diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/actions_client.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/actions_client.ts
index c655141415b5..eb8f24f46133 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/actions_client.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/actions_client.ts
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ export class ActionsClient {
       })
     );
 
-    return await this.unsecuredSavedObjectsClient.delete('action', id);
+    return await this.unsecuredSavedObjectsClient.delete('action', id, { refresh: false });
   }
 
   public async execute({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/create_execute_function.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/create_execute_function.ts
index 025b4d310779..562e0823327e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/create_execute_function.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/create_execute_function.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ export function createExecutionEnqueuerFunction({
         params,
         apiKey,
       },
-      executionSourceAsSavedObjectReferences(source)
+      {
+        ...executionSourceAsSavedObjectReferences(source),
+        refresh: false,
+      }
     );
 
     await taskManager.schedule({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/lib/task_runner_factory.ts b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/lib/task_runner_factory.ts
index 7481b70d1eae..9cbb483655fa 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/lib/task_runner_factory.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/actions/server/lib/task_runner_factory.ts
@@ -142,10 +142,9 @@ export class TaskRunnerFactory {
           // We would idealy secure every operation but in order to support clean up of legacy alerts
           // we allow this operation in an unsecured manner
           // Once support for legacy alert RBAC is dropped, this can be secured
-          await getUnsecuredSavedObjectsClient(fakeRequest).delete(
-            ACTION_TASK_PARAMS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-            actionTaskParamsId
-          );
+          await getUnsecuredSavedObjectsClient(
+            fakeRequest
+          ).delete(ACTION_TASK_PARAMS_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE, actionTaskParamsId, { refresh: false });
         } catch (e) {
           // Log error only, we shouldn't fail the task because of an error here (if ever there's retry logic)
           logger.error(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
index af0adad43baa..51e74f2c20f8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export class TaskStore {
    */
   public async remove(id: string): Promise<void> {
     try {
-      await this.savedObjectsRepository.delete('task', id);
+      await this.savedObjectsRepository.delete('task', id, { refresh: false });
     } catch (e) {
       this.errors$.next(e);
       throw e;