diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/index.ts
index c3ec6c4886f044..89e98302cddc91 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { PLUGIN_ID, UI_SETTINGS_CUSTOM_PDF_LOGO } from './common/constants';
 import { config as reportingConfig } from './config';
 import { legacyInit } from './server/legacy';
-import { ReportingConfigOptions, ReportingPluginSpecOptions } from './types';
+import { ReportingPluginSpecOptions } from './types';
 
 const kbToBase64Length = (kb: number) => {
   return Math.floor((kb * 1024 * 8) / 6);
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ export const reporting = (kibana: any) => {
     config: reportingConfig,
 
     uiExports: {
-      injectDefaultVars(server: Legacy.Server, options?: ReportingConfigOptions) {
-        const config = server.config();
-        return {
-          reportingPollConfig: options ? options.poll : {},
-          enablePanelActionDownload: config.get('xpack.reporting.csv.enablePanelActionDownload'),
-        };
-      },
       uiSettingDefaults: {
         [UI_SETTINGS_CUSTOM_PDF_LOGO]: {
           name: i18n.translate('xpack.reporting.pdfFooterImageLabel', {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/types.d.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/types.d.ts
index b4d49fd21f230b..917e9d7daae407 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/types.d.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/types.d.ts
@@ -23,22 +23,6 @@ export type Job = EventEmitter & {
   };
 };
 
-export interface ReportingConfigOptions {
-  browser: BrowserConfig;
-  poll: {
-    jobCompletionNotifier: {
-      interval: number;
-      intervalErrorMultiplier: number;
-    };
-    jobsRefresh: {
-      interval: number;
-      intervalErrorMultiplier: number;
-    };
-  };
-  queue: QueueConfig;
-  capture: CaptureConfig;
-}
-
 export interface NetworkPolicyRule {
   allow: boolean;
   protocol: string;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.tsx
index 37fe36ccfe5f32..7a1fbd49f9f7ec 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import dateMath from '@elastic/datemath';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import moment from 'moment-timezone';
+import { LicensingPluginSetup } from '../../../licensing/public';
+import { checkLicense } from '../lib/license_check';
 
 import { CoreSetup } from '../../../../../src/core/public';
 import { Action, IncompatibleActionError } from '../../../../../src/plugins/ui_actions/public';
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ import {
   IEmbeddable,
 } from '../../../../../src/legacy/core_plugins/embeddable_api/public/np_ready/public';
 
-// @TODO: These will probably relocate at some point, and will need to be fixed
+// @TODO: These import paths will need to be updated once discovery moves to non-legacy dir
 import { SEARCH_EMBEDDABLE_TYPE } from '../../../../../src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/discover/np_ready/embeddable/constants';
 import { ISearchEmbeddable } from '../../../../../src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/discover/np_ready/embeddable/types';
 
@@ -35,11 +37,18 @@ export class GetCsvReportPanelAction implements Action<ActionContext> {
   private isDownloading: boolean;
   public readonly type = '';
   public readonly id = CSV_REPORTING_ACTION;
+  private canDownloadCSV: boolean = false;
   private core: CoreSetup;
 
-  constructor(core: CoreSetup) {
+  constructor(core: CoreSetup, license$: LicensingPluginSetup['license$']) {
     this.isDownloading = false;
     this.core = core;
+
+    license$.subscribe(license => {
+      const results = license.check('reporting', 'basic');
+      const { showLinks } = checkLicense(results);
+      this.canDownloadCSV = showLinks;
+    });
   }
 
   public getIconType() {
@@ -66,6 +75,10 @@ export class GetCsvReportPanelAction implements Action<ActionContext> {
   }
 
   public isCompatible = async (context: ActionContext) => {
+    if (!this.canDownloadCSV) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
     const { embeddable } = context;
 
     return embeddable.getInput().viewMode !== ViewMode.EDIT && embeddable.type === 'search';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/plugin.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/plugin.tsx
index bced9d6ddd32a3..6454c3de9e655d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class ReportingPublicPlugin implements Plugin<any, any> {
     const { license$ } = licensing;
 
     const apiClient = new ReportingAPIClient(http);
-    const action = new GetCsvReportPanelAction(core);
+    const action = new GetCsvReportPanelAction(core, license$);
 
     home.featureCatalogue.register({
       id: 'reporting',