diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/index_patterns/fields_for_wildcard_route/response.js b/test/api_integration/apis/index_patterns/fields_for_wildcard_route/response.js
index 45a09be6c2de..ae96f17fdceb 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/index_patterns/fields_for_wildcard_route/response.js
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/index_patterns/fields_for_wildcard_route/response.js
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
     expect(resp.body.fields).to.eql(sortBy(resp.body.fields, 'name'));
   };
 
-  describe('response', () => {
+  describe('fields_for_wildcard_route response', () => {
     before(() => esArchiver.load('index_patterns/basic_index'));
     after(() => esArchiver.unload('index_patterns/basic_index'));
 
-    it('returns a flattened version of the fields in es', () =>
-      supertest
+    it('returns a flattened version of the fields in es', async () => {
+      await supertest
         .get('/api/index_patterns/_fields_for_wildcard')
         .query({ pattern: 'basic_index' })
         .expect(200, {
@@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
             },
           ],
         })
-        .then(ensureFieldsAreSorted));
+        .then(ensureFieldsAreSorted);
+    });
 
-    it('always returns a field for all passed meta fields', () =>
-      supertest
+    // https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/79813
+    it.skip('always returns a field for all passed meta fields', async () => {
+      await supertest
         .get('/api/index_patterns/_fields_for_wildcard')
         .query({
           pattern: 'basic_index',
@@ -168,14 +170,16 @@ export default function ({ getService }) {
             },
           ],
         })
-        .then(ensureFieldsAreSorted));
+        .then(ensureFieldsAreSorted);
+    });
 
-    it('returns 404 when the pattern does not exist', () =>
-      supertest
+    it('returns 404 when the pattern does not exist', async () => {
+      await supertest
         .get('/api/index_patterns/_fields_for_wildcard')
         .query({
           pattern: '[non-existing-pattern]its-invalid-*',
         })
-        .expect(404));
+        .expect(404);
+    });
   });
 }