diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object_loader.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/saved_object_loader.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object_loader.ts
rename to src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/saved_object_loader.ts
index 10872b5d9cd1a..521d6645e30f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object_loader.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/saved_object_loader.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ import {
   SavedObjectsFindOptionsReference,
   SavedObjectReference,
 } from 'kibana/public';
-import { SavedObject } from '../types';
-import { StringUtils } from './helpers/string_utils';
+import { SavedObject } from '../../../saved_objects/public';
+import { upperFirst } from './string_utils';
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated
+ * @removeBy 8.0
+ */
 export interface SavedObjectLoaderFindOptions {
   size?: number;
   fields?: string[];
@@ -23,6 +27,8 @@ export interface SavedObjectLoaderFindOptions {
 
 /**
  * @deprecated
+ * @removeBy 8.0
+ *
  * The SavedObjectLoader class provides some convenience functions
  * to load and save one kind of saved objects (specified in the constructor).
  *
@@ -46,7 +52,7 @@ export class SavedObjectLoader {
 
     this.loaderProperties = {
       name: `${this.lowercaseType}s`,
-      noun: StringUtils.upperFirst(this.type),
+      noun: upperFirst(this.type),
       nouns: `${this.lowercaseType}s`,
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/saved_objects.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/saved_objects.ts
index 305ff3c2014f8..afd778d78b271 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/saved_objects.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/saved_objects.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ export type {
   SavedObject,
   SavedObjectsStart,
   SavedObjectSaveOpts,
-  SavedObjectLoaderFindOptions,
 } from '../../../saved_objects/public';
 export {
   showSaveModal,
-  SavedObjectLoader,
   SavedObjectSaveModal,
   getSavedObjectFinder,
 } from '../../../saved_objects/public';
+export { SavedObjectLoader } from './saved_object_loader';
+export type { SavedObjectLoaderFindOptions } from './saved_object_loader';
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/helpers/string_utils.test.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/string_utils.test.ts
similarity index 53%
rename from src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/helpers/string_utils.test.ts
rename to src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/string_utils.test.ts
index 4e7258f1575dc..ed96cb4f1a0a1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/helpers/string_utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/string_utils.test.ts
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { StringUtils } from './string_utils';
+import { upperFirst } from './string_utils';
 
-describe('StringUtils class', () => {
-  describe('static upperFirst', () => {
+describe('StringUtils', () => {
+  describe('upperFirst', () => {
     test('should converts the first character of string to upper case', () => {
-      expect(StringUtils.upperFirst()).toBe('');
-      expect(StringUtils.upperFirst('')).toBe('');
+      expect(upperFirst()).toBe('');
+      expect(upperFirst('')).toBe('');
 
-      expect(StringUtils.upperFirst('Fred')).toBe('Fred');
-      expect(StringUtils.upperFirst('fred')).toBe('Fred');
-      expect(StringUtils.upperFirst('FRED')).toBe('FRED');
+      expect(upperFirst('Fred')).toBe('Fred');
+      expect(upperFirst('fred')).toBe('Fred');
+      expect(upperFirst('FRED')).toBe('FRED');
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/helpers/string_utils.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/string_utils.ts
similarity index 55%
rename from src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/helpers/string_utils.ts
rename to src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/string_utils.ts
index 5d4551f0c200c..31a36b38155d7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/helpers/string_utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/string_utils.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-export class StringUtils {
-  /**
-   * Returns a version of the string with the first letter capitalized.
-   * @param str {string}
-   * @returns {string}
-   */
-  public static upperFirst(str: string = ''): string {
-    return str ? str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1) : '';
-  }
+/**
+ * Returns a version of the string with the first letter capitalized.
+ * @param str {string}
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+export function upperFirst(str: string = ''): string {
+  return str ? str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1) : '';
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/index.ts
index d63e20f5f5673..5e6e67f7e4acc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/index.ts
@@ -13,17 +13,11 @@ export { SavedObjectSaveModal, SavedObjectSaveModalOrigin, showSaveModal } from
 export type { SavedObjectFinderUiProps, SavedObjectMetaData } from './finder';
 export { getSavedObjectFinder, SavedObjectFinderUi } from './finder';
 export type {
-  SavedObjectLoaderFindOptions,
   SavedObjectDecorator,
   SavedObjectDecoratorFactory,
   SavedObjectDecoratorConfig,
 } from './saved_object';
-export {
-  SavedObjectLoader,
-  checkForDuplicateTitle,
-  saveWithConfirmation,
-  isErrorNonFatal,
-} from './saved_object';
+export { checkForDuplicateTitle, saveWithConfirmation, isErrorNonFatal } from './saved_object';
 export type { SavedObjectSaveOpts, SavedObject, SavedObjectConfig } from './types';
 export { PER_PAGE_SETTING, LISTING_LIMIT_SETTING } from '../common';
 export type { SavedObjectsStart, SavedObjectSetup } from './plugin';
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/index.ts b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/index.ts
index f30730a1c39ac..01770866b65ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/index.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 export { createSavedObjectClass } from './saved_object';
-export type { SavedObjectLoaderFindOptions } from './saved_object_loader';
-export { SavedObjectLoader } from './saved_object_loader';
 export { checkForDuplicateTitle } from './helpers/check_for_duplicate_title';
 export { saveWithConfirmation } from './helpers/save_with_confirmation';
 export { isErrorNonFatal } from './helpers/save_saved_object';
diff --git a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object.ts b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object.ts
index c038669510b78..a437431a9d827 100644
--- a/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/saved_objects/public/saved_object/saved_object.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ export function createSavedObjectClass(
    * provides additional functionality besides loading/saving/deleting/etc.
    *
    * It is overloaded and configured to provide type-aware functionality.
-   * To just retrieve the attributes of saved objects, it is recommended to use SavedObjectLoader
-   * which returns instances of SimpleSavedObject which don't introduce additional type-specific complexity.
    * @param {*} config
    */
   class SavedObjectClass {