diff --git a/src/core/utils/deep_freeze.ts b/src/core/utils/deep_freeze.ts
index 2f39db6ed6121c..fbc35acb45b0f7 100644
--- a/src/core/utils/deep_freeze.ts
+++ b/src/core/utils/deep_freeze.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,5 @@ export function deepFreeze<T extends Freezable>(object: T) {
       deepFreeze(value);
     }
   }
-
   return Object.freeze(object) as RecursiveReadonly<T>;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/utils/integration_tests/__fixtures__/frozen_object_mutation/index.ts b/src/core/utils/integration_tests/__fixtures__/frozen_object_mutation/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d4f001a914d34a..00000000000000
--- a/src/core/utils/integration_tests/__fixtures__/frozen_object_mutation/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import { deepFreeze } from '../../../../utils/deep_freeze';
-
-deepFreeze({
-  foo: {
-    bar: {
-      baz: 1,
-    },
-  },
-}).foo.bar.baz = 2;
-
-deepFreeze({
-  foo: [
-    {
-      bar: 1,
-    },
-  ],
-}).foo[0].bar = 2;
-
-deepFreeze({
-  foo: [1],
-}).foo[0] = 2;
-
-deepFreeze({
-  foo: [1],
-}).foo.push(2);
diff --git a/src/core/utils/integration_tests/__fixtures__/frozen_object_mutation/tsconfig.json b/src/core/utils/integration_tests/__fixtures__/frozen_object_mutation/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 12307c46b95fa4..00000000000000
--- a/src/core/utils/integration_tests/__fixtures__/frozen_object_mutation/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "strict": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "lib": [
-      "es2018"
-    ]
-  },
-  "files": [
-    "index.ts"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/src/core/utils/integration_tests/deep_freeze.test.ts b/src/core/utils/integration_tests/deep_freeze.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f58e298fecfbff..00000000000000
--- a/src/core/utils/integration_tests/deep_freeze.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import { resolve } from 'path';
-
-import execa from 'execa';
-
-const MINUTE = 60 * 1000;
-
-it(
-  'types return values to prevent mutations in typescript',
-  async () => {
-    await expect(
-      execa('tsc', ['--noEmit'], {
-        cwd: resolve(__dirname, '__fixtures__/frozen_object_mutation'),
-        preferLocal: true,
-      }).catch((err) => err.stdout)
-    ).resolves.toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      "index.ts(28,12): error TS2540: Cannot assign to 'baz' because it is a read-only property.
-      index.ts(36,11): error TS2540: Cannot assign to 'bar' because it is a read-only property."
-    `);
-  },
-  MINUTE
-);