree', function() {
+  // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/43492
+  describe.skip('File Tree', function() {
     this.tags('smoke');
     const repositoryListSelector = 'codeRepositoryList codeRepositoryItem';