diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/integration/detections.spec.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/integration/detections.spec.ts
index c048510c50c365..1624586d4ca145 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/integration/detections.spec.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/integration/detections.spec.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@
  */
 import {
   NUMBER_OF_SIGNALS,
-  OPEN_CLOSE_SIGNALS_BTN,
   SELECTED_SIGNALS,
   SHOWING_SIGNALS,
   SIGNALS,
 } from '../screens/detections';
 
 import {
-  closeFirstSignal,
   closeSignals,
   goToClosedSignals,
   goToOpenedSignals,
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ import { loginAndWaitForPage } from '../tasks/login';
 import { DETECTIONS } from '../urls/navigation';
 
 describe('Detections', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
+  before(() => {
     esArchiverLoad('signals');
     loginAndWaitForPage(DETECTIONS);
   });
@@ -113,43 +111,4 @@ describe('Detections', () => {
           .should('eql', expectedNumberOfOpenedSignals.toString());
       });
   });
-
-  it('Closes one signal when more than one opened signals are selected', () => {
-    waitForSignalsToBeLoaded();
-
-    cy.get(NUMBER_OF_SIGNALS)
-      .invoke('text')
-      .then(numberOfSignals => {
-        const numberOfSignalsToBeClosed = 1;
-        const numberOfSignalsToBeSelected = 3;
-
-        cy.get(OPEN_CLOSE_SIGNALS_BTN).should('have.attr', 'disabled');
-        selectNumberOfSignals(numberOfSignalsToBeSelected);
-        cy.get(OPEN_CLOSE_SIGNALS_BTN).should('not.have.attr', 'disabled');
-
-        closeFirstSignal();
-        cy.reload();
-        waitForSignalsToBeLoaded();
-        waitForSignals();
-
-        const expectedNumberOfSignals = +numberOfSignals - numberOfSignalsToBeClosed;
-        cy.get(NUMBER_OF_SIGNALS)
-          .invoke('text')
-          .should('eq', expectedNumberOfSignals.toString());
-        cy.get(SHOWING_SIGNALS)
-          .invoke('text')
-          .should('eql', `Showing ${expectedNumberOfSignals.toString()} signals`);
-
-        goToClosedSignals();
-        waitForSignals();
-
-        cy.get(NUMBER_OF_SIGNALS)
-          .invoke('text')
-          .should('eql', numberOfSignalsToBeClosed.toString());
-        cy.get(SHOWING_SIGNALS)
-          .invoke('text')
-          .should('eql', `Showing ${numberOfSignalsToBeClosed.toString()} signal`);
-        cy.get(SIGNALS).should('have.length', numberOfSignalsToBeClosed);
-      });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/screens/detections.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/screens/detections.ts
index f388ac1215d01f..8b5ba235788072 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/screens/detections.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/screens/detections.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ export const MANAGE_SIGNAL_DETECTION_RULES_BTN = '[data-test-subj="manage-signal
 
 export const NUMBER_OF_SIGNALS = '[data-test-subj="server-side-event-count"]';
 
-export const OPEN_CLOSE_SIGNAL_BTN = '[data-test-subj="update-signal-status-button"]';
-
-export const OPEN_CLOSE_SIGNALS_BTN = '[data-test-subj="openCloseSignal"] button';
+export const OPEN_CLOSE_SIGNALS_BTN = '[data-test-subj="openCloseSignal"] .siemLinkIcon__label';
 
 export const OPENED_SIGNALS_BTN = '[data-test-subj="openSignals"]';
 
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/tasks/detections.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/tasks/detections.ts
index 3416e3eb81de33..21a0c136b90df8 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/tasks/detections.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/siem/cypress/tasks/detections.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   CLOSED_SIGNALS_BTN,
   LOADING_SIGNALS_PANEL,
   MANAGE_SIGNAL_DETECTION_RULES_BTN,
-  OPEN_CLOSE_SIGNAL_BTN,
   OPEN_CLOSE_SIGNALS_BTN,
   OPENED_SIGNALS_BTN,
   SIGNALS,
@@ -16,12 +15,6 @@ import {
 } from '../screens/detections';
 import { REFRESH_BUTTON } from '../screens/siem_header';
 
-export const closeFirstSignal = () => {
-  cy.get(OPEN_CLOSE_SIGNAL_BTN)
-    .first()
-    .click({ force: true });
-};
-
 export const closeSignals = () => {
   cy.get(OPEN_CLOSE_SIGNALS_BTN).click({ force: true });
 };