diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/create_apm_api.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/create_apm_api.ts
index 7e2155cf3895d..458ab095dd946 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/create_apm_api.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/create_apm_api.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import {
   transactionGroupsOverviewRoute,
   transactionLatencyChatsRoute,
   transactionThroughputChatsRoute,
-} from './transactions/transactions_routes';
+} from './transactions';
 import {
   errorGroupsLocalFiltersRoute,
   metricsLocalFiltersRoute,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/transactions/transactions_routes.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/transactions.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/transactions/transactions_routes.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/transactions.ts
index 8deffc4384d7f..f6c4907c92f0b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/transactions/transactions_routes.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/transactions.ts
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@
 
 import Boom from '@hapi/boom';
 import * as t from 'io-ts';
-import { toNumberRt } from '../../../common/runtime_types/to_number_rt';
-import { getSearchAggregatedTransactions } from '../../lib/helpers/aggregated_transactions';
-import { setupRequest } from '../../lib/helpers/setup_request';
-import { getServiceTransactionGroups } from '../../lib/services/get_service_transaction_groups';
-import { getTransactionBreakdown } from '../../lib/transactions/breakdown';
-import { getAnomalySeries } from '../../lib/transactions/get_anomaly_data';
-import { getTransactionDistribution } from '../../lib/transactions/distribution';
-import { getTransactionGroupList } from '../../lib/transaction_groups';
-import { getErrorRate } from '../../lib/transaction_groups/get_error_rate';
-import { createRoute } from '../create_route';
-import { rangeRt, uiFiltersRt } from '../default_api_types';
-import { getLatencyCharts } from '../../lib/transactions/get_latency_charts';
-import { getThroughputCharts } from '../../lib/transactions/get_throughput_charts';
+import { createRoute } from './create_route';
+import { rangeRt, uiFiltersRt } from './default_api_types';
+import { toNumberRt } from '../../common/runtime_types/to_number_rt';
+import { getSearchAggregatedTransactions } from '../lib/helpers/aggregated_transactions';
+import { setupRequest } from '../lib/helpers/setup_request';
+import { getServiceTransactionGroups } from '../lib/services/get_service_transaction_groups';
+import { getTransactionBreakdown } from '../lib/transactions/breakdown';
+import { getAnomalySeries } from '../lib/transactions/get_anomaly_data';
+import { getTransactionDistribution } from '../lib/transactions/distribution';
+import { getTransactionGroupList } from '../lib/transaction_groups';
+import { getErrorRate } from '../lib/transaction_groups/get_error_rate';
+import { getLatencyCharts } from '../lib/transactions/get_latency_charts';
+import { getThroughputCharts } from '../lib/transactions/get_throughput_charts';
 
 /**
  * Returns a list of transactions grouped by name