diff --git a/src/core/MIGRATION.md b/src/core/MIGRATION.md
index 84b99b034af99..2527ffba2cbbd 100644
--- a/src/core/MIGRATION.md
+++ b/src/core/MIGRATION.md
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ import { setup, start } from '../core_plugins/visualizations/public/legacy';
 
 | Legacy Platform                                   | New Platform                                                 | Notes                                                                                                                                                        |
 | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `import 'ui/apply_filters'`                       | `import { applyFiltersPopover } from '../data/public'`       | Directive is deprecated.                                                                                 |
+| `import 'ui/apply_filters'`                       | N/A. Replaced by triggering an APPLY_FILTER_TRIGGER trigger.       | Directive is deprecated.                                                                                 |
 | `import 'ui/filter_bar'`                          | `import { FilterBar } from '../data/public'`                 | Directive is deprecated.                                                                                   |
 | `import 'ui/query_bar'`                           | `import { QueryStringInput } from '../data/public'`          | Directives are deprecated.                                                                                                                                             |
 | `import 'ui/search_bar'`                          | `import { SearchBar } from '../data/public'`                 | Directive is deprecated.                                                                                                                                     |
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/actions/apply_filter_action.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/actions/apply_filter_action.ts
index afd986cf380c8..b006889637c50 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/actions/apply_filter_action.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/actions/apply_filter_action.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { toMountPoint } from '../../../kibana_react/public';
 import { IAction, createAction, IncompatibleActionError } from '../../../ui_actions/public';
 import { getOverlays, getIndexPatterns } from '../services';
+import { applyFiltersPopover } from '../ui/apply_filters';
 import {
   esFilters,
   FilterManager,
   TimefilterContract,
-  applyFiltersPopover,
   changeTimeFilter,
   extractTimeFilter,
 } from '..';
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/ui/index.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/ui/index.ts
index 9a4bccc21db3e..8bfccd49bdff3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/ui/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/ui/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 export { SuggestionsComponent } from './typeahead/suggestions_component';
 export { IndexPatternSelect } from './index_pattern_select';
 export { FilterBar } from './filter_bar';
-export { applyFiltersPopover } from './apply_filters';
 export { QueryStringInput } from './query_string_input/query_string_input';
 
 // temp export - will be removed as final components are migrated to NP