diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/__jest__/client_integration/helpers/setup_environment.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/__jest__/client_integration/helpers/setup_environment.tsx
index 621d0aae75dd3..39ce0108a4d41 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/__jest__/client_integration/helpers/setup_environment.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/__jest__/client_integration/helpers/setup_environment.tsx
@@ -11,13 +11,7 @@ import { HttpSetup } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import { init as initHttpRequests } from './http_requests';
 import { mockContextValue } from './app_context.mock';
 import { AppContextProvider } from '../../../public/application/app_context';
-import { setHttpClient, setSavedObjectsClient } from '../../../public/application/lib/api';
-
-const mockSavedObjectsClient = () => {
-  return {
-    find: (_params?: any) => {},
-  };
-};
+import { setHttpClient } from '../../../public/application/lib/api';
 
 export const WithAppDependencies =
   (Component: any, httpSetup: HttpSetup) => (props: Record<string, unknown>) => {
@@ -31,7 +25,5 @@ export const WithAppDependencies =
   };
 
 export const setupEnvironment = () => {
-  setSavedObjectsClient(mockSavedObjectsClient() as any);
-
   return initHttpRequests();
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/application/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/application/index.tsx
index 4b2b83c35980b..dc12832825b81 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/application/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/application/index.tsx
@@ -8,24 +8,22 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { render, unmountComponentAtNode } from 'react-dom';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { SavedObjectsClientContract, CoreTheme } from '@kbn/core/public';
+import { CoreTheme } from '@kbn/core/public';
 
 import { KibanaThemeProvider } from './shared_imports';
 import { App, AppDeps } from './app';
-import { setHttpClient, setSavedObjectsClient } from './lib/api';
+import { setHttpClient } from './lib/api';
 
 interface BootDeps extends AppDeps {
   element: HTMLElement;
-  savedObjects: SavedObjectsClientContract;
   I18nContext: any;
   theme$: Observable<CoreTheme>;
 }
 
 export const renderApp = (bootDeps: BootDeps) => {
-  const { I18nContext, element, savedObjects, theme$, ...appDeps } = bootDeps;
+  const { I18nContext, element, theme$, ...appDeps } = bootDeps;
 
   setHttpClient(appDeps.http);
-  setSavedObjectsClient(savedObjects);
 
   render(
     <I18nContext>
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/application/lib/api.ts b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/application/lib/api.ts
index e514c2d4df5d4..4acfc980aef5f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/application/lib/api.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/application/lib/api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { HttpSetup, SavedObjectsClientContract } from '@kbn/core/public';
+import { HttpSetup } from '@kbn/core/public';
 
 import { Settings } from '../models/settings';
 import { Watch } from '../models/watch';
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@ export const getHttpClient = () => {
   return httpClient;
 };
 
-let savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract;
-
-export const setSavedObjectsClient = (aSavedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract) => {
-  savedObjectsClient = aSavedObjectsClient;
-};
-
-export const getSavedObjectsClient = () => savedObjectsClient;
-
 const basePath = ROUTES.API_ROOT;
 
 const loadWatchesDeserializer = ({ watches = [] }: { watches: any[] }) => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/plugin.ts
index 4305400a9c951..ef8f36986db9f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/watcher/public/plugin.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export class WatcherUIPlugin implements Plugin<void, void, Dependencies, any> {
           chrome: { docTitle },
           i18n: i18nDep,
           docLinks,
-          savedObjects,
           application,
           executionContext,
         } = coreStart;
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ export class WatcherUIPlugin implements Plugin<void, void, Dependencies, any> {
           docLinks,
           setBreadcrumbs,
           theme: charts.theme,
-          savedObjects: savedObjects.client,
           I18nContext: i18nDep.Context,
           createTimeBuckets: () => new TimeBuckets(uiSettings, data),
           history,