diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts
index a8e10be1a4497ce..f38c03c50c307fc 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/index.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,3 @@ export { DefaultEditorSize } from 'ui/vis/editor_size';
  * @public
  */
 export * from './np_ready/public';
-
-// for backwards compatibility with 7.3
-export { setup as visualizations } from './np_ready/public/legacy';
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js b/src/legacy/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js
index 73d50a83e11a5a5..d956b37628277b0 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/chrome/api/angular.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { uiModules } from '../../modules';
 
 import { directivesProvider } from '../directives';
 import { registerSubUrlHooks } from './sub_url_hooks';
-import { start as data } from '../../../../core_plugins/data/public/legacy';
 import { configureAppAngularModule } from 'ui/legacy_compat';
 import { npStart } from '../../new_platform/new_platform';
 
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ export function initAngularApi(chrome, internals) {
   chrome.setupAngular = function () {
     const kibana = uiModules.get('kibana');
 
-    configureAppAngularModule(kibana, npStart.core, data, false);
+    configureAppAngularModule(kibana, npStart.core, false);
 
     kibana.value('chrome', chrome);
 
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/register_vis_type_alias.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/register_vis_type_alias.ts
index 185df12054a3c6c..0c4e6d9f7cb10f8 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/register_vis_type_alias.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/register_vis_type_alias.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import { visualizations } from '../../../../../src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public';
+import { setup as visualizations } from '../../../../../src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/np_ready/public/legacy';
 import { getBasePath, getEditPath } from '../common';
 
 visualizations.types.registerAlias({