diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/queries/mark_available_tasks_as_claimed.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/queries/mark_available_tasks_as_claimed.ts
index 6691b31a546bc..aac5febc57dcf 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/queries/mark_available_tasks_as_claimed.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/queries/mark_available_tasks_as_claimed.ts
@@ -95,29 +95,9 @@ if (doc['task.runAt'].size()!=0) {
   },
 };
 
-const SORT_VALUE_TO_BE_FIRST = 0;
+// function changed to stop sorting by _id: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/52517
 export const sortByIdsThenByScheduling = (claimTasksById: string[]): SortClause => {
-  const {
-    _script: {
-      script: { source },
-    },
-  } = SortByRunAtAndRetryAt;
-  return defaultsDeep(
-    {
-      _script: {
-        script: {
-          source: `
-if(params.ids.contains(doc['_id'].value)){
-  return ${SORT_VALUE_TO_BE_FIRST};
-}
-${source}
-`,
-          params: { ids: claimTasksById },
-        },
-      },
-    },
-    SortByRunAtAndRetryAt
-  );
+  return SortByRunAtAndRetryAt;
 };
 
 export const updateFields = (fieldUpdates: {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.test.ts
index c7a0a1a020721..c831b1e503b13 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.test.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ describe('TaskStore', () => {
       expect(args).toMatchObject({
         index: 'tasky',
         body: {
-          sort: [{ 'task.runAt': 'asc' }, { _id: 'desc' }],
+          sort: [{ 'task.runAt': 'asc' }],
           query: { term: { type: 'task' } },
         },
       });
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ describe('TaskStore', () => {
 
       expect(args).toMatchObject({
         body: {
-          sort: [{ 'task.taskType': 'desc' }, { _id: 'desc' }],
+          sort: [{ 'task.taskType': 'desc' }],
         },
       });
     });
@@ -669,24 +669,13 @@ describe('TaskStore', () => {
           script: {
             lang: 'painless',
             source: `
-if(params.ids.contains(doc['_id'].value)){
-  return 0;
-}
-
 if (doc['task.retryAt'].size()!=0) {
   return doc['task.retryAt'].value.toInstant().toEpochMilli();
 }
 if (doc['task.runAt'].size()!=0) {
   return doc['task.runAt'].value.toInstant().toEpochMilli();
 }
-    
-`,
-            params: {
-              ids: [
-                'task:33c6977a-ed6d-43bd-98d9-3f827f7b7cd8',
-                'task:a208b22c-14ec-4fb4-995f-d2ff7a3b03b8',
-              ],
-            },
+    `,
           },
         },
       });
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
index e8fc0ccb90936..21746809c1bc4 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/task_manager/server/task_store.ts
@@ -427,18 +427,13 @@ export class TaskStore {
   }
 }
 
+// function changed to stop sorting by _id: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/52517
 function paginatableSort(sort: any[] = []) {
-  const sortById = { _id: 'desc' };
-
   if (!sort.length) {
-    return [{ 'task.runAt': 'asc' }, sortById];
-  }
-
-  if (sort.find(({ _id }) => !!_id)) {
-    return sort;
+    return [{ 'task.runAt': 'asc' }];
   }
 
-  return [...sort, sortById];
+  return sort;
 }
 
 function taskInstanceToAttributes(doc: TaskInstance): SavedObjectAttributes {