diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/log_views/resolved_log_view.mock.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/log_views/resolved_log_view.mock.ts
index a910205fc8366..268b2f692f62a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/log_views/resolved_log_view.mock.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/log_views/resolved_log_view.mock.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ import { createStubDataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common/stubs';
 import { defaultLogViewsStaticConfig } from './defaults';
 import { ResolvedLogView, resolveLogView } from './resolved_log_view';
 import { LogViewAttributes } from './types';
-import { DataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
-
-const dataViewMock = {
-  id: 'log-view-data-view-mock',
-  title: 'log-view-data-view-mock-title',
-  fields: [],
-} as unknown as DataView;
 
 export const createResolvedLogViewMock = (
   resolvedLogViewOverrides: Partial<ResolvedLogView> = {}
@@ -48,7 +41,6 @@ export const createResolvedLogViewMock = (
       messageColumn: { id: 'MESSAGE_COLUMN_ID' },
     },
   ],
-  dataViewReference: dataViewMock,
   ...resolvedLogViewOverrides,
 });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/log_views/resolved_log_view.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/log_views/resolved_log_view.ts
index 329dc948a2da0..d7e155172a57e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/log_views/resolved_log_view.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/log_views/resolved_log_view.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export interface ResolvedLogView {
   fields: ResolvedLogViewField[];
   runtimeMappings: estypes.MappingRuntimeFields;
   columns: LogViewColumnConfiguration[];
-  dataViewReference: DataView;
 }
 
 export const resolveLogView = async (
@@ -61,12 +60,6 @@ const resolveLegacyReference = async (
       );
     });
 
-  const dataViewReference = await dataViewsService.create({
-    id: '___InfraLogsLegacyLogViewReference___',
-    title: logViewAttributes.logIndices.indexName,
-    timeFieldName: TIMESTAMP_FIELD,
-  });
-
   return {
     indices: logViewAttributes.logIndices.indexName,
     timestampField: TIMESTAMP_FIELD,
@@ -77,7 +70,6 @@ const resolveLegacyReference = async (
     columns: logViewAttributes.logColumns,
     name: logViewAttributes.name,
     description: logViewAttributes.description,
-    dataViewReference,
   };
 };
 
@@ -105,7 +97,6 @@ const resolveDataViewReference = async (
     columns: logViewAttributes.logColumns,
     name: logViewAttributes.name,
     description: logViewAttributes.description,
-    dataViewReference: dataView,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/log_stream/log_stream.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/log_stream/log_stream.tsx
index e5aeefba983f1..2913b2cbb5ecf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/log_stream/log_stream.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/log_stream/log_stream.tsx
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 import { buildEsQuery, Filter, Query } from '@kbn/es-query';
 import { JsonValue } from '@kbn/utility-types';
+import { noop } from 'lodash';
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { DataPublicPluginStart } from '@kbn/data-plugin/public';
 import { euiStyled } from '@kbn/kibana-react-plugin/common';
 import { useKibana } from '@kbn/kibana-react-plugin/public';
-import { noop } from 'lodash';
 import { LogEntryCursor } from '../../../common/log_entry';
 import { defaultLogViewsStaticConfig } from '../../../common/log_views';
 import { BuiltEsQuery, useLogStream } from '../../containers/logs/log_stream';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/containers/logs/log_filter/log_filter_state.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/containers/logs/log_filter/log_filter_state.ts
index d5c6a86d8ce75..f836c642aa0b3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/containers/logs/log_filter/log_filter_state.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/containers/logs/log_filter/log_filter_state.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const unsupportedLanguageError = i18n.translate(
   }
 );
 
-export const useLogFilterState = ({ dataView }: { dataView?: DataViewBase }) => {
+export const useLogFilterState = ({ dataView }: { dataView: DataViewBase }) => {
   const {
     notifications: { toasts },
     data: {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/hooks/use_log_view.mock.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/hooks/use_log_view.mock.ts
index 8bef101abe666..daebfb82b4564 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/hooks/use_log_view.mock.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/hooks/use_log_view.mock.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ const defaultLogViewId = 'default';
 export const createUninitializedUseLogViewMock =
   (logViewId: string = defaultLogViewId) =>
   (): IUseLogView => ({
-    derivedDataView: undefined,
+    derivedDataView: {
+      fields: [],
+      title: 'unknown',
+    },
     hasFailedLoading: false,
     hasFailedLoadingLogView: false,
     hasFailedLoadingLogViewStatus: false,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/hooks/use_log_view.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/hooks/use_log_view.ts
index 9dd0468d60b40..b1b8bb6e33cc9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/hooks/use_log_view.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/hooks/use_log_view.ts
@@ -63,9 +63,13 @@ export const useLogView = ({
     [logViews]
   );
 
-  const derivedDataView = useMemo(() => {
-    return resolvedLogView?.dataViewReference;
-  }, [resolvedLogView]);
+  const derivedDataView = useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      fields: resolvedLogView?.fields ?? [],
+      title: resolvedLogView?.indices ?? 'unknown',
+    }),
+    [resolvedLogView]
+  );
 
   const isLoadingLogView = loadLogViewRequest.state === 'pending';
   const isResolvingLogView = resolveLogViewRequest.state === 'pending';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/pages/logs/stream/page_toolbar.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/pages/logs/stream/page_toolbar.tsx
index cf30518f78ede..2929151a1902e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/pages/logs/stream/page_toolbar.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/pages/logs/stream/page_toolbar.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import { EuiFlexGroup, EuiFlexItem } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import React from 'react';
+import { DataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/public';
 import { euiStyled } from '@kbn/kibana-react-plugin/common';
 import { useKibanaContextForPlugin } from '../../../hooks/use_kibana';
 import { LogCustomizationMenu } from '../../../components/logging/log_customization_menu';
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export const LogsToolbar = () => {
               defaultMessage: 'Search for log entries… (e.g. host.name:host-1)',
             })}
             useDefaultBehaviors={true}
-            indexPatterns={derivedDataView ? [derivedDataView] : undefined}
+            indexPatterns={[derivedDataView as DataView]}
             showQueryInput={true}
             showQueryMenu={false}
             showFilterBar={false}