diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/kibana.json b/x-pack/plugins/apm/kibana.json
index a5fbcb67b68312..21aef379715c7d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/kibana.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/kibana.json
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
     "embeddable",
     "infra",
     "observability",
-    "ruleRegistry",
-    "fleet"
+    "ruleRegistry"
   ],
   "optionalPlugins": [
     "spaces",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/plugin.ts
index 1b5377b835c470..c9391eba29f8da 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/plugin.ts
@@ -103,19 +103,6 @@ export class APMPlugin
       });
     }
 
-    const resourcePlugins = mapValues(plugins, (value, key) => {
-      return {
-        setup: value,
-        start: () =>
-          core.getStartServices().then((services) => {
-            const [, pluginsStartContracts] = services;
-            return pluginsStartContracts[
-              key as keyof APMPluginStartDependencies
-            ];
-          }),
-      };
-    }) as APMRouteHandlerResources['plugins'];
-
     plugins.home?.tutorials.registerTutorial(
       tutorialProvider({
         isEnabled: this.currentConfig['xpack.apm.ui.enabled'],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/fleet.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/fleet.ts
index 72e2571fe1bb47..e2a394414308a8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/fleet.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/fleet.ts
@@ -5,21 +5,19 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
+import { getApmPackgePolicies } from '../lib/fleet/get_apm_package_policies';
 import { createApmServerRoute } from './create_apm_server_route';
 import { createApmServerRouteRepository } from './create_apm_server_route_repository';
 
 const hasFleetDataRoute = createApmServerRoute({
   endpoint: 'GET /api/apm/fleet/has_data',
   options: { tags: [] },
-  handler: async (resources) => {
-    const { core } = resources.context;
-    const savedObjectsClient = core.savedObjects.client;
-    const fleetPluginStart = await resources.plugins.fleet.start();
-
-    const packagePolicies = await fleetPluginStart.packagePolicyService.list(
-      savedObjectsClient,
-      { kuery: 'ingest-package-policies.package.name:apm' }
-    );
+  handler: async ({ core, plugins }) => {
+    const fleetPluginStart = await plugins.fleet.start();
+    const packagePolicies = await getApmPackgePolicies({
+      core,
+      fleetPluginStart,
+    });
     return { hasData: packagePolicies.total > 0 };
   },
 });