diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/console.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/console.js
index c16458c878d7d..461423ce4ebbb 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/console.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/console.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ require('./src/directives/sense_history');
 require('./src/directives/sense_settings');
 require('./src/directives/sense_help');
 require('./src/directives/sense_welcome');
+require('./src/directives/console_menu_directive');
 
 
 uiRoutes.when('/dev_tools/console', {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/index.html b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/index.html
index 30ebcf70b33be..71e7d6a044249 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/index.html
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/index.html
@@ -11,42 +11,13 @@
             <i class="fa fa-play"></i>
           </button>
         </kbn-tooltip>
-        <span dropdown>
-          <button
-            id="consoleRequestOptions"
-            class="conApp__editorActionButton"
-            dropdown-toggle
-            ng-click="getDocumentation()"
-            aria-label="{{:: 'console.requestOptionsButtonAriaLabel' | i18n: { defaultMessage: 'Request options' } }}"
-          >
-            <span class="kuiIcon fa-wrench"></span>
-          </button>
-
-          <ul
-            class="dropdown-menu"
-            role="menu"
-            aria-labelledby="consoleRequestOptions"
-          >
-            <li role="menuitem">
-              <button
-                id="ConCopyAsCurl"
-                i18n-id="console.requestOptions.copyAsUrlButtonLabel"
-                i18n-default-message="Copy as cURL"></button>
-            </li>
-            <li role="menuitem" ng-if="documentation">
-              <button
-                ng-click="openDocumentation(documentation)"
-                i18n-id="console.requestOptions.openDocumentationButtonLabel"
-                i18n-default-message="Open documentation"></button>
-            </li>
-            <li role="menuitem">
-              <button
-                ng-click="autoIndent($event)"
-                i18n-id="console.requestOptions.autoIndentButtonLabel"
-                i18n-default-message="Auto indent"></button>
-            </li>
-          </ul>
-        </span>
+        <console-menu
+          auto-indent="autoIndent"
+          get-documentation="getDocumentation"
+          open-documentation="openDocumentation"
+          get-curl="getRequestsAsCURL"
+        >
+        </console-menu>
       </div>
 
       <div class="conApp__editorContent" id="ConAppEditor" data-test-subj="request-editor">GET _search
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/console_menu.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/console_menu.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3ab05556f643e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/console_menu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/*
+ * 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 PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+import React, {
+  Component,
+} from 'react';
+
+import {
+  EuiButtonIcon,
+  EuiContextMenuPanel,
+  EuiContextMenuItem,
+  EuiPopover,
+} from '@elastic/eui';
+
+import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
+
+export class ConsoleMenu extends Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.state = {
+      curlCode: '',
+      isPopoverOpen: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  mouseEnter = () => {
+    if (this.state.isPopoverOpen) return;
+    this.props.getCurl(text => {
+      this.setState({ curlCode: text });
+    });
+  }
+
+  copyAsCurl() {
+    this.copyText(this.state.curlCode);
+  }
+
+  copyText(text) {
+    const textField = document.createElement('textarea');
+    textField.innerText = text;
+    document.body.appendChild(textField);
+    textField.select();
+    document.execCommand('copy');
+    textField.remove();
+  }
+
+  onButtonClick = () => {
+    this.setState(prevState => ({
+      isPopoverOpen: !prevState.isPopoverOpen,
+    }));
+  };
+
+  closePopover = () => {
+    this.setState({
+      isPopoverOpen: false,
+    });
+  };
+
+  openDocs = () => {
+    this.closePopover();
+    this.props.getDocumentation();
+    this.props.openDocumentation();
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const button = (
+      <EuiButtonIcon
+        iconType="wrench"
+        onClick={this.onButtonClick}
+        aria-label={
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="console.requestOptionsButtonAriaLabel"
+            defaultMessage="Request options"
+          />
+        }
+      />
+    );
+
+    const items = [
+      (
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          key="Copy as cURL"
+          id="ConCopyAsCurl"
+          disabled={!document.queryCommandSupported('copy')}
+          onClick={() => { this.closePopover(); this.copyAsCurl(); }}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="console.requestOptions.copyAsUrlButtonLabel"
+            defaultMessage="Copy as cURL"
+          />
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>
+      ), (
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          key="Open documentation"
+          onClick={() => { this.openDocs(); }}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="console.requestOptions.openDocumentationButtonLabel"
+            defaultMessage="Open documentation"
+          />
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>
+      ), (
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          key="Auto indent"
+          onClick={(event) => { this.closePopover(); this.props.autoIndent(event); }}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="console.requestOptions.autoIndentButtonLabel"
+            defaultMessage="Auto indent"
+          />
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>
+      )
+    ];
+
+    return (
+      <span onMouseEnter={this.mouseEnter}>
+        <EuiPopover
+          id="contextMenu"
+          button={button}
+          isOpen={this.state.isPopoverOpen}
+          closePopover={this.closePopover}
+          panelPaddingSize="none"
+          anchorPosition="downLeft"
+        >
+          <EuiContextMenuPanel
+            items={items}
+          />
+        </EuiPopover>
+      </span>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+ConsoleMenu.propTypes = {
+  getCurl: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  openDocumentation: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  getDocumentation: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  autoIndent: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+};
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/controllers/sense_controller.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/controllers/sense_controller.js
index 9f1c9be68f9cc..4d3757be9a6ac 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/controllers/sense_controller.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/controllers/sense_controller.js
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ module.controller('SenseController', function SenseController(Private, $scope, $
       $scope.getDocumentation();
     });
     $scope.getDocumentation();
+
+    // expose method for React Consumption
+    $scope.getRequestsAsCURL = input.getRequestsAsCURL;
   });
   $scope.getDocumentation = () => {
     input.getRequestsInRange(function (requests) {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/directives/console_menu_directive.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/directives/console_menu_directive.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..32c1bcd278072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/directives/console_menu_directive.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * 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 'ngreact';
+
+import { wrapInI18nContext } from 'ui/i18n';
+import { uiModules } from 'ui/modules';
+const module = uiModules.get('apps/sense', ['react']);
+
+import { ConsoleMenu } from '../console_menu';
+
+module.directive('consoleMenu', function (reactDirective) {
+  return reactDirective(
+    wrapInI18nContext(ConsoleMenu),
+    undefined,
+    { restrict: 'E' }
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/input.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/input.js
index 68b54ab9ecda1..64cb27b51e7f7 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/input.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/public/src/input.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-const $ = require('jquery');
 require('brace');
 require('brace/ext/searchbox');
 import  Autocomplete from './autocomplete';
@@ -66,37 +65,6 @@ export function initializeInput($el, $actionsEl, $copyAsCurlEl, output, openDocu
     }
   });
 
-
-  /**
-   * COPY AS CURL
-   */
-  (function setupClipboard() {
-    function copyText(text) {
-      const node = $(`<textarea style="height:1px"></textarea`)
-        .val(text)
-        .appendTo(document.body)
-        .select();
-      document.execCommand('copy');
-      node.remove();
-    }
-
-    if (!document.queryCommandSupported('copy')) {
-      $copyAsCurlEl.hide();
-      return;
-    }
-
-    $copyAsCurlEl.click(() => {
-      copyText($copyAsCurlEl.attr('data-clipboard-text'));
-    });
-
-    input.$actions.on('mouseenter', function () {
-      if ($(this).hasClass('open')) return;
-      input.getRequestsAsCURL(text => {
-        $copyAsCurlEl.attr('data-clipboard-text', text);
-      });
-    });
-  }());
-
   /**
    * Setup the "send" shortcut
    */
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/help_menus/vega_action_menu.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/help_menus/vega_action_menu.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f09f2f6f42370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/help_menus/vega_action_menu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/*
+ * 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 PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+import React, {
+  Component,
+} from 'react';
+
+import {
+  EuiButtonIcon,
+  EuiContextMenuPanel,
+  EuiContextMenuItem,
+  EuiPopover,
+} from '@elastic/eui';
+
+import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
+
+export class VegaActionsMenu extends Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.state = {
+      isPopoverOpen: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  onButtonClick = () => {
+    this.setState(prevState => ({
+      isPopoverOpen: !prevState.isPopoverOpen,
+    }));
+  };
+
+  closePopover = () => {
+    this.setState({
+      isPopoverOpen: false,
+    });
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const button = (
+      <EuiButtonIcon
+        iconType="wrench"
+        onClick={this.onButtonClick}
+        aria-label={
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="vega.editor.vegaEditorOptionsButtonAriaLabel"
+            defaultMessage="Vega editor options"
+          />
+        }
+      />
+    );
+
+    const items = [
+      (
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          key="hjson"
+          onClick={(event) => { this.closePopover(); this.props.formatHJson(event); }}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="vega.editor.reformatAsHJSONButtonLabel"
+            defaultMessage="Reformat as HJSON"
+          />
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>
+      ), (
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          key="json"
+          onClick={(event) => { this.closePopover(); this.props.formatJson(event); }}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="vega.editor.reformatAsJSONButtonLabel"
+            defaultMessage="Reformat as JSON, delete comments"
+          />
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>
+      )
+    ];
+
+    return (
+      <EuiPopover
+        id="helpMenu"
+        button={button}
+        isOpen={this.state.isPopoverOpen}
+        closePopover={this.closePopover}
+        panelPaddingSize="none"
+        anchorPosition="downLeft"
+      >
+        <EuiContextMenuPanel
+          items={items}
+        />
+      </EuiPopover>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+VegaActionsMenu.propTypes = {
+  formatHJson: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  formatJson: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+};
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/help_menus/vega_help_menu.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/help_menus/vega_help_menu.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..06fe096fec98f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/help_menus/vega_help_menu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ * 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 React, {
+  Component,
+} from 'react';
+
+import {
+  EuiButtonIcon,
+  EuiContextMenuPanel,
+  EuiContextMenuItem,
+  EuiPopover,
+} from '@elastic/eui';
+
+import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
+
+export class VegaHelpMenu extends Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.state = {
+      isPopoverOpen: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  onButtonClick = () => {
+    this.setState(prevState => ({
+      isPopoverOpen: !prevState.isPopoverOpen,
+    }));
+  };
+
+  closePopover = () => {
+    this.setState({
+      isPopoverOpen: false,
+    });
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const button = (
+      <EuiButtonIcon
+        iconType="questionInCircle"
+        onClick={this.onButtonClick}
+        aria-label={
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="vega.editor.vegaHelpButtonAriaLabel"
+            defaultMessage="Vega help"
+          />
+        }
+      />
+    );
+
+    const items = [
+      (
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          key="vegaHelp"
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          href="https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/vega-graph.html"
+          onClick={() => { this.closePopover(); }}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="vega.editor.vegaHelpLinkText"
+            defaultMessage="Kibana Vega Help"
+          />
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>
+      ), (
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          key="vegaLiteDocs"
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          href="https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/docs/"
+          onClick={() => { this.closePopover(); }}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="vega.editor.vegaLiteDocumentationLinkText"
+            defaultMessage="Vega-Lite Documentation"
+          />
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>
+      ), (
+        <EuiContextMenuItem
+          key="vegaDoc"
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          href="https://vega.github.io/vega/docs/"
+          onClick={() => { this.closePopover(); }}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id="vega.editor.vegaDocumentationLinkText"
+            defaultMessage="Vega Documentation"
+          />
+        </EuiContextMenuItem>
+      )
+    ];
+
+    return (
+      <EuiPopover
+        id="helpMenu"
+        button={button}
+        isOpen={this.state.isPopoverOpen}
+        closePopover={this.closePopover}
+        panelPaddingSize="none"
+        anchorPosition="downLeft"
+      >
+        <EuiContextMenuPanel
+          items={items}
+        />
+      </EuiPopover>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/help_menus/vega_help_menu_directives.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/help_menus/vega_help_menu_directives.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..46a9263691a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/help_menus/vega_help_menu_directives.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * 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 'ngreact';
+
+import { wrapInI18nContext } from 'ui/i18n';
+import { uiModules } from 'ui/modules';
+const module = uiModules.get('kibana/vega', ['react']);
+
+import { VegaHelpMenu } from './vega_help_menu';
+import { VegaActionsMenu } from './vega_action_menu';
+
+module.directive('vegaActionsMenu', function (reactDirective) {
+  return reactDirective(
+    wrapInI18nContext(VegaActionsMenu),
+    undefined,
+    { restrict: 'E' }
+  );
+});
+
+module.directive('vegaHelpMenu', function (reactDirective) {
+  return reactDirective(
+    wrapInI18nContext(VegaHelpMenu),
+    undefined,
+    { restrict: 'E' }
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/vega_editor_template.html b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/vega_editor_template.html
index f1ffe3552eed1..498fa7c91ff53 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/vega_editor_template.html
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/vega_editor_template.html
@@ -19,79 +19,13 @@
   ></div>
 
   <div class="vgaEditor__aceEditorActions">
-    <span dropdown>
-      <button
-        id="vegaHelp"
-        class="editor_action"
-        dropdown-toggle
-        aria-label="{{::'vega.editor.vegaHelpButtonAriaLabel' | i18n: {defaultMessage: 'Vega help'} }}"
-      >
-        <span class="kuiIcon fa-question-circle"></span>
-      </button>
-      <ul
-        class="dropdown-menu"
-        role="menu"
-        aria-labelledby="vegaHelp"
-      >
-        <li role="menuitem">
-          <a
-            target="_blank"
-            rel="noopener"
-            href="https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/vega-graph.html"
-            i18n-id="vega.editor.vegaHelpLinkText"
-            i18n-default-message="Kibana Vega Help"
-          ></a>
-        </li>
-        <li role="menuitem">
-          <a
-            target="_blank"
-            rel="noopener noreferrer"
-            href="https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/docs/"
-            i18n-id="vega.editor.vegaLiteDocumentationLinkText"
-            i18n-default-message="Vega-Lite Documentation"
-          ></a>
-        </li>
-        <li role="menuitem">
-          <a
-            target="_blank"
-            rel="noopener noreferrer"
-            href="https://vega.github.io/vega/docs/"
-            i18n-id="vega.editor.vegaDocumentationLinkText"
-            i18n-default-message="Vega Documentation"
-          ></a>
-        </li>
-      </ul>
-    </span>
-    <span dropdown>
-      <button
-        id="vegaOptions"
-        class="editor_action"
-        dropdown-toggle
-        aria-label="{{::'vega.editor.vegaEditorOptionsButtonAriaLabel' | i18n: {defaultMessage: 'Vega editor options'} }}"
-      >
-        <span class="kuiIcon fa-wrench"></span>
-      </button>
-      <ul
-        class="dropdown-menu"
-        role="menu"
-        aria-labelledby="vegaOptions"
-      >
-        <li role="menuitem">
-          <button
-            ng-click="formatHJson($event)"
-            i18n-id="vega.editor.reformatAsHJSONButtonLabel"
-            i18n-default-message="Reformat as HJSON"
-          ></button>
-        </li>
-        <li role="menuitem">
-          <button
-            ng-click="formatJson($event)"
-            i18n-id="vega.editor.reformatAsJSONButtonLabel"
-            i18n-default-message="Reformat as JSON, delete comments"
-          ></button>
-        </li>
-      </ul>
-    </span>
+    <vega-help-menu
+      format-h-json="formatHJson"
+      format-json="formatJson"
+    >
+    </vega-help-menu>
+
+    <vega-actions-menu></vega-actions-menu>
   </div>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/vega_type.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/vega_type.js
index f19d5db66e566..b59a7b9501e46 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/vega_type.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/vega/public/vega_type.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { VegaVisualizationProvider } from './vega_visualization';
 import 'brace/mode/hjson';
 import 'brace/ext/searchbox';
 import './vega_editor_controller';
+import './help_menus/vega_help_menu_directives';
 import vegaEditorTemplate from './vega_editor_template.html';
 import defaultSpec from '!!raw-loader!./default.spec.hjson';
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/angular-bootstrap/dropdown/dropdown.js b/src/legacy/ui/public/angular-bootstrap/dropdown/dropdown.js
deleted file mode 100755
index e01c8308474bd..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/angular-bootstrap/dropdown/dropdown.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-angular.module('ui.bootstrap.dropdown', [])
-
-.constant('dropdownConfig', {
-  openClass: 'open'
-})
-
-.service('dropdownService', ['$document', function($document) {
-  var openScope = null;
-
-  this.open = function( dropdownScope ) {
-    if ( !openScope ) {
-      $document.bind('click', closeDropdown);
-      $document.bind('keydown', escapeKeyBind);
-    }
-
-    if ( openScope && openScope !== dropdownScope ) {
-        openScope.isOpen = false;
-    }
-
-    openScope = dropdownScope;
-  };
-
-  this.close = function( dropdownScope ) {
-    if ( openScope === dropdownScope ) {
-      openScope = null;
-      $document.unbind('click', closeDropdown);
-      $document.unbind('keydown', escapeKeyBind);
-    }
-  };
-
-  var closeDropdown = function( evt ) {
-    // This method may still be called during the same mouse event that
-    // unbound this event handler. So check openScope before proceeding.
-    if (!openScope) { return; }
-
-    var toggleElement = openScope.getToggleElement();
-    if ( evt && toggleElement && toggleElement[0].contains(evt.target) ) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    openScope.$apply(function() {
-      openScope.isOpen = false;
-    });
-  };
-
-  var escapeKeyBind = function( evt ) {
-    if ( evt.which === 27 ) {
-      openScope.focusToggleElement();
-      closeDropdown();
-    }
-  };
-}])
-
-.controller('DropdownController', ['$scope', '$attrs', '$parse', 'dropdownConfig', 'dropdownService', '$animate', function($scope, $attrs, $parse, dropdownConfig, dropdownService, $animate) {
-  var self = this,
-      scope = $scope.$new(), // create a child scope so we are not polluting original one
-      openClass = dropdownConfig.openClass,
-      getIsOpen,
-      setIsOpen = angular.noop,
-      toggleInvoker = $attrs.onToggle ? $parse($attrs.onToggle) : angular.noop;
-
-  this.init = function( element ) {
-    self.$element = element;
-
-    if ( $attrs.isOpen ) {
-      getIsOpen = $parse($attrs.isOpen);
-      setIsOpen = getIsOpen.assign;
-
-      $scope.$watch(getIsOpen, function(value) {
-        scope.isOpen = !!value;
-      });
-    }
-  };
-
-  this.toggle = function( open ) {
-    return scope.isOpen = arguments.length ? !!open : !scope.isOpen;
-  };
-
-  // Allow other directives to watch status
-  this.isOpen = function() {
-    return scope.isOpen;
-  };
-
-  scope.getToggleElement = function() {
-    return self.toggleElement;
-  };
-
-  scope.focusToggleElement = function() {
-    if ( self.toggleElement ) {
-      self.toggleElement[0].focus();
-    }
-  };
-
-  scope.$watch('isOpen', function( isOpen, wasOpen ) {
-    $animate[isOpen ? 'addClass' : 'removeClass'](self.$element, openClass);
-
-    if ( isOpen ) {
-      scope.focusToggleElement();
-      dropdownService.open( scope );
-    } else {
-      dropdownService.close( scope );
-    }
-
-    setIsOpen($scope, isOpen);
-    if (angular.isDefined(isOpen) && isOpen !== wasOpen) {
-      toggleInvoker($scope, { open: !!isOpen });
-    }
-  });
-
-  $scope.$on('$locationChangeSuccess', function() {
-    scope.isOpen = false;
-  });
-
-  $scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
-    scope.$destroy();
-  });
-}])
-
-.directive('dropdown', function() {
-  return {
-    controller: 'DropdownController',
-    link: function(scope, element, attrs, dropdownCtrl) {
-      dropdownCtrl.init( element );
-    }
-  };
-})
-
-.directive('dropdownToggle', function() {
-  return {
-    require: '?^dropdown',
-    link: function(scope, element, attrs, dropdownCtrl) {
-      if ( !dropdownCtrl ) {
-        return;
-      }
-
-      dropdownCtrl.toggleElement = element;
-
-      var toggleDropdown = function(event) {
-        event.preventDefault();
-
-        if ( !element.hasClass('disabled') && !attrs.disabled ) {
-          scope.$apply(function() {
-            dropdownCtrl.toggle();
-          });
-        }
-      };
-
-      element.bind('click', toggleDropdown);
-
-      // WAI-ARIA
-      element.attr({ 'aria-haspopup': true, 'aria-expanded': false });
-      scope.$watch(dropdownCtrl.isOpen, function( isOpen ) {
-        element.attr('aria-expanded', !!isOpen);
-      });
-
-      scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
-        element.unbind('click', toggleDropdown);
-      });
-    }
-  };
-});
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/angular-bootstrap/index.js b/src/legacy/ui/public/angular-bootstrap/index.js
index 7b2dba442472f..6743511a55eb0 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/angular-bootstrap/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/angular-bootstrap/index.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap', [
   'ui.bootstrap.alert',
   'ui.bootstrap.bindHtml',
   'ui.bootstrap.position',
-  'ui.bootstrap.dropdown',
   'ui.bootstrap.modal',
   'ui.bootstrap.pagination',
   'ui.bootstrap.tooltip',
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.tpls', [
 
 import './alert/alert';
 import './bindHtml/bindHtml';
-import './dropdown/dropdown';
 import './modal/modal';
 import './pagination/pagination';
 import './position/position';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/lib/__tests__/angular_bootstrap_patch.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/lib/__tests__/angular_bootstrap_patch.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fbf202caebb4..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/lib/__tests__/angular_bootstrap_patch.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +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;
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
- */
-
-
-
-import ngMock from 'ng_mock';
-import expect from 'expect.js';
-
-describe('ML - Angular Bootstrap Patch - Dropdown Controller', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    ngMock.module('ui.bootstrap.dropdown');
-  });
-
-  it('Initialize Dropdown Controller', (done) => {
-    ngMock.inject(function ($rootScope, $controller) {
-      const scope = $rootScope.$new();
-
-      expect(scope.$$watchersCount).to.eql(0);
-
-      expect(() => {
-        $controller('DropdownController', {
-          $attrs: [],
-          $scope: scope
-        });
-      }).to.not.throwError();
-
-      expect(scope.$$watchersCount).to.eql(1);
-      done();
-    });
-  });
-});