diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/discover/async_scripted_fields.js b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/discover/async_scripted_fields.js
index e70010c46723a..d71603cf3793f 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/discover/async_scripted_fields.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/discover/async_scripted_fields.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const queryBar = getService('queryBar');
   const security = getService('security');
 
-  describe('async search with scripted fields', function () {
+  // Failing: See https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/78553
+  describe.skip('async search with scripted fields', function () {
     this.tags(['skipFirefox']);
 
     before(async function () {