diff --git a/packages/kbn-scout/src/servers/run_elasticsearch.ts b/packages/kbn-scout/src/servers/run_elasticsearch.ts
index 5406f755f5d72..24c8a49da2d9a 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-scout/src/servers/run_elasticsearch.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-scout/src/servers/run_elasticsearch.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import { resolve } from 'path';
 import type { ToolingLog } from '@kbn/tooling-log';
 import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/repo-info';
 import type { ArtifactLicense, ServerlessProjectType } from '@kbn/es';
-import { isServerlessProjectType, extractAndArchiveLogs } from '@kbn/es/src/utils';
-import { createTestEsCluster, esTestConfig } from '@kbn/test';
+import { isServerlessProjectType } from '@kbn/es/src/utils';
+import { createTestEsCluster, esTestConfig, cleanupElasticsearch } from '@kbn/test';
 import { Config } from '../config';
 
 interface RunElasticsearchOptions {
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ export async function runElasticsearch(
     config,
   });
   return async () => {
-    await node.cleanup();
-    await extractAndArchiveLogs({ outputFolder: logsDir, log });
+    await cleanupElasticsearch(node, config.serverless, logsDir, log);
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/index.ts b/packages/kbn-test/index.ts
index bd196e27c8cb0..b5506cc804ad3 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export {
   remapPluginPaths,
   getKibanaCliArg,
   getKibanaCliLoggers,
+  cleanupElasticsearch,
 } from './src/functional_tests/lib';
 
 export { initLogsDir } from './src/functional_tests/lib';
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_tests/lib/index.ts b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_tests/lib/index.ts
index 23c6ec8331602..62275737f6d47 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_tests/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_tests/lib/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 export { runKibanaServer } from './run_kibana_server';
-export { runElasticsearch } from './run_elasticsearch';
+export { runElasticsearch, cleanupElasticsearch } from './run_elasticsearch';
 export * from './run_ftr';
 export {
   parseRawFlags,
diff --git a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_tests/lib/run_elasticsearch.ts b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_tests/lib/run_elasticsearch.ts
index 964359cdb7ee5..6e082c7083b37 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_tests/lib/run_elasticsearch.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-test/src/functional_tests/lib/run_elasticsearch.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { REPO_ROOT } from '@kbn/repo-info';
 import type { ArtifactLicense, ServerlessProjectType } from '@kbn/es';
 import { isServerlessProjectType, extractAndArchiveLogs } from '@kbn/es/src/utils';
 import type { Config } from '../../functional_test_runner';
-import { createTestEsCluster, esTestConfig } from '../../es';
+import { ICluster, createTestEsCluster, esTestConfig } from '../../es';
 
 interface RunElasticsearchOptions {
   log: ToolingLog;
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ function getEsConfig({
   };
 }
 
+export async function cleanupElasticsearch(
+  node: ICluster,
+  isServerless: boolean,
+  logsDir: string | undefined,
+  log: ToolingLog
+): Promise<void> {
+  await node.cleanup();
+
+  if (isServerless) {
+    await extractAndArchiveLogs({ outputFolder: logsDir, log });
+  }
+}
+
 export async function runElasticsearch(
   options: RunElasticsearchOptions
 ): Promise<() => Promise<void>> {
@@ -91,8 +104,7 @@ export async function runElasticsearch(
       config,
     });
     return async () => {
-      await node.cleanup();
-      await extractAndArchiveLogs({ outputFolder: logsDir, log });
+      await cleanupElasticsearch(node, config.serverless, logsDir, log);
     };
   }