diff --git a/src/ui/public/agg_types/buckets/_interval_options.js b/src/ui/public/agg_types/buckets/_interval_options.js
index f1a8f151898d2..344b7fa30b2c9 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/agg_types/buckets/_interval_options.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/agg_types/buckets/_interval_options.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import moment from 'moment';
-import 'ui/directives/input_whole_number';
+
 export default function IntervalOptionsService(Private) {
 
   // shorthand
diff --git a/src/ui/public/directives/__tests__/input_number.js b/src/ui/public/directives/__tests__/input_number.js
index 5f5bb53828c30..6592ab76174a0 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/directives/__tests__/input_number.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/directives/__tests__/input_number.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import angular from 'angular';
 import expect from 'expect.js';
 import ngMock from 'ng_mock';
-import 'ui/directives/input_whole_number';
+import 'ui/directives/input_number';
 
 describe('Number input directive', function () {
   let $compile;
diff --git a/src/ui/public/directives/__tests__/input_whole_number.js b/src/ui/public/directives/__tests__/input_whole_number.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d97c28dfd767..0000000000000
--- a/src/ui/public/directives/__tests__/input_whole_number.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import angular from 'angular';
-import expect from 'expect.js';
-import ngMock from 'ng_mock';
-import 'ui/directives/input_whole_number';
-
-describe('Whole number input directive', function () {
-  let $compile;
-  let $rootScope;
-  let html = '<input type="text" ng-model="value" input-whole-number />';
-
-  beforeEach(ngMock.module('kibana'));
-
-  beforeEach(ngMock.inject(function (_$compile_, _$rootScope_) {
-    $compile = _$compile_;
-    $rootScope = _$rootScope_;
-  }));
-
-  it('should allow whole numbers', function () {
-    let element = $compile(html)($rootScope);
-
-    $rootScope.value = '123';
-    $rootScope.$digest();
-    expect(element.hasClass('ng-valid')).to.be.ok();
-
-    $rootScope.value = '1.0';
-    $rootScope.$digest();
-    expect(element.hasClass('ng-valid')).to.be.ok();
-
-    $rootScope.value = '-5.0';
-    $rootScope.$digest();
-    expect(element.hasClass('ng-valid')).to.be.ok();
-  });
-
-  it('should disallow numbers with decimals', function () {
-    let element = $compile(html)($rootScope);
-
-    $rootScope.value = '123.0';
-    $rootScope.$digest();
-    expect(element.hasClass('ng-valid')).to.be.ok();
-
-    $rootScope.value = '1.2';
-    $rootScope.$digest();
-    expect(element.hasClass('ng-invalid')).to.be.ok();
-
-    $rootScope.value = '-5.5';
-    $rootScope.$digest();
-    expect(element.hasClass('ng-invalid')).to.be.ok();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/ui/public/directives/input_whole_number.js b/src/ui/public/directives/input_whole_number.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a4f406ea5a9f..0000000000000
--- a/src/ui/public/directives/input_whole_number.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import uiModules from 'ui/modules';
-let module = uiModules.get('kibana');
-
-module.directive('inputWholeNumber', function () {
-  return {
-    restrict: 'A',
-    require: 'ngModel',
-    link: function ($scope, $elem, attrs, ngModel) {
-      ngModel.$parsers.push(checkWholeNumber);
-      ngModel.$formatters.push(checkWholeNumber);
-
-      function checkWholeNumber(value) {
-        ngModel.$setValidity('whole', value % 1 === 0);
-        return value;
-      }
-    }
-  };
-});