diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/layer_errors.js b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/layer_errors.js
index 142ea7c4bf02..36a6e48eb88e 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/layer_errors.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/maps/layer_errors.js
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects }) {
       });
     });
 
-    describe('EMSFileSource with missing EMS id', () => {
+    // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/36011
+    describe.skip('EMSFileSource with missing EMS id', () => {
       const MISSING_EMS_ID = 'idThatDoesNotExitForEMSFileSource';
       const LAYER_NAME = 'EMS_vector_shapes';