diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/mocks.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/mocks.ts
index 394d4c383032fb..9bbaefe2d146a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/mocks.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/field_formats/mocks.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { IFieldFormatsRegistry } from '.';
+import { identity } from 'lodash';
+import { FieldFormat, IFieldFormatsRegistry } from '.';
 
 export const fieldFormatsMock: IFieldFormatsRegistry = {
   getByFieldType: jest.fn(),
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ export const fieldFormatsMock: IFieldFormatsRegistry = {
   init: jest.fn(),
   register: jest.fn(),
   parseDefaultTypeMap: jest.fn(),
-  deserialize: jest.fn(),
+  deserialize: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
+    const DefaultFieldFormat = FieldFormat.from(identity);
+    return new DefaultFieldFormat();
+  }),
   getTypeWithoutMetaParams: jest.fn(),
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/plugin.ts
index 493733daf261b2..2901bf767520bd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/plugin.ts
@@ -184,10 +184,7 @@ export class DataPublicPlugin implements Plugin<DataPublicPluginSetup, DataPubli
     const query = this.queryService.start(savedObjects);
     setQueryService(query);
 
-    const search = this.searchService.start(core, {
-      indexPatterns,
-      fieldFormats,
-    });
+    const search = this.searchService.start(core, { indexPatterns });
     setSearchService(search);
 
     uiActions.addTriggerAction(
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.test.ts
index 95e0b2cd27186b..18a86d767c2de2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.test.ts
@@ -25,31 +25,23 @@ import { AggType } from './agg_type';
 import { AggTypesRegistryStart } from './agg_types_registry';
 import { mockDataServices, mockAggTypesRegistry } from './test_helpers';
 import { MetricAggType } from './metrics/metric_agg_type';
-import {
-  Field as IndexPatternField,
-  IndexPattern,
-  IIndexPatternFieldList,
-} from '../../index_patterns';
+import { IndexPattern, IIndexPatternFieldList } from '../../index_patterns';
 import { stubIndexPatternWithFields } from '../../../public/stubs';
-import { FieldFormatsStart } from '../../field_formats';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../field_formats/mocks';
 
 describe('AggConfig', () => {
   let indexPattern: IndexPattern;
   let typesRegistry: AggTypesRegistryStart;
-  let fieldFormats: FieldFormatsStart;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.restoreAllMocks();
     mockDataServices();
-    fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
     indexPattern = stubIndexPatternWithFields as IndexPattern;
     typesRegistry = mockAggTypesRegistry();
   });
 
   describe('#toDsl', () => {
     it('calls #write()', () => {
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry });
       const configStates = {
         enabled: true,
         type: 'date_histogram',
@@ -64,7 +56,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
     });
 
     it('uses the type name as the agg name', () => {
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry });
       const configStates = {
         enabled: true,
         type: 'date_histogram',
@@ -79,7 +71,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
     });
 
     it('uses the params from #write() output as the agg params', () => {
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry });
       const configStates = {
         enabled: true,
         type: 'date_histogram',
@@ -109,7 +101,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
           params: {},
         },
       ];
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
 
       const histoConfig = ac.byName('date_histogram')[0];
       const avgConfig = ac.byName('avg')[0];
@@ -219,8 +211,8 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
 
     testsIdentical.forEach((configState, index) => {
       it(`identical aggregations (${index})`, () => {
-        const ac1 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configState, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
-        const ac2 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configState, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+        const ac1 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configState, { typesRegistry });
+        const ac2 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configState, { typesRegistry });
         expect(ac1.jsonDataEquals(ac2.aggs)).toBe(true);
       });
     });
@@ -260,8 +252,8 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
 
     testsIdenticalDifferentOrder.forEach((test, index) => {
       it(`identical aggregations (${index}) - init json is in different order`, () => {
-        const ac1 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, test.config1, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
-        const ac2 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, test.config2, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+        const ac1 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, test.config1, { typesRegistry });
+        const ac2 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, test.config2, { typesRegistry });
         expect(ac1.jsonDataEquals(ac2.aggs)).toBe(true);
       });
     });
@@ -325,8 +317,8 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
 
     testsDifferent.forEach((test, index) => {
       it(`different aggregations (${index})`, () => {
-        const ac1 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, test.config1, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
-        const ac2 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, test.config2, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+        const ac1 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, test.config1, { typesRegistry });
+        const ac2 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, test.config2, { typesRegistry });
         expect(ac1.jsonDataEquals(ac2.aggs)).toBe(false);
       });
     });
@@ -334,7 +326,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
 
   describe('#serialize', () => {
     it('includes the aggs id, params, type and schema', () => {
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry });
       const configStates = {
         enabled: true,
         type: 'date_histogram',
@@ -365,8 +357,8 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
           params: {},
         },
       ];
-      const ac1 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
-      const ac2 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac1 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
+      const ac2 = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
 
       // this relies on the assumption that js-engines consistently loop over properties in insertion order.
       // most likely the case, but strictly speaking not guaranteed by the JS and JSON specifications.
@@ -394,7 +386,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
           params: { field: 'machine.os.keyword' },
         },
       ];
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
 
       expect(ac.aggs.map((agg) => agg.toSerializedFieldFormat())).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Array [
@@ -456,7 +448,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
           },
         },
       ];
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
 
       expect(ac.aggs.map((agg) => agg.toSerializedFieldFormat())).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Array [
@@ -478,20 +470,8 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
   });
 
   describe('#toExpressionAst', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      fieldFormats.getDefaultInstance = (() => ({
-        getConverterFor: (t?: string) => t || identity,
-      })) as any;
-      indexPattern.fields.getByName = (name) =>
-        ({
-          format: {
-            getConverterFor: (t?: string) => t || identity,
-          },
-        } as IndexPatternField);
-    });
-
     it('works with primitive param types', () => {
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry });
       const configStates = {
         enabled: true,
         type: 'terms',
@@ -540,7 +520,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
     });
 
     it('creates a subexpression for params of type "agg"', () => {
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry });
       const configStates = {
         type: 'terms',
         params: {
@@ -616,7 +596,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
         },
       });
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry });
       const configStates = {
         type: 'range',
         params: {
@@ -647,7 +627,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
     });
 
     it('stringifies any other params which are an object', () => {
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry });
       const configStates = {
         type: 'terms',
         params: {
@@ -662,7 +642,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
     });
 
     it(`returns undefined if an expressionName doesn't exist on the agg type`, () => {
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry });
       const configStates = {
         type: 'unknown type',
         params: {},
@@ -676,7 +656,7 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
     let aggConfig: AggConfig;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry });
       aggConfig = ac.createAggConfig({ type: 'count' } as CreateAggConfigParams);
     });
 
@@ -702,85 +682,4 @@ describe('AggConfig', () => {
       expect(label).toBe('');
     });
   });
-
-  describe('#fieldFormatter - custom getFormat handler', () => {
-    it('returns formatter from getFormat handler', () => {
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
-      const configStates = {
-        enabled: true,
-        type: 'count',
-        schema: 'metric',
-        params: { field: '@timestamp' },
-      };
-      const aggConfig = ac.createAggConfig(configStates);
-
-      const fieldFormatter = aggConfig.fieldFormatter();
-      expect(fieldFormatter).toBeDefined();
-      expect(fieldFormatter('text')).toBe('text');
-    });
-  });
-
-  // TODO: Converting these field formatter tests from browser tests to unit
-  // tests makes them much less helpful due to the extensive use of mocking.
-  // We should revisit these and rewrite them into something more useful.
-  describe('#fieldFormatter - no custom getFormat handler', () => {
-    let aggConfig: AggConfig;
-
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      fieldFormats.getDefaultInstance = (() => ({
-        getConverterFor: (t?: string) => t || identity,
-      })) as any;
-      indexPattern.fields.getByName = (name) =>
-        ({
-          format: {
-            getConverterFor: (t?: string) => t || identity,
-          },
-        } as IndexPatternField);
-
-      const configStates = {
-        enabled: true,
-        type: 'histogram',
-        schema: 'bucket',
-        params: {
-          field: 'bytes',
-        },
-      };
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [configStates], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
-      aggConfig = ac.createAggConfig(configStates);
-    });
-
-    it("returns the field's formatter", () => {
-      aggConfig.params.field = {
-        format: {
-          getConverterFor: (t?: string) => t || identity,
-        },
-      };
-      expect(aggConfig.fieldFormatter().toString()).toBe(
-        aggConfig.getField().format.getConverterFor().toString()
-      );
-    });
-
-    it('returns the string format if the field does not have a format', () => {
-      const agg = aggConfig;
-      agg.params.field = { type: 'number', format: null };
-      const fieldFormatter = agg.fieldFormatter();
-      expect(fieldFormatter).toBeDefined();
-      expect(fieldFormatter('text')).toBe('text');
-    });
-
-    it('returns the string format if there is no field', () => {
-      const agg = aggConfig;
-      delete agg.params.field;
-      const fieldFormatter = agg.fieldFormatter();
-      expect(fieldFormatter).toBeDefined();
-      expect(fieldFormatter('text')).toBe('text');
-    });
-
-    it('returns the html converter if "html" is passed in', () => {
-      const field = indexPattern.fields.getByName('bytes');
-      expect(aggConfig.fieldFormatter('html').toString()).toBe(
-        field!.format.getConverterFor('html').toString()
-      );
-    });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.ts
index a2b74eca584766..8650f5920e5202 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_config.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ import { writeParams } from './agg_params';
 import { IAggConfigs } from './agg_configs';
 import { FetchOptions } from '../fetch';
 import { ISearchSource } from '../search_source';
-import { FieldFormatsContentType, KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../common';
-import { FieldFormatsStart } from '../../field_formats';
 
 type State = string | number | boolean | null | undefined | SerializableState;
 
@@ -52,10 +50,6 @@ export type AggConfigSerialized = Ensure<
   SerializableState
 >;
 
-export interface AggConfigDependencies {
-  fieldFormats: FieldFormatsStart;
-}
-
 export type AggConfigOptions = Assign<AggConfigSerialized, { type: IAggType }>;
 
 /**
@@ -116,13 +110,8 @@ export class AggConfig {
   private __type: IAggType;
   private __typeDecorations: any;
   private subAggs: AggConfig[] = [];
-  private readonly fieldFormats: FieldFormatsStart;
 
-  constructor(
-    aggConfigs: IAggConfigs,
-    opts: AggConfigOptions,
-    { fieldFormats }: AggConfigDependencies
-  ) {
+  constructor(aggConfigs: IAggConfigs, opts: AggConfigOptions) {
     this.aggConfigs = aggConfigs;
     this.id = String(opts.id || AggConfig.nextId(aggConfigs.aggs as any));
     this.enabled = typeof opts.enabled === 'boolean' ? opts.enabled : true;
@@ -143,8 +132,6 @@ export class AggConfig {
 
     // @ts-ignore
     this.__type = this.__type;
-
-    this.fieldFormats = fieldFormats;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -433,24 +420,6 @@ export class AggConfig {
     return this.aggConfigs.timeRange;
   }
 
-  fieldFormatter(contentType?: FieldFormatsContentType, defaultFormat?: any) {
-    const format = this.type && this.type.getFormat(this);
-
-    if (format) {
-      return format.getConverterFor(contentType);
-    }
-
-    return this.fieldOwnFormatter(contentType, defaultFormat);
-  }
-
-  fieldOwnFormatter(contentType?: FieldFormatsContentType, defaultFormat?: any) {
-    const field = this.getField();
-    let format = field && field.format;
-    if (!format) format = defaultFormat;
-    if (!format) format = this.fieldFormats.getDefaultInstance(KBN_FIELD_TYPES.STRING);
-    return format.getConverterFor(contentType);
-  }
-
   fieldName() {
     const field = this.getField();
     return field ? field.name : '';
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_configs.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_configs.test.ts
index 6e6fb3350d901f..121bb29f6f8edb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_configs.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_configs.test.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ import { AggTypesRegistryStart } from './agg_types_registry';
 import { mockDataServices, mockAggTypesRegistry } from './test_helpers';
 import { Field as IndexPatternField, IndexPattern } from '../../index_patterns';
 import { stubIndexPattern, stubIndexPatternWithFields } from '../../../public/stubs';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../field_formats/mocks';
 
 describe('AggConfigs', () => {
   let indexPattern: IndexPattern;
   let typesRegistry: AggTypesRegistryStart;
-  const fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockDataServices();
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       expect(ac.aggs).toHaveLength(1);
     });
 
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
       ];
 
       const spy = jest.spyOn(AggConfig, 'ensureIds');
-      new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(spy.mock.calls[0]).toEqual([configStates]);
       spy.mockRestore();
@@ -94,20 +92,16 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       expect(ac.aggs).toHaveLength(2);
 
       ac.createAggConfig(
-        new AggConfig(
-          ac,
-          {
-            enabled: true,
-            type: typesRegistry.get('terms'),
-            params: {},
-            schema: 'split',
-          },
-          { fieldFormats }
-        )
+        new AggConfig(ac, {
+          enabled: true,
+          type: typesRegistry.get('terms'),
+          params: {},
+          schema: 'split',
+        })
       );
       expect(ac.aggs).toHaveLength(3);
     });
@@ -121,7 +115,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       expect(ac.aggs).toHaveLength(1);
 
       ac.createAggConfig({
@@ -142,7 +136,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       expect(ac.aggs).toHaveLength(1);
 
       ac.createAggConfig(
@@ -170,7 +164,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         { type: 'percentiles', enabled: true, params: {}, schema: 'metric' },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       const sorted = ac.getRequestAggs();
       const aggs = indexBy(ac.aggs, (agg) => agg.type.name);
 
@@ -193,7 +187,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         { type: 'count', enabled: true, params: {}, schema: 'metric' },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       const sorted = ac.getResponseAggs();
       const aggs = indexBy(ac.aggs, (agg) => agg.type.name);
 
@@ -210,7 +204,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         { type: 'percentiles', enabled: true, params: { percents: [1, 2, 3] }, schema: 'metric' },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       const sorted = ac.getResponseAggs();
       const aggs = indexBy(ac.aggs, (agg) => agg.type.name);
 
@@ -231,7 +225,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
 
     it('uses the sorted aggs', () => {
       const configStates = [{ enabled: true, type: 'avg', params: { field: 'bytes' } }];
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       const spy = jest.spyOn(AggConfigs.prototype, 'getRequestAggs');
       ac.toDsl();
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -245,10 +239,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         { enabled: true, type: 'count', params: {} },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, {
-        typesRegistry,
-        fieldFormats,
-      });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
 
       const aggInfos = ac.aggs.map((aggConfig) => {
         const football = {};
@@ -291,7 +282,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       const dsl = ac.toDsl();
       const histo = ac.byName('date_histogram')[0];
       const count = ac.byName('count')[0];
@@ -316,10 +307,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         { enabled: true, type: 'max', schema: 'metric', params: { field: 'bytes' } },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, {
-        typesRegistry,
-        fieldFormats,
-      });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       const dsl = ac.toDsl();
       const histo = ac.byName('date_histogram')[0];
       const metrics = ac.bySchemaName('metrics');
@@ -344,7 +332,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         { enabled: true, type: 'max', schema: 'metric', params: { field: 'bytes' } },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       const topLevelDsl = ac.toDsl(true);
       const buckets = ac.bySchemaName('buckets');
       const metrics = ac.bySchemaName('metrics');
@@ -414,7 +402,7 @@ describe('AggConfigs', () => {
         },
       ];
 
-      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      const ac = new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, { typesRegistry });
       const topLevelDsl = ac.toDsl(true)['2'];
 
       expect(Object.keys(topLevelDsl.aggs)).toContain('1');
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_configs.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_configs.ts
index 6cc03be292d7b5..b272dfd3c7468e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_configs.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_configs.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import { IndexPattern } from '../../index_patterns';
 import { ISearchSource } from '../search_source';
 import { FetchOptions } from '../fetch';
 import { TimeRange } from '../../../common';
-import { FieldFormatsStart } from '../../field_formats';
 
 function removeParentAggs(obj: any) {
   for (const prop in obj) {
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ function parseParentAggs(dslLvlCursor: any, dsl: any) {
 
 export interface AggConfigsOptions {
   typesRegistry: AggTypesRegistryStart;
-  fieldFormats: FieldFormatsStart;
 }
 
 export type CreateAggConfigParams = Assign<AggConfigSerialized, { type: string | IAggType }>;
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ export type IAggConfigs = AggConfigs;
 export class AggConfigs {
   public indexPattern: IndexPattern;
   public timeRange?: TimeRange;
-  private readonly fieldFormats: FieldFormatsStart;
   private readonly typesRegistry: AggTypesRegistryStart;
 
   aggs: IAggConfig[];
@@ -86,7 +83,6 @@ export class AggConfigs {
 
     this.aggs = [];
     this.indexPattern = indexPattern;
-    this.fieldFormats = opts.fieldFormats;
 
     configStates.forEach((params: any) => this.createAggConfig(params));
   }
@@ -117,7 +113,6 @@ export class AggConfigs {
 
     const aggConfigs = new AggConfigs(this.indexPattern, this.aggs.filter(filterAggs), {
       typesRegistry: this.typesRegistry,
-      fieldFormats: this.fieldFormats,
     });
 
     return aggConfigs;
@@ -134,14 +129,10 @@ export class AggConfigs {
       aggConfig = params;
       params.parent = this;
     } else {
-      aggConfig = new AggConfig(
-        this,
-        {
-          ...params,
-          type: typeof type === 'string' ? this.typesRegistry.get(type) : type,
-        },
-        { fieldFormats: this.fieldFormats }
-      );
+      aggConfig = new AggConfig(this, {
+        ...params,
+        type: typeof type === 'string' ? this.typesRegistry.get(type) : type,
+      });
     }
 
     if (addToAggConfigs) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.test.ts
index cc45b935d45b54..99b1c4d8612192 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.test.ts
@@ -159,47 +159,6 @@ describe('AggType Class', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    describe('getFormat', function () {
-      let aggConfig: IAggConfig;
-      let field: any;
-
-      beforeEach(() => {
-        aggConfig = ({
-          getField: jest.fn(() => field),
-        } as unknown) as IAggConfig;
-      });
-
-      test('returns the formatter for the aggConfig', () => {
-        const aggType = new AggType(
-          {
-            name: 'name',
-            title: 'title',
-          },
-          dependencies
-        );
-
-        field = {
-          format: 'format',
-        };
-
-        expect(aggType.getFormat(aggConfig)).toBe('format');
-      });
-
-      test('returns default formatter', () => {
-        const aggType = new AggType(
-          {
-            name: 'name',
-            title: 'title',
-          },
-          dependencies
-        );
-
-        field = undefined;
-
-        expect(aggType.getFormat(aggConfig)).toBe('default');
-      });
-    });
-
     describe('getSerializedFormat', () => {
       test('returns the default serialized field format if it exists', () => {
         const aggConfig = ({
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.ts
index e909cd8134e83f..13655afdf469ea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/agg_type.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import { IAggConfigs } from './agg_configs';
 import { Adapters } from '../../../../../plugins/inspector/public';
 import { BaseParamType } from './param_types/base';
 import { AggParamType } from './param_types/agg';
-import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES, IFieldFormat } from '../../../common';
 import { ISearchSource } from '../search_source';
 import { GetInternalStartServicesFn } from '../../types';
 
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ export interface AggTypeConfig<
     inspectorAdapters: Adapters,
     abortSignal?: AbortSignal
   ) => Promise<any>;
-  getFormat?: (agg: TAggConfig) => IFieldFormat;
   getSerializedFormat?: (agg: TAggConfig) => SerializedFieldFormat;
   getValue?: (agg: TAggConfig, bucket: any) => any;
   getKey?: (bucket: any, key: any, agg: TAggConfig) => any;
@@ -197,16 +195,6 @@ export class AggType<
     inspectorAdapters: Adapters,
     abortSignal?: AbortSignal
   ) => Promise<any>;
-  /**
-   * Pick a format for the values produced by this agg type,
-   * overridden by several metrics that always output a simple
-   * number
-   *
-   * @param  {agg} agg - the agg to pick a format for
-   * @return {FieldFormat}
-   */
-  getFormat: (agg: TAggConfig) => IFieldFormat;
-
   /**
    * Get the serialized format for the values produced by this agg type,
    * overridden by several metrics that always output a simple number.
@@ -283,15 +271,6 @@ export class AggType<
     this.decorateAggConfig = config.decorateAggConfig || (() => ({}));
     this.postFlightRequest = config.postFlightRequest || identity;
 
-    this.getFormat =
-      config.getFormat ||
-      ((agg: TAggConfig) => {
-        const field = agg.getField();
-        const { fieldFormats } = getInternalStartServices();
-
-        return field ? field.format : fieldFormats.getDefaultInstance(KBN_FIELD_TYPES.STRING);
-      });
-
     this.getSerializedFormat =
       config.getSerializedFormat ||
       ((agg: TAggConfig) => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/_terms_other_bucket_helper.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/_terms_other_bucket_helper.test.ts
index 44d99375bbd302..8e862b5692ca39 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/_terms_other_bucket_helper.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/_terms_other_bucket_helper.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import { AggConfigs, CreateAggConfigParams } from '../agg_configs';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from './bucket_agg_types';
 import { IBucketAggConfig } from './bucket_agg_type';
 import { mockAggTypesRegistry } from '../test_helpers';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../../field_formats/mocks';
 
 const indexPattern = {
   id: '1234',
@@ -220,10 +219,9 @@ const nestedOtherResponse = {
 
 describe('Terms Agg Other bucket helper', () => {
   const typesRegistry = mockAggTypesRegistry();
-  const fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
 
   const getAggConfigs = (aggs: CreateAggConfigParams[] = []) => {
-    return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [...aggs], { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+    return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, [...aggs], { typesRegistry });
   };
 
   describe('buildOtherBucketAgg', () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_histogram.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_histogram.test.ts
index 2f03b8ec671123..bcdc003707e752 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_histogram.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_histogram.test.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
         ],
         {
           typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry([getDateHistogramBucketAgg(aggTypesDependencies)]),
-          fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
         }
       );
       const bucketKey = 1422579600000;
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_range.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_range.test.ts
index 0d66d9cfcdca2c..08f39e10b6006f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_range.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/date_range.test.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
         ],
         {
           typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry([getDateRangeBucketAgg(aggTypesDependencies)]),
-          fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
         }
       );
     };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/filters.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/filters.test.ts
index 0fdb07cc4198a5..c5ad1a61e6676f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/filters.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/filters.test.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
         ],
         {
           typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry([getFiltersBucketAgg(aggTypesDependencies)]),
-          fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
         }
       );
     };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.test.ts
index 396d515f3b5809..3f9f5dd5672f0a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.test.ts
@@ -23,12 +23,21 @@ import { mockAggTypesRegistry } from '../../test_helpers';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from '../bucket_agg_types';
 import { IBucketAggConfig } from '../bucket_agg_type';
 import { BytesFormat, FieldFormatsGetConfigFn } from '../../../../../common';
+import { GetInternalStartServicesFn, InternalStartServices } from '../../../../types';
+import { FieldFormatsStart } from '../../../../field_formats';
 import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../../../field_formats/mocks';
 
 describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
+  let getInternalStartServices: GetInternalStartServicesFn;
+  let fieldFormats: FieldFormatsStart;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
+    getInternalStartServices = () => (({ fieldFormats } as unknown) as InternalStartServices);
+  });
+
   describe('histogram', () => {
     const getConfig = (() => {}) as FieldFormatsGetConfigFn;
-    const fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
     const getAggConfigs = () => {
       const field = {
         name: 'bytes',
@@ -57,21 +66,25 @@ describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
             },
           },
         ],
-        { typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry(), fieldFormats }
+        { typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry() }
       );
     };
 
     test('should return an range filter for histogram', () => {
       const aggConfigs = getAggConfigs();
-      const filter = createFilterHistogram(aggConfigs.aggs[0] as IBucketAggConfig, '2048');
+      const filter = createFilterHistogram(getInternalStartServices)(
+        aggConfigs.aggs[0] as IBucketAggConfig,
+        '2048'
+      );
 
+      expect(fieldFormats.deserialize).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(filter).toHaveProperty('meta');
       expect(filter.meta).toHaveProperty('index', '1234');
       expect(filter).toHaveProperty('range');
       expect(filter.range).toHaveProperty('bytes');
       expect(filter.range.bytes).toHaveProperty('gte', 2048);
       expect(filter.range.bytes).toHaveProperty('lt', 3072);
-      expect(filter.meta).toHaveProperty('formattedValue', '2,048');
+      expect(filter.meta).toHaveProperty('formattedValue');
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.ts
index f8e7747d49147c..f3626bc9130ad3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/histogram.ts
@@ -19,15 +19,20 @@
 
 import { IBucketAggConfig } from '../bucket_agg_type';
 import { buildRangeFilter, RangeFilterParams } from '../../../../../common';
+import { GetInternalStartServicesFn } from '../../../../types';
 
-export const createFilterHistogram = (aggConfig: IBucketAggConfig, key: string) => {
-  const value = parseInt(key, 10);
-  const params: RangeFilterParams = { gte: value, lt: value + aggConfig.params.interval };
+/** @internal */
+export const createFilterHistogram = (getInternalStartServices: GetInternalStartServicesFn) => {
+  return (aggConfig: IBucketAggConfig, key: string) => {
+    const { fieldFormats } = getInternalStartServices();
+    const value = parseInt(key, 10);
+    const params: RangeFilterParams = { gte: value, lt: value + aggConfig.params.interval };
 
-  return buildRangeFilter(
-    aggConfig.params.field,
-    params,
-    aggConfig.getIndexPattern(),
-    aggConfig.fieldFormatter()(key)
-  );
+    return buildRangeFilter(
+      aggConfig.params.field,
+      params,
+      aggConfig.getIndexPattern(),
+      fieldFormats.deserialize(aggConfig.toSerializedFieldFormat()).convert(key)
+    );
+  };
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/ip_range.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/ip_range.test.ts
index 990adde5f8a0bd..89a5fd65778912 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/ip_range.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/ip_range.test.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
         },
       } as any;
 
-      return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, aggs, { typesRegistry, fieldFormats });
+      return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, aggs, { typesRegistry });
     };
 
     test('should return a range filter for ip_range agg', () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.test.ts
index 564e7b4763c8d5..238e5737d8f474 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.test.ts
@@ -24,19 +24,29 @@ import { AggConfigs } from '../../agg_configs';
 import { mockDataServices, mockAggTypesRegistry } from '../../test_helpers';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from '../bucket_agg_types';
 import { IBucketAggConfig } from '../bucket_agg_type';
+import { FieldFormatsStart } from '../../../../field_formats';
 import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../../../field_formats/mocks';
 import { notificationServiceMock } from '../../../../../../../core/public/mocks';
-import { InternalStartServices } from '../../../../types';
+import { GetInternalStartServicesFn, InternalStartServices } from '../../../../types';
 
 describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
   describe('range', () => {
     let aggTypesDependencies: RangeBucketAggDependencies;
+    let getInternalStartServices: GetInternalStartServicesFn;
+    let fieldFormats: FieldFormatsStart;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
+      fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
+
+      getInternalStartServices = () =>
+        (({
+          fieldFormats,
+          notifications: notificationServiceMock.createStartContract(),
+        } as unknown) as InternalStartServices);
+
       aggTypesDependencies = {
         getInternalStartServices: () =>
           (({
-            fieldFormats: fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract(),
             notifications: notificationServiceMock.createStartContract(),
           } as unknown) as InternalStartServices),
       };
@@ -75,25 +85,28 @@ describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
         ],
         {
           typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry([getRangeBucketAgg(aggTypesDependencies)]),
-          fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
         }
       );
     };
 
     test('should return a range filter for range agg', () => {
       const aggConfigs = getAggConfigs();
-      const filter = createFilterRange(aggConfigs.aggs[0] as IBucketAggConfig, {
-        gte: 1024,
-        lt: 2048.0,
-      });
+      const filter = createFilterRange(getInternalStartServices)(
+        aggConfigs.aggs[0] as IBucketAggConfig,
+        {
+          gte: 1024,
+          lt: 2048.0,
+        }
+      );
 
+      expect(fieldFormats.deserialize).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(filter).toHaveProperty('range');
       expect(filter).toHaveProperty('meta');
       expect(filter.meta).toHaveProperty('index', '1234');
       expect(filter.range).toHaveProperty('bytes');
       expect(filter.range.bytes).toHaveProperty('gte', 1024.0);
       expect(filter.range.bytes).toHaveProperty('lt', 2048.0);
-      expect(filter.meta).toHaveProperty('formattedValue', '≥ 1,024 and < 2,048');
+      expect(filter.meta).toHaveProperty('formattedValue');
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.ts
index cbad8742bfab60..f9db2973af1369 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/range.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,17 @@
 
 import { IBucketAggConfig } from '../bucket_agg_type';
 import { buildRangeFilter } from '../../../../../common';
+import { GetInternalStartServicesFn } from '../../../../types';
 
-export const createFilterRange = (aggConfig: IBucketAggConfig, params: any) => {
-  return buildRangeFilter(
-    aggConfig.params.field,
-    params,
-    aggConfig.getIndexPattern(),
-    aggConfig.fieldFormatter()(params)
-  );
+/** @internal */
+export const createFilterRange = (getInternalStartServices: GetInternalStartServicesFn) => {
+  return (aggConfig: IBucketAggConfig, params: any) => {
+    const { fieldFormats } = getInternalStartServices();
+    return buildRangeFilter(
+      aggConfig.params.field,
+      params,
+      aggConfig.getIndexPattern(),
+      fieldFormats.deserialize(aggConfig.toSerializedFieldFormat()).convert(params)
+    );
+  };
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/terms.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/terms.test.ts
index 36e4bef025ef9b..a45087916a395c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/terms.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/create_filter/terms.test.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ describe('AggConfig Filters', () => {
 
       return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, aggs, {
         typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry([getTermsBucketAgg(aggTypesDependencies)]),
-        fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
       });
     };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_histogram.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_histogram.ts
index fc42d43b2fea81..5b0f2921570c25 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_histogram.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_histogram.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { dateHistogramInterval, TimeRange } from '../../../../common';
 import { writeParams } from '../agg_params';
 import { isMetricAggType } from '../metrics/metric_agg_type';
 
-import { FIELD_FORMAT_IDS, KBN_FIELD_TYPES, UI_SETTINGS } from '../../../../common';
+import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES, UI_SETTINGS } from '../../../../common';
 import { TimefilterContract } from '../../../query';
 import { QuerySetup } from '../../../query/query_service';
 import { GetInternalStartServicesFn } from '../../../types';
@@ -137,21 +137,6 @@ export const getDateHistogramBucketAgg = ({
           } as any,
         };
       },
-      getFormat(agg) {
-        const { fieldFormats } = getInternalStartServices();
-        const DateFieldFormat = fieldFormats.getType(FIELD_FORMAT_IDS.DATE);
-
-        if (!DateFieldFormat) {
-          throw new Error('Unable to retrieve Date Field Format');
-        }
-
-        return new DateFieldFormat(
-          {
-            pattern: agg.buckets.getScaledDateFormat(),
-          },
-          (key: string) => uiSettings.get(key)
-        );
-      },
       getSerializedFormat(agg) {
         return {
           id: 'date',
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_range.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_range.test.ts
index e1881c3bbc7f4c..0829d6e9cdc9f7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_range.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_range.test.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ describe('date_range params', () => {
       ],
       {
         typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry([getDateRangeBucketAgg(aggTypesDependencies)]),
-        fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
       }
     );
   };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_range.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_range.ts
index 3e14ab422ccbee..dbcf5517fb08fd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_range.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/date_range.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import { IUiSettingsClient } from 'src/core/public';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from './bucket_agg_types';
 import { BucketAggType, IBucketAggConfig } from './bucket_agg_type';
 import { createFilterDateRange } from './create_filter/date_range';
-import { convertDateRangeToString, DateRangeKey } from './lib/date_range';
+import { DateRangeKey } from './lib/date_range';
 
-import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES, FieldFormat, TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE } from '../../../../common';
+import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../common';
 import { GetInternalStartServicesFn } from '../../../types';
 import { BaseAggParams } from '../types';
 
@@ -58,18 +58,6 @@ export const getDateRangeBucketAgg = ({
       getKey({ from, to }): DateRangeKey {
         return { from, to };
       },
-      getFormat(agg) {
-        const { fieldFormats } = getInternalStartServices();
-
-        const formatter = agg.fieldOwnFormatter(
-          TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE,
-          fieldFormats.getDefaultInstance(KBN_FIELD_TYPES.DATE)
-        );
-        const DateRangeFormat = FieldFormat.from(function (range: DateRangeKey) {
-          return convertDateRangeToString(range, formatter);
-        });
-        return new DateRangeFormat();
-      },
       getSerializedFormat(agg) {
         return {
           id: 'date_range',
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/filter.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/filter.ts
index 69157edad4f680..d048df9f0e43e8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/filter.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/filter.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export const getFilterBucketAgg = ({ getInternalStartServices }: FilterBucketAgg
     {
       name: BUCKET_TYPES.FILTER,
       title: filterTitle,
+      makeLabel: () => filterTitle,
       params: [
         {
           name: 'geo_bounding_box',
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/filters.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/filters.test.ts
index 295e740a2a7809..7554e4081726cc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/filters.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/filters.test.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ describe('Filters Agg', () => {
         ],
         {
           typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry([getFiltersBucketAgg(aggTypesDependencies)]),
-          fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
         }
       );
     };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/geo_hash.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/geo_hash.test.ts
index 877a817984dc6f..d4c0a5b3288445 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/geo_hash.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/geo_hash.test.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ describe('Geohash Agg', () => {
       ],
       {
         typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry(),
-        fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
       }
     );
   };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/geo_hash.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/geo_hash.ts
index be339de5d7faea..fbe7c76681f816 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/geo_hash.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/geo_hash.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export const getGeoHashBucketAgg = ({ getInternalStartServices }: GeoHashBucketA
     {
       name: BUCKET_TYPES.GEOHASH_GRID,
       title: geohashGridTitle,
+      makeLabel: () => geohashGridTitle,
       params: [
         {
           name: 'field',
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/histogram.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/histogram.test.ts
index 4756669f5b4b31..787603ee143613 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/histogram.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/histogram.test.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ describe('Histogram Agg', () => {
       ],
       {
         typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry([getHistogramBucketAgg(aggTypesDependencies)]),
-        fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
       }
     );
   };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/histogram.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/histogram.ts
index c1fad17f488db2..ce275e2dc1639a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/histogram.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/histogram.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const getHistogramBucketAgg = ({
       makeLabel(aggConfig) {
         return aggConfig.getFieldDisplayName();
       },
-      createFilter: createFilterHistogram,
+      createFilter: createFilterHistogram(getInternalStartServices),
       decorateAggConfig() {
         let autoBounds: AutoBounds;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/ip_range.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/ip_range.ts
index b3e90bdf9b56a1..018fcb365b5850 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/ip_range.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/ip_range.ts
@@ -23,13 +23,8 @@ import { BucketAggType } from './bucket_agg_type';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from './bucket_agg_types';
 
 import { createFilterIpRange } from './create_filter/ip_range';
-import {
-  convertIPRangeToString,
-  IpRangeKey,
-  RangeIpRangeAggKey,
-  CidrMaskIpRangeAggKey,
-} from './lib/ip_range';
-import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES, FieldFormat, TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE } from '../../../../common';
+import { IpRangeKey, RangeIpRangeAggKey, CidrMaskIpRangeAggKey } from './lib/ip_range';
+import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../common';
 import { GetInternalStartServicesFn } from '../../../types';
 import { BaseAggParams } from '../types';
 
@@ -67,17 +62,6 @@ export const getIpRangeBucketAgg = ({ getInternalStartServices }: IpRangeBucketA
         }
         return { type: 'range', from: bucket.from, to: bucket.to };
       },
-      getFormat(agg) {
-        const { fieldFormats } = getInternalStartServices();
-        const formatter = agg.fieldOwnFormatter(
-          TEXT_CONTEXT_TYPE,
-          fieldFormats.getDefaultInstance(KBN_FIELD_TYPES.IP)
-        );
-        const IpRangeFormat = FieldFormat.from(function (range: IpRangeKey) {
-          return convertIPRangeToString(range, formatter);
-        });
-        return new IpRangeFormat();
-      },
       getSerializedFormat(agg) {
         return {
           id: 'ip_range',
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.test.ts
index 2b8a36f2fbdbcb..fea5572b75795c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.test.ts
@@ -22,30 +22,9 @@ import { AggConfigs } from '../agg_configs';
 import { mockDataServices, mockAggTypesRegistry } from '../test_helpers';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from './bucket_agg_types';
 import { FieldFormatsGetConfigFn, NumberFormat } from '../../../../common';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../../field_formats/mocks';
 import { notificationServiceMock } from '../../../../../../../src/core/public/mocks';
 import { InternalStartServices } from '../../../types';
 
-const buckets = [
-  {
-    to: 1024,
-    to_as_string: '1024.0',
-    doc_count: 20904,
-  },
-  {
-    from: 1024,
-    from_as_string: '1024.0',
-    to: 2560,
-    to_as_string: '2560.0',
-    doc_count: 23358,
-  },
-  {
-    from: 2560,
-    from_as_string: '2560.0',
-    doc_count: 174250,
-  },
-];
-
 describe('Range Agg', () => {
   let aggTypesDependencies: RangeBucketAggDependencies;
 
@@ -53,7 +32,6 @@ describe('Range Agg', () => {
     aggTypesDependencies = {
       getInternalStartServices: () =>
         (({
-          fieldFormats: fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract(),
           notifications: notificationServiceMock.createStartContract(),
         } as unknown) as InternalStartServices),
     };
@@ -99,23 +77,10 @@ describe('Range Agg', () => {
       ],
       {
         typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry([getRangeBucketAgg(aggTypesDependencies)]),
-        fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
       }
     );
   };
 
-  describe('formatting', () => {
-    test('formats bucket keys properly', () => {
-      const aggConfigs = getAggConfigs();
-      const agg = aggConfigs.aggs[0];
-      const format = (val: any) => agg.fieldFormatter()(agg.getKey(val));
-
-      expect(format(buckets[0])).toBe('≥ -∞ and < 1 KB');
-      expect(format(buckets[1])).toBe('≥ 1 KB and < 2.5 KB');
-      expect(format(buckets[2])).toBe('≥ 2.5 KB and < +∞');
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('getSerializedFormat', () => {
     test('generates a serialized field format in the expected shape', () => {
       const aggConfigs = getAggConfigs();
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.ts
index 543e5d66b9fa81..92c5193d55a209 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/range.ts
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { BucketAggType } from './bucket_agg_type';
-import { FieldFormat, KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../common';
+import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../common';
 import { RangeKey } from './range_key';
 import { createFilterRange } from './create_filter/range';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from './bucket_agg_types';
 import { GetInternalStartServicesFn } from '../../../types';
 import { BaseAggParams } from '../types';
 
-const keyCaches = new WeakMap();
-const formats = new WeakMap();
-
 const rangeTitle = i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.buckets.rangeTitle', {
   defaultMessage: 'Range',
 });
@@ -45,12 +42,14 @@ export interface AggParamsRange extends BaseAggParams {
   }>;
 }
 
-export const getRangeBucketAgg = ({ getInternalStartServices }: RangeBucketAggDependencies) =>
-  new BucketAggType(
+export const getRangeBucketAgg = ({ getInternalStartServices }: RangeBucketAggDependencies) => {
+  const keyCaches = new WeakMap();
+
+  return new BucketAggType(
     {
       name: BUCKET_TYPES.RANGE,
       title: rangeTitle,
-      createFilter: createFilterRange,
+      createFilter: createFilterRange(getInternalStartServices),
       makeLabel(aggConfig) {
         return i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.aggTypesLabel', {
           defaultMessage: '{fieldName} ranges',
@@ -77,30 +76,6 @@ export const getRangeBucketAgg = ({ getInternalStartServices }: RangeBucketAggDe
 
         return key;
       },
-      getFormat(agg) {
-        let aggFormat = formats.get(agg);
-        if (aggFormat) return aggFormat;
-
-        const RangeFormat = FieldFormat.from((range: any) => {
-          const format = agg.fieldOwnFormatter();
-          const gte = '\u2265';
-          const lt = '\u003c';
-          return i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.aggTypes.rangesFormatMessage', {
-            defaultMessage: '{gte} {from} and {lt} {to}',
-            values: {
-              gte,
-              from: format(range.gte),
-              lt,
-              to: format(range.lt),
-            },
-          });
-        });
-
-        aggFormat = new RangeFormat();
-
-        formats.set(agg, aggFormat);
-        return aggFormat;
-      },
       getSerializedFormat(agg) {
         const format = agg.params.field ? agg.params.field.format.toJSON() : {};
         return {
@@ -132,3 +107,4 @@ export const getRangeBucketAgg = ({ getInternalStartServices }: RangeBucketAggDe
     },
     { getInternalStartServices }
   );
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/significant_terms.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/significant_terms.test.ts
index 156f7f8108482c..8fe833aa99cb2e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/significant_terms.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/significant_terms.test.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ describe('Significant Terms Agg', () => {
             typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry([
               getSignificantTermsBucketAgg(aggTypesDependencies),
             ]),
-            fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
           }
         );
       };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.test.ts
index 9769efb6da7494..2c5be00c8afea5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.test.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@
 import { AggConfigs } from '../agg_configs';
 import { mockAggTypesRegistry } from '../test_helpers';
 import { BUCKET_TYPES } from './bucket_agg_types';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../../field_formats/mocks';
 
 describe('Terms Agg', () => {
   describe('order agg editor UI', () => {
-    const fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
     const getAggConfigs = (params: Record<string, any> = {}) => {
       const indexPattern = {
         id: '1234',
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ describe('Terms Agg', () => {
             type: BUCKET_TYPES.TERMS,
           },
         ],
-        { typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry(), fieldFormats }
+        { typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry() }
       );
     };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.ts
index 1e8e9ab4ef9d09..57a5ebf72316c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/buckets/terms.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { AggConfigSerialized, BaseAggParams, IAggConfigs } from '../types';
 
 import { Adapters } from '../../../../../inspector/public';
 import { ISearchSource } from '../../search_source';
-import { IFieldFormat, FieldFormatsContentType, KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../common';
+import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../common';
 import { getRequestInspectorStats, getResponseInspectorStats } from '../../expressions';
 
 import {
@@ -88,22 +88,6 @@ export const getTermsBucketAgg = ({ getInternalStartServices }: TermsBucketAggDe
         const params = agg.params;
         return agg.getFieldDisplayName() + ': ' + params.order.text;
       },
-      getFormat(bucket): IFieldFormat {
-        return {
-          getConverterFor: (type: FieldFormatsContentType) => {
-            return (val: any) => {
-              if (val === '__other__') {
-                return bucket.params.otherBucketLabel;
-              }
-              if (val === '__missing__') {
-                return bucket.params.missingBucketLabel;
-              }
-
-              return bucket.params.field.format.convert(val, type);
-            };
-          },
-        } as IFieldFormat;
-      },
       getSerializedFormat(agg) {
         const format = agg.params.field ? agg.params.field.format.toJSON() : {};
         return {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_avg.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_avg.ts
index 38312ec5cfa81c..a30e426dd23901 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_avg.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_avg.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const averageBucketTitle = i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.metrics.averageBucke
 export const getBucketAvgMetricAgg = ({
   getInternalStartServices,
 }: BucketAvgMetricAggDependencies) => {
-  const { subtype, params, getFormat, getSerializedFormat } = siblingPipelineAggHelper;
+  const { subtype, params, getSerializedFormat } = siblingPipelineAggHelper;
 
   return new MetricAggType(
     {
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export const getBucketAvgMetricAgg = ({
       makeLabel: (agg) => makeNestedLabel(agg, overallAverageLabel),
       subtype,
       params: [...params()],
-      getFormat,
       getSerializedFormat,
       getValue(agg, bucket) {
         const customMetric = agg.getParam('customMetric');
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_max.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_max.ts
index e2c6a5105bac66..307c7ed3f9d386 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_max.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_max.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const maxBucketTitle = i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.metrics.maxBucketTitle',
 export const getBucketMaxMetricAgg = ({
   getInternalStartServices,
 }: BucketMaxMetricAggDependencies) => {
-  const { subtype, params, getFormat, getSerializedFormat } = siblingPipelineAggHelper;
+  const { subtype, params, getSerializedFormat } = siblingPipelineAggHelper;
 
   return new MetricAggType(
     {
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export const getBucketMaxMetricAgg = ({
       makeLabel: (agg) => makeNestedLabel(agg, overallMaxLabel),
       subtype,
       params: [...params()],
-      getFormat,
       getSerializedFormat,
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_min.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_min.ts
index c46a3eb9425d1f..bb4ed9d44b0b33 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_min.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_min.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const minBucketTitle = i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.metrics.minBucketTitle',
 export const getBucketMinMetricAgg = ({
   getInternalStartServices,
 }: BucketMinMetricAggDependencies) => {
-  const { subtype, params, getFormat, getSerializedFormat } = siblingPipelineAggHelper;
+  const { subtype, params, getSerializedFormat } = siblingPipelineAggHelper;
 
   return new MetricAggType(
     {
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export const getBucketMinMetricAgg = ({
       makeLabel: (agg) => makeNestedLabel(agg, overallMinLabel),
       subtype,
       params: [...params()],
-      getFormat,
       getSerializedFormat,
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_sum.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_sum.ts
index 57212ec9ff91b2..dd065b52acd129 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_sum.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/bucket_sum.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const sumBucketTitle = i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.metrics.sumBucketTitle',
 export const getBucketSumMetricAgg = ({
   getInternalStartServices,
 }: BucketSumMetricAggDependencies) => {
-  const { subtype, params, getFormat, getSerializedFormat } = siblingPipelineAggHelper;
+  const { subtype, params, getSerializedFormat } = siblingPipelineAggHelper;
 
   return new MetricAggType(
     {
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export const getBucketSumMetricAgg = ({
       makeLabel: (agg) => makeNestedLabel(agg, overallSumLabel),
       subtype,
       params: [...params()],
-      getFormat,
       getSerializedFormat,
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/cardinality.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/cardinality.ts
index 2855cc1b6b16eb..efc79a85595661 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/cardinality.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/cardinality.ts
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ export const getCardinalityMetricAgg = ({
           values: { field: aggConfig.getFieldDisplayName() },
         });
       },
-      getFormat() {
-        const { fieldFormats } = getInternalStartServices();
-
-        return fieldFormats.getDefaultInstance(KBN_FIELD_TYPES.NUMBER);
-      },
       getSerializedFormat(agg) {
         return {
           id: 'number',
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/count.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/count.ts
index 4c7b8139b01628..86faca053a9cf7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/count.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/count.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { MetricAggType } from './metric_agg_type';
 import { METRIC_TYPES } from './metric_agg_types';
-import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../common';
 import { GetInternalStartServicesFn } from '../../../types';
 
 export interface CountMetricAggDependencies {
@@ -40,11 +39,6 @@ export const getCountMetricAgg = ({ getInternalStartServices }: CountMetricAggDe
           defaultMessage: 'Count',
         });
       },
-      getFormat() {
-        const { fieldFormats } = getInternalStartServices();
-
-        return fieldFormats.getDefaultInstance(KBN_FIELD_TYPES.NUMBER);
-      },
       getSerializedFormat(agg) {
         return {
           id: 'number',
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/cumulative_sum.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/cumulative_sum.ts
index c392f44a7961ed..3de88bb71740f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/cumulative_sum.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/cumulative_sum.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const cumulativeSumTitle = i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.metrics.cumulativeSu
 export const getCumulativeSumMetricAgg = ({
   getInternalStartServices,
 }: CumulativeSumMetricAggDependencies) => {
-  const { subtype, params, getFormat, getSerializedFormat } = parentPipelineAggHelper;
+  const { subtype, params, getSerializedFormat } = parentPipelineAggHelper;
 
   return new MetricAggType(
     {
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export const getCumulativeSumMetricAgg = ({
       makeLabel: (agg) => makeNestedLabel(agg, cumulativeSumLabel),
       subtype,
       params: [...params()],
-      getFormat,
       getSerializedFormat,
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/derivative.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/derivative.ts
index f3c1cc9bc29773..c9507029080e61 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/derivative.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/derivative.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const derivativeTitle = i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.metrics.derivativeTitle
 export const getDerivativeMetricAgg = ({
   getInternalStartServices,
 }: DerivativeMetricAggDependencies) => {
-  const { subtype, params, getFormat, getSerializedFormat } = parentPipelineAggHelper;
+  const { subtype, params, getSerializedFormat } = parentPipelineAggHelper;
 
   return new MetricAggType(
     {
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export const getDerivativeMetricAgg = ({
       },
       subtype,
       params: [...params()],
-      getFormat,
       getSerializedFormat,
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/lib/parent_pipeline_agg_helper.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/lib/parent_pipeline_agg_helper.ts
index 2a74a446ce84e0..73acd268600763 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/lib/parent_pipeline_agg_helper.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/lib/parent_pipeline_agg_helper.ts
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@
  */
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import { noop, identity } from 'lodash';
+import { noop } from 'lodash';
 
 import { forwardModifyAggConfigOnSearchRequestStart } from './nested_agg_helpers';
 import { IMetricAggConfig, MetricAggParam } from '../metric_agg_type';
 import { parentPipelineAggWriter } from './parent_pipeline_agg_writer';
 
-import { FieldFormat } from '../../../../../common';
-
 const metricAggFilter = [
   '!top_hits',
   '!percentiles',
@@ -73,18 +71,6 @@ export const parentPipelineAggHelper = {
     ] as Array<MetricAggParam<IMetricAggConfig>>;
   },
 
-  getFormat(agg: IMetricAggConfig) {
-    let subAgg;
-    const customMetric = agg.getParam('customMetric');
-
-    if (customMetric) {
-      subAgg = customMetric;
-    } else {
-      subAgg = agg.aggConfigs.byId(agg.getParam('metricAgg'));
-    }
-    return subAgg ? subAgg.type.getFormat(subAgg) : new (FieldFormat.from(identity))();
-  },
-
   getSerializedFormat(agg: IMetricAggConfig) {
     let subAgg;
     const customMetric = agg.getParam('customMetric');
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/lib/sibling_pipeline_agg_helper.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/lib/sibling_pipeline_agg_helper.ts
index 8e3e0143bf9154..347ac76b8e27b9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/lib/sibling_pipeline_agg_helper.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/lib/sibling_pipeline_agg_helper.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { identity } from 'lodash';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { siblingPipelineAggWriter } from './sibling_pipeline_agg_writer';
 import { forwardModifyAggConfigOnSearchRequestStart } from './nested_agg_helpers';
 import { IMetricAggConfig, MetricAggParam } from '../metric_agg_type';
-import { FieldFormat } from '../../../../../common';
 
 const metricAggFilter: string[] = [
   '!top_hits',
@@ -87,13 +85,6 @@ export const siblingPipelineAggHelper = {
     ] as Array<MetricAggParam<IMetricAggConfig>>;
   },
 
-  getFormat(agg: IMetricAggConfig) {
-    const customMetric = agg.getParam('customMetric');
-    return customMetric
-      ? customMetric.type.getFormat(customMetric)
-      : new (FieldFormat.from(identity))();
-  },
-
   getSerializedFormat(agg: IMetricAggConfig) {
     const customMetric = agg.getParam('customMetric');
     return customMetric ? customMetric.type.getSerializedFormat(customMetric) : {};
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/median.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/median.test.ts
index 71c48f04a3ca8a..b3721e2c1e679b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/median.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/median.test.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ describe('AggTypeMetricMedianProvider class', () => {
       ],
       {
         typesRegistry,
-        fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats,
       }
     );
   });
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/metric_agg_type.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/metric_agg_type.ts
index 83656db4ac5474..5c4ff91258fb00 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/metric_agg_type.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/metric_agg_type.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import { AggType, AggTypeConfig } from '../agg_type';
 import { AggParamType } from '../param_types/agg';
 import { AggConfig } from '../agg_config';
 import { METRIC_TYPES } from './metric_agg_types';
-import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../common';
 import { FieldTypes } from '../param_types';
 import { GetInternalStartServicesFn } from '../../../types';
 
@@ -82,14 +81,6 @@ export class MetricAggType<TMetricAggConfig extends AggConfig = IMetricAggConfig
         return bucket[agg.id] && bucket[agg.id].value;
       });
 
-    this.getFormat =
-      config.getFormat ||
-      ((agg) => {
-        const { fieldFormats } = dependencies.getInternalStartServices();
-        const field = agg.getField();
-        return field ? field.format : fieldFormats.getDefaultInstance(KBN_FIELD_TYPES.NUMBER);
-      });
-
     this.subtype =
       config.subtype ||
       i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.metrics.metricAggregationsSubtypeTitle', {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/moving_avg.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/moving_avg.ts
index abad2782f9d201..61384ef1dc1066 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/moving_avg.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/moving_avg.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const movingAvgLabel = i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.metrics.movingAvgLabel',
 export const getMovingAvgMetricAgg = ({
   getInternalStartServices,
 }: MovingAvgMetricAggDependencies) => {
-  const { subtype, params, getFormat, getSerializedFormat } = parentPipelineAggHelper;
+  const { subtype, params, getSerializedFormat } = parentPipelineAggHelper;
 
   return new MetricAggType(
     {
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export const getMovingAvgMetricAgg = ({
       title: movingAvgTitle,
       makeLabel: (agg) => makeNestedLabel(agg, movingAvgLabel),
       subtype,
-      getFormat,
       getSerializedFormat,
       params: [
         ...params(),
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/parent_pipeline.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/parent_pipeline.test.ts
index 2201366cdf78b5..91149a3f29f94a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/parent_pipeline.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/parent_pipeline.test.ts
@@ -24,14 +24,12 @@ import { getSerialDiffMetricAgg } from './serial_diff';
 import { AggConfigs } from '../agg_configs';
 import { mockAggTypesRegistry } from '../test_helpers';
 import { IMetricAggConfig, MetricAggType } from './metric_agg_type';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../../field_formats/mocks';
 import { GetInternalStartServicesFn, InternalStartServices } from '../../../types';
 import { notificationServiceMock } from '../../../../../../../src/core/public/mocks';
 
 describe('parent pipeline aggs', function () {
   const getInternalStartServices: GetInternalStartServicesFn = () =>
     (({
-      fieldFormats: fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract(),
       notifications: notificationServiceMock.createStartContract(),
     } as unknown) as InternalStartServices);
 
@@ -76,9 +74,7 @@ describe('parent pipeline aggs', function () {
         const field = {
           name: 'field',
           format: {
-            type: {
-              id: 'bytes',
-            },
+            toJSON: () => ({ id: 'bytes' }),
           },
         };
         const indexPattern = {
@@ -111,7 +107,7 @@ describe('parent pipeline aggs', function () {
               schema: 'metric',
             },
           ],
-          { typesRegistry, fieldFormats: getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats }
+          { typesRegistry }
         );
 
         // Grab the aggConfig off the vis (we don't actually use the vis for anything else)
@@ -197,14 +193,14 @@ describe('parent pipeline aggs', function () {
         );
       });
 
-      it('should have correct formatter', () => {
+      it('should have correct serialized format', () => {
         init({
           metricAgg: '3',
         });
-        expect(metricAgg.getFormat(aggConfig).type.id).toBe('bytes');
+        expect(metricAgg.getSerializedFormat(aggConfig).id).toBe('bytes');
       });
 
-      it('should have correct customMetric nested formatter', () => {
+      it('should have correct customMetric nested serialized format', () => {
         init({
           metricAgg: 'custom',
           customMetric: {
@@ -222,7 +218,7 @@ describe('parent pipeline aggs', function () {
             schema: 'orderAgg',
           },
         });
-        expect(metricAgg.getFormat(aggConfig).type.id).toBe('bytes');
+        expect(metricAgg.getSerializedFormat(aggConfig).id).toBe('bytes');
       });
 
       it("should call modifyAggConfigOnSearchRequestStart for its customMetric's parameters", () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentile_ranks.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentile_ranks.test.ts
index df52c10a82495b..39e371763ed4b1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentile_ranks.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentile_ranks.test.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('AggTypesMetricsPercentileRanksProvider class', function () {
           },
         },
       ],
-      { typesRegistry, fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats }
+      { typesRegistry }
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentile_ranks.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentile_ranks.ts
index c5aee380b97762..1953c81a998740 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentile_ranks.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentile_ranks.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { MetricAggType } from './metric_agg_type';
 import { getResponseAggConfigClass, IResponseAggConfig } from './lib/get_response_agg_config_class';
 import { getPercentileValue } from './percentiles_get_value';
 import { METRIC_TYPES } from './metric_agg_types';
-import { FIELD_FORMAT_IDS, KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../common';
+import { KBN_FIELD_TYPES } from '../../../../common';
 import { GetInternalStartServicesFn } from '../../../types';
 import { BaseAggParams } from '../types';
 
@@ -96,13 +96,6 @@ export const getPercentileRanksMetricAgg = ({
 
         return values.map((value: any) => new ValueAggConfig(value));
       },
-      getFormat() {
-        const { fieldFormats } = getInternalStartServices();
-        return (
-          fieldFormats.getInstance(FIELD_FORMAT_IDS.PERCENT) ||
-          fieldFormats.getDefaultInstance(KBN_FIELD_TYPES.NUMBER)
-        );
-      },
       getSerializedFormat(agg) {
         return {
           id: 'percent',
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentiles.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentiles.test.ts
index 76382c01bcc108..52ab325ac5806b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentiles.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/percentiles.test.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('AggTypesMetricsPercentilesProvider class', () => {
           },
         },
       ],
-      { typesRegistry, fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats }
+      { typesRegistry }
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/serial_diff.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/serial_diff.ts
index 7cb1b194fed1c1..9ea01be11fe8f8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/serial_diff.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/serial_diff.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const serialDiffLabel = i18n.translate('data.search.aggs.metrics.serialDiffLabel
 export const getSerialDiffMetricAgg = ({
   getInternalStartServices,
 }: SerialDiffMetricAggDependencies) => {
-  const { subtype, params, getFormat, getSerializedFormat } = parentPipelineAggHelper;
+  const { subtype, params, getSerializedFormat } = parentPipelineAggHelper;
 
   return new MetricAggType(
     {
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export const getSerialDiffMetricAgg = ({
       makeLabel: (agg) => makeNestedLabel(agg, serialDiffLabel),
       subtype,
       params: [...params()],
-      getFormat,
       getSerializedFormat,
     },
     {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/sibling_pipeline.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/sibling_pipeline.test.ts
index 56bd33b2b6345b..f08e850caadcec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/sibling_pipeline.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/sibling_pipeline.test.ts
@@ -25,14 +25,12 @@ import { getBucketMaxMetricAgg } from './bucket_max';
 import { AggConfigs } from '../agg_configs';
 import { IMetricAggConfig, MetricAggType } from './metric_agg_type';
 import { mockAggTypesRegistry } from '../test_helpers';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../../field_formats/mocks';
 import { GetInternalStartServicesFn, InternalStartServices } from '../../../types';
 import { notificationServiceMock } from '../../../../../../../src/core/public/mocks';
 
 describe('sibling pipeline aggs', () => {
   const getInternalStartServices: GetInternalStartServicesFn = () =>
     (({
-      fieldFormats: fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract(),
       notifications: notificationServiceMock.createStartContract(),
     } as unknown) as InternalStartServices);
 
@@ -71,9 +69,7 @@ describe('sibling pipeline aggs', () => {
         const field = {
           name: 'field',
           format: {
-            type: {
-              id: 'bytes',
-            },
+            toJSON: () => ({ id: 'bytes' }),
           },
         };
         const indexPattern = {
@@ -112,7 +108,7 @@ describe('sibling pipeline aggs', () => {
               },
             },
           ],
-          { typesRegistry, fieldFormats: getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats }
+          { typesRegistry }
         );
 
         // Grab the aggConfig off the vis (we don't actually use the vis for anything else)
@@ -155,7 +151,7 @@ describe('sibling pipeline aggs', () => {
         expect(aggDsl.parentAggs['2-bucket'].aggs['2-metric'].avg.field).toEqual('field');
       });
 
-      it('should have correct formatter', () => {
+      it('should have correct serialized field format', () => {
         init({
           customMetric: {
             id: '5',
@@ -171,7 +167,7 @@ describe('sibling pipeline aggs', () => {
           },
         });
 
-        expect(metricAgg.getFormat(aggConfig).type.id).toBe('bytes');
+        expect(metricAgg.getSerializedFormat(aggConfig).id).toBe('bytes');
       });
 
       it("should call modifyAggConfigOnSearchRequestStart for nested aggs' parameters", () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/std_deviation.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/std_deviation.test.ts
index 536764b2bcf0b8..2fa207e62771e3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/std_deviation.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/std_deviation.test.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('AggTypeMetricStandardDeviationProvider class', () => {
           },
         },
       ],
-      { typesRegistry, fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats }
+      { typesRegistry }
     );
   };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/top_hit.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/top_hit.test.ts
index 49e0a3e4b349ab..94a970a72a46f5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/top_hit.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/metrics/top_hit.test.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe('Top hit metric', () => {
           params,
         },
       ],
-      { typesRegistry, fieldFormats: aggTypesDependencies.getInternalStartServices().fieldFormats }
+      { typesRegistry }
     );
 
     // Grab the aggConfig off the vis (we don't actually use the vis for anything else)
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/mocks.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/mocks.ts
index 16544fd8f46b08..7a5dcc9be45929 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/mocks.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/aggs/mocks.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import {
 } from './';
 import { SearchAggsSetup, SearchAggsStart } from './types';
 import { mockAggTypesRegistry } from './test_helpers';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../field_formats/mocks';
 
 const aggTypeBaseParamMock = () => ({
   name: 'some_param',
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ export const searchAggsStartMock = (): SearchAggsStart => ({
   createAggConfigs: jest.fn().mockImplementation((indexPattern, configStates = [], schemas) => {
     return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, {
       typesRegistry: mockAggTypesRegistry(),
-      fieldFormats: fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract(),
     });
   }),
   types: mockAggTypesRegistry(),
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/create_filter.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/create_filter.test.ts
index 51b5e175761bd7..23da060cba2032 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/create_filter.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/expressions/create_filter.test.ts
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ import { AggConfigs, IAggConfig } from '../aggs';
 import { TabbedTable } from '../tabify';
 import { isRangeFilter, BytesFormat, FieldFormatsGetConfigFn } from '../../../common';
 import { mockDataServices, mockAggTypesRegistry } from '../aggs/test_helpers';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../field_formats/mocks';
 
 describe('createFilter', () => {
   let table: TabbedTable;
   let aggConfig: IAggConfig;
-  const fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
 
   const typesRegistry = mockAggTypesRegistry();
 
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ describe('createFilter', () => {
           params,
         },
       ],
-      { typesRegistry, fieldFormats }
+      { typesRegistry }
     );
   };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.ts
index d5997c15817f69..992979ad0dbb0f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import {
   AggConfigs,
   getCalculateAutoTimeExpression,
 } from './aggs';
-import { FieldFormatsStart } from '../field_formats';
 import { ISearchGeneric } from './i_search';
 
 interface SearchServiceSetupDependencies {
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ interface SearchServiceSetupDependencies {
 
 interface SearchServiceStartDependencies {
   indexPatterns: IndexPatternsContract;
-  fieldFormats: FieldFormatsStart;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -158,7 +156,6 @@ export class SearchService implements Plugin<ISearchSetup, ISearchStart> {
         calculateAutoTimeExpression: getCalculateAutoTimeExpression(core.uiSettings),
         createAggConfigs: (indexPattern, configStates = [], schemas) => {
           return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, configStates, {
-            fieldFormats: dependencies.fieldFormats,
             typesRegistry: aggTypesStart,
           });
         },
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.test.ts
index b4498aca4079cf..0c5551d95690f2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/get_columns.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { tabifyGetColumns } from './get_columns';
 import { TabbedAggColumn } from './types';
 import { AggConfigs } from '../aggs';
 import { mockAggTypesRegistry, mockDataServices } from '../aggs/test_helpers';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../field_formats/mocks';
 
 describe('get columns', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ describe('get columns', () => {
   });
 
   const typesRegistry = mockAggTypesRegistry();
-  const fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
 
   const createAggConfigs = (aggs: any[] = []) => {
     const field = {
@@ -45,10 +43,7 @@ describe('get columns', () => {
       },
     } as any;
 
-    return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, aggs, {
-      typesRegistry,
-      fieldFormats,
-    });
+    return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, aggs, { typesRegistry });
   };
 
   test('should inject the metric after each bucket if the vis is hierarchical', () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/response_writer.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/response_writer.test.ts
index 3334d858ce54e9..94473d23ccc398 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/response_writer.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/response_writer.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { TabbedAggResponseWriter } from './response_writer';
 import { AggConfigs, BUCKET_TYPES } from '../aggs';
 import { mockDataServices, mockAggTypesRegistry } from '../aggs/test_helpers';
 import { TabbedResponseWriterOptions } from './types';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../field_formats/mocks';
 
 describe('TabbedAggResponseWriter class', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ describe('TabbedAggResponseWriter class', () => {
   let responseWriter: TabbedAggResponseWriter;
 
   const typesRegistry = mockAggTypesRegistry();
-  const fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
 
   const splitAggConfig = [
     {
@@ -73,17 +71,11 @@ describe('TabbedAggResponseWriter class', () => {
       },
     } as any;
 
-    return new TabbedAggResponseWriter(
-      new AggConfigs(indexPattern, aggs, {
-        typesRegistry,
-        fieldFormats,
-      }),
-      {
-        metricsAtAllLevels: false,
-        partialRows: false,
-        ...opts,
-      }
-    );
+    return new TabbedAggResponseWriter(new AggConfigs(indexPattern, aggs, { typesRegistry }), {
+      metricsAtAllLevels: false,
+      partialRows: false,
+      ...opts,
+    });
   };
 
   describe('Constructor', () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/tabify.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/tabify.test.ts
index f6691360cec312..0a1e99c8bb2001 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/tabify.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/tabify/tabify.test.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ import { IndexPattern } from '../../index_patterns';
 import { AggConfigs, IAggConfig, IAggConfigs } from '../aggs';
 import { mockAggTypesRegistry } from '../aggs/test_helpers';
 import { metricOnly, threeTermBuckets } from 'fixtures/fake_hierarchical_data';
-import { fieldFormatsServiceMock } from '../../field_formats/mocks';
 
 describe('tabifyAggResponse Integration', () => {
   const typesRegistry = mockAggTypesRegistry();
-  const fieldFormats = fieldFormatsServiceMock.createStartContract();
 
   const createAggConfigs = (aggs: IAggConfig[] = []) => {
     const field = {
@@ -42,10 +40,7 @@ describe('tabifyAggResponse Integration', () => {
       },
     } as unknown) as IndexPattern;
 
-    return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, aggs, {
-      typesRegistry,
-      fieldFormats,
-    });
+    return new AggConfigs(indexPattern, aggs, { typesRegistry });
   };
 
   const mockAggConfig = (agg: any): IAggConfig => (agg as unknown) as IAggConfig;