diff --git a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tsvb_chart.js b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tsvb_chart.js
index f81835e32c91..4f9ef2ed2891 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tsvb_chart.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/visualize/_tsvb_chart.js
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
     });
 
 
-
-    describe('markdown', () => {
+    // flaky https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/29670
+    describe.skip('markdown', () => {
 
       before(async () => {
         await PageObjects.visualBuilder.resetPage();