diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/bootstrap.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/bootstrap.ts
index 33cf210763b10..5c95214ef591b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/bootstrap.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import { UiActionsSetup } from '../../ui_actions/public';
 import {
   contextMenuTrigger,
-  createFilterAction,
   panelBadgeTrigger,
   EmbeddableContext,
   CONTEXT_MENU_TRIGGER,
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@ import {
   ACTION_INSPECT_PANEL,
   REMOVE_PANEL_ACTION,
   ACTION_EDIT_PANEL,
-  FilterActionContext,
-  ACTION_APPLY_FILTER,
   panelNotificationTrigger,
   PANEL_NOTIFICATION_TRIGGER,
 } from './lib';
@@ -48,7 +45,6 @@ declare module '../../ui_actions/public' {
     [ACTION_INSPECT_PANEL]: EmbeddableContext;
     [REMOVE_PANEL_ACTION]: EmbeddableContext;
     [ACTION_EDIT_PANEL]: EmbeddableContext;
-    [ACTION_APPLY_FILTER]: FilterActionContext;
   }
 }
 
@@ -60,8 +56,4 @@ export const bootstrap = (uiActions: UiActionsSetup) => {
   uiActions.registerTrigger(contextMenuTrigger);
   uiActions.registerTrigger(panelBadgeTrigger);
   uiActions.registerTrigger(panelNotificationTrigger);
-
-  const actionApplyFilter = createFilterAction();
-
-  uiActions.registerAction(actionApplyFilter);
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/index.ts
index c5d8853ada5e8..7609f07d660bc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/index.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import { EmbeddablePublicPlugin } from './plugin';
 
 export {
   ACTION_ADD_PANEL,
-  ACTION_APPLY_FILTER,
   ACTION_EDIT_PANEL,
   Adapters,
   AddPanelAction,
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/actions/apply_filter_action.test.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/actions/apply_filter_action.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 88c1a5917e609..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/actions/apply_filter_action.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import { createFilterAction } from './apply_filter_action';
-import { expectErrorAsync } from '../../tests/helpers';
-import { defaultTrigger } from '../../../../ui_actions/public/triggers';
-
-test('has ACTION_APPLY_FILTER type and id', () => {
-  const action = createFilterAction();
-  expect(action.id).toBe('ACTION_APPLY_FILTER');
-  expect(action.type).toBe('ACTION_APPLY_FILTER');
-});
-
-test('has expected display name', () => {
-  const action = createFilterAction();
-  expect(action.getDisplayName({} as any)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"Apply filter to current view"`);
-});
-
-describe('getIconType()', () => {
-  test('returns "filter" icon', async () => {
-    const action = createFilterAction();
-    const result = action.getIconType({} as any);
-    expect(result).toBe('filter');
-  });
-});
-
-describe('isCompatible()', () => {
-  test('when embeddable filters and filters exist, returns true', async () => {
-    const action = createFilterAction();
-    const result = await action.isCompatible({
-      embeddable: {
-        getRoot: () => ({
-          getInput: () => ({
-            filters: [],
-          }),
-        }),
-      } as any,
-      filters: [],
-      trigger: defaultTrigger,
-    });
-    expect(result).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test('when embeddable filters not set, returns false', async () => {
-    const action = createFilterAction();
-    const result = await action.isCompatible({
-      embeddable: {
-        getRoot: () => ({
-          getInput: () => ({
-            // filters: [],
-          }),
-        }),
-      } as any,
-      filters: [],
-      trigger: defaultTrigger,
-    });
-    expect(result).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  test('when triggerContext or filters are not set, returns false', async () => {
-    const action = createFilterAction();
-
-    const result1 = await action.isCompatible({
-      embeddable: {
-        getRoot: () => ({
-          getInput: () => ({
-            filters: [],
-          }),
-        }),
-      } as any,
-    } as any);
-    expect(result1).toBe(false);
-  });
-});
-
-const getEmbeddable = () => {
-  const root = {
-    getInput: jest.fn(() => ({
-      filters: [],
-    })),
-    updateInput: jest.fn(),
-  };
-  const embeddable = {
-    getRoot: () => root,
-  } as any;
-  return [embeddable, root];
-};
-
-describe('execute()', () => {
-  describe('when no filters are given', () => {
-    test('throws an error', async () => {
-      const action = createFilterAction();
-      const error = await expectErrorAsync(() =>
-        action.execute({
-          embeddable: getEmbeddable(),
-        } as any)
-      );
-      expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
-      expect(error.message).toBe('Applying a filter requires a filter and embeddable as context');
-    });
-
-    test('updates filter input on success', async () => {
-      const action = createFilterAction();
-      const [embeddable, root] = getEmbeddable();
-
-      await action.execute({
-        embeddable,
-        filters: ['FILTER' as any],
-        trigger: defaultTrigger,
-      });
-
-      expect(root.updateInput).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(root.updateInput.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchObject({
-        filters: ['FILTER'],
-      });
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/actions/apply_filter_action.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/actions/apply_filter_action.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3460203aac29c..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/actions/apply_filter_action.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import { ActionByType, createAction, IncompatibleActionError } from '../ui_actions';
-import { IEmbeddable, EmbeddableInput } from '../embeddables';
-import { Filter } from '../../../../../plugins/data/public';
-
-export const ACTION_APPLY_FILTER = 'ACTION_APPLY_FILTER';
-
-type RootEmbeddable = IEmbeddable<EmbeddableInput & { filters: Filter[] }>;
-export interface FilterActionContext {
-  embeddable: IEmbeddable;
-  filters: Filter[];
-}
-
-async function isCompatible(context: FilterActionContext) {
-  if (context.embeddable === undefined) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  const root = context.embeddable.getRoot() as RootEmbeddable;
-  return Boolean(root.getInput().filters !== undefined && context.filters !== undefined);
-}
-
-export function createFilterAction(): ActionByType<typeof ACTION_APPLY_FILTER> {
-  return createAction<typeof ACTION_APPLY_FILTER>({
-    type: ACTION_APPLY_FILTER,
-    id: ACTION_APPLY_FILTER,
-    order: 100,
-    getIconType: () => 'filter',
-    getDisplayName: () => {
-      return i18n.translate('embeddableApi.actions.applyFilterActionTitle', {
-        defaultMessage: 'Apply filter to current view',
-      });
-    },
-    isCompatible,
-    execute: async ({ embeddable, filters }) => {
-      if (!filters || !embeddable) {
-        throw new Error('Applying a filter requires a filter and embeddable as context');
-      }
-
-      if (!(await isCompatible({ embeddable, filters }))) {
-        throw new IncompatibleActionError();
-      }
-
-      const root = embeddable.getRoot() as RootEmbeddable;
-
-      root.updateInput({
-        filters,
-      });
-    },
-  });
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/actions/index.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/actions/index.ts
index ea32c6aa2d455..8be2c3f5df450 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/actions/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/actions/index.ts
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-export * from './apply_filter_action';
 export * from './edit_panel_action';
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/tests/apply_filter_action.test.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/tests/apply_filter_action.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f8c4a4a7e4b72..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/tests/apply_filter_action.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import { testPlugin } from './test_plugin';
-import { EmbeddableOutput, isErrorEmbeddable, createFilterAction } from '../lib';
-import {
-  FilterableContainer,
-  FilterableContainerInput,
-  FILTERABLE_CONTAINER,
-  FilterableEmbeddableFactory,
-  HelloWorldContainer,
-  FILTERABLE_EMBEDDABLE,
-  FilterableEmbeddable,
-  FilterableContainerFactory,
-  FilterableEmbeddableInput,
-} from '../lib/test_samples';
-import { esFilters } from '../../../data/public';
-import { applyFilterTrigger } from '../../../ui_actions/public';
-
-test('ApplyFilterAction applies the filter to the root of the container tree', async () => {
-  const { doStart, setup } = testPlugin();
-
-  const factory2 = new FilterableEmbeddableFactory();
-  const factory1 = new FilterableContainerFactory(async () => await api.getEmbeddableFactory);
-  setup.registerEmbeddableFactory(factory2.type, factory2);
-  setup.registerEmbeddableFactory(factory1.type, factory1);
-
-  const api = doStart();
-
-  const applyFilterAction = createFilterAction();
-
-  const root = new FilterableContainer(
-    { id: 'root', panels: {}, filters: [] },
-    api.getEmbeddableFactory
-  );
-
-  const node1 = await root.addNewEmbeddable<
-    FilterableContainerInput,
-    EmbeddableOutput,
-    FilterableContainer
-  >(FILTERABLE_CONTAINER, { panels: {}, id: 'node1' });
-
-  const node2 = await root.addNewEmbeddable<
-    FilterableContainerInput,
-    EmbeddableOutput,
-    FilterableContainer
-  >(FILTERABLE_CONTAINER, { panels: {}, id: 'Node2' });
-
-  if (isErrorEmbeddable(node1) || isErrorEmbeddable(node2)) {
-    throw new Error();
-  }
-
-  const embeddable = await node2.addNewEmbeddable<
-    FilterableEmbeddableInput,
-    EmbeddableOutput,
-    FilterableEmbeddable
-  >(FILTERABLE_EMBEDDABLE, { id: 'leaf' });
-
-  if (isErrorEmbeddable(embeddable)) {
-    throw new Error();
-  }
-
-  const filter: any = {
-    $state: { store: esFilters.FilterStateStore.APP_STATE },
-    meta: {
-      disabled: false,
-      negate: false,
-      alias: '',
-    },
-    query: { match: { extension: { query: 'foo' } } },
-  };
-
-  await applyFilterAction.execute({ embeddable, filters: [filter], trigger: applyFilterTrigger });
-  expect(root.getInput().filters.length).toBe(1);
-  expect(node1.getInput().filters.length).toBe(1);
-  expect(embeddable.getInput().filters.length).toBe(1);
-  expect(node2.getInput().filters.length).toBe(1);
-});
-
-test('ApplyFilterAction is incompatible if the root container does not accept a filter as input', async () => {
-  const { doStart, setup } = testPlugin();
-
-  const factory = new FilterableEmbeddableFactory();
-  setup.registerEmbeddableFactory(factory.type, factory);
-  const api = doStart();
-  const applyFilterAction = createFilterAction();
-
-  const parent = new HelloWorldContainer({ id: 'root', panels: {} }, {
-    getEmbeddableFactory: api.getEmbeddableFactory,
-  } as any);
-  const embeddable = await parent.addNewEmbeddable<
-    FilterableContainerInput,
-    EmbeddableOutput,
-    FilterableContainer
-  >(FILTERABLE_EMBEDDABLE, { id: 'leaf' });
-
-  if (isErrorEmbeddable(embeddable)) {
-    throw new Error();
-  }
-
-  // @ts-ignore
-  expect(await applyFilterAction.isCompatible({ embeddable })).toBe(false);
-});
-
-test('trying to execute on incompatible context throws an error ', async () => {
-  const { doStart, setup } = testPlugin();
-
-  const factory = new FilterableEmbeddableFactory();
-  setup.registerEmbeddableFactory(factory.type, factory);
-
-  const api = doStart();
-  const applyFilterAction = createFilterAction();
-
-  const parent = new HelloWorldContainer({ id: 'root', panels: {} }, {
-    getEmbeddableFactory: api.getEmbeddableFactory,
-  } as any);
-
-  const embeddable = await parent.addNewEmbeddable<
-    FilterableContainerInput,
-    EmbeddableOutput,
-    FilterableContainer
-  >(FILTERABLE_EMBEDDABLE, { id: 'leaf' });
-
-  if (isErrorEmbeddable(embeddable)) {
-    throw new Error();
-  }
-
-  async function check() {
-    await applyFilterAction.execute({ embeddable } as any);
-  }
-  await expect(check()).rejects.toThrow(Error);
-});
-
-test('gets title', async () => {
-  const applyFilterAction = createFilterAction();
-  expect(applyFilterAction.getDisplayName({} as any)).toBeDefined();
-});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index c8a433f35a228..1b02200c1fe1b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -1470,7 +1470,6 @@
     "discover.uninitializedText": "クエリを作成、フィルターを追加、または［更新］をクリックして、現在のクエリの結果を取得します。",
     "discover.uninitializedTitle": "検索開始",
     "discover.valueIsNotConfiguredIndexPatternIDWarningTitle": "{stateVal}は設定されたインデックスパターンIDではありません",
-    "embeddableApi.actions.applyFilterActionTitle": "現在のビューにフィルターを適用",
     "embeddableApi.addPanel.createNewDefaultOption": "新規作成...",
     "embeddableApi.addPanel.displayName": "パネルの追加",
     "embeddableApi.addPanel.noMatchingObjectsMessage": "一致するオブジェクトが見つかりませんでした。",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index b5001d34750f3..eb28b08f803ae 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -1471,7 +1471,6 @@
     "discover.uninitializedText": "编写查询，添加一些筛选，或只需单击“刷新”来检索当前查询的结果。",
     "discover.uninitializedTitle": "开始搜索",
     "discover.valueIsNotConfiguredIndexPatternIDWarningTitle": "{stateVal} 不是配置的索引模式 ID",
-    "embeddableApi.actions.applyFilterActionTitle": "将筛选应用于当前视图",
     "embeddableApi.addPanel.createNewDefaultOption": "新建",
     "embeddableApi.addPanel.displayName": "添加面板",
     "embeddableApi.addPanel.noMatchingObjectsMessage": "未找到任何匹配对象。",