diff --git a/packages/kbn-eslint-config/.eslintrc.js b/packages/kbn-eslint-config/.eslintrc.js
index 5a9d49934c255..b6ec02de7a357 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-eslint-config/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/kbn-eslint-config/.eslintrc.js
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ module.exports = {
           to: '@kbn/utility-types-jest',
           disallowedMessage: `import from @kbn/utility-types-jest instead`
         },
+        {
+          from: '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin',
+          to: '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common',
+          exact: true,
+        },
       ],
     ],
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/index.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b7e91b747db8..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
- * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
- * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
- * Side Public License, v 1.
- */
-
-export type { StateContainer } from './common';
-export { createStateContainer, of } from './common';
diff --git a/src/plugins/share/public/url_service/short_urls/short_url_client.test.ts b/src/plugins/share/public/url_service/short_urls/short_url_client.test.ts
index 693d06538e63e..9342855342c37 100644
--- a/src/plugins/share/public/url_service/short_urls/short_url_client.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/share/public/url_service/short_urls/short_url_client.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { of } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin';
+import { of } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common';
 import {
   KibanaLocation,
   Locator,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/drilldowns/url_drilldown/public/lib/url_drilldown.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/drilldowns/url_drilldown/public/lib/url_drilldown.test.ts
index 58af9e619111a..f79e5ef694805 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/drilldowns/url_drilldown/public/lib/url_drilldown.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/drilldowns/url_drilldown/public/lib/url_drilldown.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   CONTEXT_MENU_TRIGGER,
 } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import { DatatableColumnType } from '@kbn/expressions-plugin/common';
-import { of } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin';
+import { of } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common';
 import { createPoint, rowClickData, TestEmbeddable } from './test/data';
 import { ROW_CLICK_TRIGGER } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public';
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ui_actions_enhanced/public/dynamic_actions/dynamic_action_manager.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ui_actions_enhanced/public/dynamic_actions/dynamic_action_manager.test.ts
index ab7d322c8576e..b8da878fdc04d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ui_actions_enhanced/public/dynamic_actions/dynamic_action_manager.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ui_actions_enhanced/public/dynamic_actions/dynamic_action_manager.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { DynamicActionManager } from './dynamic_action_manager';
 import { ActionStorage, MemoryActionStorage } from './dynamic_action_storage';
 import { UiActionsService } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public';
 import { ActionRegistry } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public/types';
-import { of } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin';
+import { of } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common';
 import { UiActionsServiceEnhancements } from '../services';
 import { ActionFactoryDefinition } from './action_factory_definition';
 import { SerializedAction, SerializedEvent } from './types';