diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/normalize_sort_request.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/normalize_sort_request.test.ts
index 134886efe9e0c..265d8c085b7e9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/normalize_sort_request.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/normalize_sort_request.test.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('SearchSource#normalizeSortRequest', function () {
 
   it('should append default sort options', function () {
     const defaultSortOptions = {
-      unmapped_type: 'boolean',
+      unmapped_type: 'boolean' as 'boolean',
     };
     const result = normalizeSortRequest(
       [{ someField: SortDirection.desc }],
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/normalize_sort_request.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/normalize_sort_request.ts
index 5744b1fd53801..49cdd8ba289e3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/normalize_sort_request.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/normalize_sort_request.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,21 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
+import { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 import type { DataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
-import { EsQuerySortValue, SortOptions } from './types';
+import { EsQuerySortValue } from './types';
+
+type FieldSortOptions = estypes.FieldSort &
+  estypes.ScoreSort &
+  estypes.GeoDistanceSort &
+  Omit<estypes.ScriptSort, 'script'> & {
+    script?: estypes.ScriptSort['script'];
+  };
 
 export function normalizeSortRequest(
   sortObject: EsQuerySortValue | EsQuerySortValue[],
   indexPattern: DataView | string | undefined,
-  defaultSortOptions: SortOptions = {}
+  defaultSortOptions: FieldSortOptions | string = {}
 ) {
   const sortArray: EsQuerySortValue[] = Array.isArray(sortObject) ? sortObject : [sortObject];
   return sortArray.map(function (sortable) {
@@ -28,7 +36,7 @@ export function normalizeSortRequest(
 function normalize(
   sortable: EsQuerySortValue,
   indexPattern: DataView | string | undefined,
-  defaultSortOptions: any
+  defaultSortOptions: FieldSortOptions | string
 ) {
   const [[sortField, sortOrder]] = Object.entries(sortable);
   const order = typeof sortOrder === 'object' ? sortOrder : { order: sortOrder };
@@ -52,13 +60,16 @@ function normalize(
   // FIXME: for unknown reason on the server this setting is serialized
   // https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/89902
   if (typeof defaultSortOptions === 'string') {
-    defaultSortOptions = JSON.parse(defaultSortOptions);
+    defaultSortOptions = JSON.parse(defaultSortOptions) as FieldSortOptions;
   }
   // Don't include unmapped_type for _score field
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
   const { unmapped_type, ...otherSortOptions } = defaultSortOptions;
   return {
-    [sortField]: { ...order, ...(sortField === '_score' ? otherSortOptions : defaultSortOptions) },
+    [sortField]: {
+      ...order,
+      ...(sortField === '_score' ? otherSortOptions : defaultSortOptions),
+    },
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/types.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/types.ts
index 60c0d3713ec64..98cf431658e4c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/search/search_source/types.ts
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ export interface ISearchStartSearchSource
   createEmpty: () => ISearchSource;
 }
 
-/**
- * @deprecated use {@link estypes.SortResults} instead.
- */
-export type EsQuerySearchAfter = [string | number, string | number];
-
 export enum SortDirection {
   asc = 'asc',
   desc = 'desc',
@@ -178,53 +173,6 @@ export interface SearchSourceOptions {
   callParentStartHandlers?: boolean;
 }
 
-export interface SortOptions {
-  mode?: 'min' | 'max' | 'sum' | 'avg' | 'median';
-  type?: 'double' | 'long' | 'date' | 'date_nanos';
-  nested?: object;
-  unmapped_type?: string;
-  distance_type?: 'arc' | 'plane';
-  unit?: string;
-  ignore_unmapped?: boolean;
-  _script?: object;
-}
-
-export interface Request {
-  docvalue_fields: string[];
-  _source: unknown;
-  query: unknown;
-  script_fields: unknown;
-  sort: unknown;
-  stored_fields: string[];
-}
-
-export interface ResponseWithShardFailure {
-  _shards: {
-    failed: number;
-    failures: ShardFailure[];
-    skipped: number;
-    successful: number;
-    total: number;
-  };
-}
-
-export interface ShardFailure {
-  index: string;
-  node: string;
-  reason: {
-    caused_by: {
-      reason: string;
-      type: string;
-    };
-    reason: string;
-    lang?: estypes.ScriptLanguage;
-    script?: string;
-    script_stack?: string[];
-    type: string;
-  };
-  shard: number;
-}
-
 export function isSerializedSearchSource(
   maybeSerializedSearchSource: unknown
 ): maybeSerializedSearchSource is SerializedSearchSourceFields {
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/context/utils/fetch_hits_in_interval.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/context/utils/fetch_hits_in_interval.ts
index d9a06e08fbada..6f070b7335030 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/context/utils/fetch_hits_in_interval.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/context/utils/fetch_hits_in_interval.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
+import { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 import { lastValueFrom } from 'rxjs';
 import { ISearchSource, EsQuerySortValue, SortDirection } from '@kbn/data-plugin/public';
-import { EsQuerySearchAfter } from '@kbn/data-plugin/common';
 import { buildDataTableRecord } from '@kbn/discover-utils';
 import type { DataTableRecord } from '@kbn/discover-utils/types';
 import {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export async function fetchHitsInInterval(
   sort: [EsQuerySortValue, EsQuerySortValue],
   sortDir: SortDirection,
   interval: IntervalValue[],
-  searchAfter: EsQuerySearchAfter,
+  searchAfter: estypes.SortResults,
   maxCount: number,
   nanosValue: string,
   anchorId: string,
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/context/utils/get_es_query_search_after.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/context/utils/get_es_query_search_after.ts
index 18792cb6a7ff8..c6bab71609e65 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/context/utils/get_es_query_search_after.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/context/utils/get_es_query_search_after.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
-import type { EsQuerySearchAfter } from '@kbn/data-plugin/common';
+import { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 import type { DataTableRecord } from '@kbn/discover-utils/types';
 import { SurrDocType } from '../services/context';
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function getEsQuerySearchAfter(
   type: SurrDocType,
   rows: DataTableRecord[],
   anchor: DataTableRecord
-): EsQuerySearchAfter {
+): estypes.SortResults {
   if (rows.length) {
     // already surrounding docs -> first or last record  is used
     const afterTimeRecIdx = type === SurrDocType.SUCCESSORS && rows.length ? rows.length - 1 : 0;