diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/_field_formatter.ts b/test/functional/apps/management/_field_formatter.ts
index 65b1f4d324fb1..e070b262af9ed 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/management/_field_formatter.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/management/_field_formatter.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { FIELD_FORMAT_IDS } from '../../../../src/plugins/field_formats/common';
 import { WebElementWrapper } from '../../services/lib/web_element_wrapper';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
-  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
   const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
   const browser = getService('browser');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['settings', 'common']);
@@ -32,13 +31,12 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
         'test_field_formatters',
         'test_logstash_reader',
       ]);
-      await esArchiver.load('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover');
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({});
     });
 
     after(async function afterAll() {
-      await PageObjects.settings.navigateTo();
-      await esArchiver.emptyKibanaIndex();
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.unload('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
     });
 
     describe('set and change field formatter', function describeIndexTests() {
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/_handle_version_conflict.js b/test/functional/apps/management/_handle_version_conflict.js
index 03594e0dd8612..8baf05385dd00 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/management/_handle_version_conflict.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/management/_handle_version_conflict.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const testSubjects = getService('testSubjects');
-  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
+  const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
   const browser = getService('browser');
   const es = getService('es');
   const retry = getService('retry');
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   describe('index version conflict', function describeIndexTests() {
     before(async function () {
       await browser.setWindowSize(1200, 800);
-      await esArchiver.load('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover');
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
+    });
+
+    after(async () => {
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.unload('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
     });
 
     it('Should be able to surface version conflict notification while creating scripted field', async function () {
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/_index_patterns_empty.ts b/test/functional/apps/management/_index_patterns_empty.ts
index 038039275b843..e086a6ca18213 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/management/_index_patterns_empty.ts
+++ b/test/functional/apps/management/_index_patterns_empty.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export default function ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         path: '/logstash-a',
         method: 'DELETE',
       });
+      await kibanaServer.savedObjects.clean({ types: ['index-pattern'] });
     });
 
     // create index pattern and return to verify list
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/_mgmt_import_saved_objects.js b/test/functional/apps/management/_mgmt_import_saved_objects.js
index 84e57a798c006..f8181190a00be 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/management/_mgmt_import_saved_objects.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/management/_mgmt_import_saved_objects.js
@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import path from 'path';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
-  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
+  const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
   const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'settings', 'header', 'savedObjects']);
 
   //in 6.4.0 bug the Saved Search conflict would be resolved and get imported but the visualization
   //that referenced the saved search was not imported.( https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/22238)
 
   describe('mgmt saved objects', function describeIndexTests() {
-    beforeEach(async function () {
-      await esArchiver.emptyKibanaIndex();
-      await esArchiver.load('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover');
+    before(async () => {
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
       await PageObjects.settings.navigateTo();
     });
 
-    afterEach(async function () {
-      await esArchiver.unload('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover');
+    after(async () => {
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.unload('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
+      await kibanaServer.savedObjects.clean({ types: ['search', 'visualization'] });
     });
 
     it('should import saved objects mgmt', async function () {
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/_runtime_fields.js b/test/functional/apps/management/_runtime_fields.js
index 745a3f9b079a4..09fa924b0b870 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/management/_runtime_fields.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/management/_runtime_fields.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
-  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
   const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
   const log = getService('log');
   const browser = getService('browser');
@@ -23,16 +22,12 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
 
     before(async function () {
       await browser.setWindowSize(1200, 800);
-      await esArchiver.load('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover');
-      // delete .kibana index and then wait for Kibana to re-create it
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({});
-      await kibanaServer.uiSettings.update({});
     });
 
     after(async function afterAll() {
-      await PageObjects.settings.navigateTo();
-      await PageObjects.settings.clickKibanaIndexPatterns();
-      await PageObjects.settings.removeLogstashIndexPatternIfExist();
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.unload('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
     });
 
     describe('create runtime field', function describeIndexTests() {
diff --git a/test/functional/apps/management/_scripted_fields.js b/test/functional/apps/management/_scripted_fields.js
index 2ff9e55c59ebb..4aa06f4cd9ad7 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/management/_scripted_fields.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/management/_scripted_fields.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 
 export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
-  const esArchiver = getService('esArchiver');
   const kibanaServer = getService('kibanaServer');
   const log = getService('log');
   const browser = getService('browser');
@@ -46,16 +45,14 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
 
     before(async function () {
       await browser.setWindowSize(1200, 800);
-      await esArchiver.load('test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover');
-      // delete .kibana index and then wait for Kibana to re-create it
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.load('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({});
       await kibanaServer.uiSettings.update({ 'doc_table:legacy': true });
     });
 
     after(async function afterAll() {
-      await PageObjects.settings.navigateTo();
-      await PageObjects.settings.clickKibanaIndexPatterns();
-      await PageObjects.settings.removeLogstashIndexPatternIfExist();
+      await kibanaServer.importExport.unload('test/functional/fixtures/kbn_archiver/discover');
+      await kibanaServer.uiSettings.replace({});
     });
 
     it('should not allow saving of invalid scripts', async function () {
@@ -125,7 +122,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
           'painless',
           'number',
           null,
-          '1',
+          '100',
           script
         );
         await retry.try(async function () {