diff --git a/src/core/server/config/config_service.test.ts b/src/core/server/config/config_service.test.ts
index dbb205518e4a0..7a10d4992e2c2 100644
--- a/src/core/server/config/config_service.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/config/config_service.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
 import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 const mockPackage = new Proxy({ raw: {} as any }, { get: (obj, prop) => obj.raw[prop] });
-jest.mock('../../../legacy/utils/package_json', () => ({ pkg: mockPackage }));
+jest.mock('../../../../package.json', () => mockPackage);
 
 import { schema, Type, TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/config/env.test.ts b/src/core/server/config/env.test.ts
index 34d37509db456..3c251b7339e49 100644
--- a/src/core/server/config/env.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/config/env.test.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jest.mock('path', () => ({
 }));
 
 const mockPackage = new Proxy({ raw: {} as any }, { get: (obj, prop) => obj.raw[prop] });
-jest.mock('../../../legacy/utils/package_json', () => ({ pkg: mockPackage }));
+jest.mock('../../../../package.json', () => mockPackage);
 
 import { Env } from '.';
 import { getEnvOptions } from './__mocks__/env';
diff --git a/src/core/server/config/env.ts b/src/core/server/config/env.ts
index 48843e5bc50dd..4ee7a778e9c8f 100644
--- a/src/core/server/config/env.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/config/env.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import process from 'process';
 
-import { pkg } from '../../../legacy/utils/package_json';
+// `require` is necessary for this to work inside x-pack code as well
+// tslint:disable no-var-requires
+const pkg = require('../../../../package.json');
 
 export interface PackageInfo {
   version: string;
diff --git a/src/core/types/core_context.ts b/src/core/server/core_context.ts
similarity index 90%
rename from src/core/types/core_context.ts
rename to src/core/server/core_context.ts
index 1488826e7e2da..a08bd03f148cb 100644
--- a/src/core/types/core_context.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/core_context.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { ConfigService, Env } from '../server/config';
-import { LoggerFactory } from '../server/logging';
+import { ConfigService, Env } from './config';
+import { LoggerFactory } from './logging';
 
 /**
  * Groups all main Kibana's core modules/systems/services that are consumed in a
diff --git a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_service.test.ts b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_service.test.ts
index 4e7dd7faba214..286d815fe5c2d 100644
--- a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_service.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_service.test.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ const MockClusterClient = jest.fn();
 jest.mock('./cluster_client', () => ({ ClusterClient: MockClusterClient }));
 
 import { BehaviorSubject, combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
-import { CoreContext } from '../../types';
 import { Config, ConfigService, Env, ObjectToConfigAdapter } from '../config';
 import { getEnvOptions } from '../config/__mocks__/env';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { loggingServiceMock } from '../logging/logging_service.mock';
 import { ElasticsearchConfig } from './elasticsearch_config';
 import { ElasticsearchService } from './elasticsearch_service';
diff --git a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_service.ts b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_service.ts
index 7a1b7e717e49b..493dc8577fb31 100644
--- a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_service.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 import { ConnectableObservable, Observable, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { filter, map, publishReplay, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { CoreContext, CoreService } from '../../types';
+import { CoreService } from '../../types';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { Logger } from '../logging';
 import { ClusterClient } from './cluster_client';
 import { ElasticsearchClientConfig } from './elasticsearch_client_config';
diff --git a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/index.ts b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/index.ts
index 47242678ec736..a0e0a51ddc16f 100644
--- a/src/core/server/elasticsearch/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/elasticsearch/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 export { ElasticsearchServiceStart } from './elasticsearch_service';
 export { CallAPIOptions, ClusterClient } from './cluster_client';
 
-import { CoreContext } from '../../types';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { ElasticsearchService } from './elasticsearch_service';
 
 /** @internal */
diff --git a/src/core/server/legacy/index.ts b/src/core/server/legacy/index.ts
index 187e808ce3ebe..429e54ef673d4 100644
--- a/src/core/server/legacy/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/legacy/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { CoreContext } from '../../types';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { LegacyService } from './legacy_service';
 
 /** @internal */
diff --git a/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts b/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts
index 6bd4ff79d2439..26dd003fd43c6 100644
--- a/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/legacy/legacy_service.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
 import { Server as HapiServer } from 'hapi';
 import { combineLatest, ConnectableObservable, EMPTY, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { first, map, mergeMap, publishReplay, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { CoreContext, CoreService } from '../../types';
+import { CoreService } from '../../types';
 import { Config } from '../config';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { DevConfig } from '../dev';
 import { ElasticsearchServiceStart } from '../elasticsearch';
 import { BasePathProxyServer, HttpConfig, HttpServiceStart } from '../http';
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_discovery.test.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_discovery.test.ts
index 7a67f332de40f..266ad1780d47f 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_discovery.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugin_discovery.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jest.mock('fs', () => ({
 }));
 
 const mockPackage = new Proxy({ raw: {} as any }, { get: (obj, prop) => obj.raw[prop] });
-jest.mock('../../../../legacy/utils/package_json', () => ({ pkg: mockPackage }));
+jest.mock('../../../../../package.json', () => mockPackage);
 
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugins_discovery.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugins_discovery.ts
index e7ec311c5823f..bbd1150712157 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugins_discovery.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/discovery/plugins_discovery.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { readdir, stat } from 'fs';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { bindNodeCallback, from } from 'rxjs';
 import { catchError, filter, map, mergeMap, shareReplay } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { CoreContext } from '../../../types';
+import { CoreContext } from '../../core_context';
 import { Logger } from '../../logging';
 import { Plugin } from '../plugin';
 import { createPluginInitializerContext } from '../plugin_context';
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/index.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/index.ts
index 92b783a148218..a66f24c0790a6 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { CoreContext } from '../../types';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { PluginsService } from './plugins_service';
 
 /** @internal */
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.test.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.test.ts
index bbbaf462d86ea..fa3c89f6ee918 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin.test.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@
 
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
-import { CoreContext } from '../../types';
 import { Config, ConfigService, Env, ObjectToConfigAdapter } from '../config';
 import { getEnvOptions } from '../config/__mocks__/env';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { elasticsearchServiceMock } from '../elasticsearch/elasticsearch_service.mock';
 import { loggingServiceMock } from '../logging/logging_service.mock';
-
 import { Plugin, PluginManifest } from './plugin';
 import { createPluginInitializerContext, createPluginStartContext } from './plugin_context';
 
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts
index 1bf2a71f0dcf4..55a152b4fe239 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugin_context.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 import { Type } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { CoreContext } from '../../types';
 import { ConfigWithSchema, EnvironmentMode } from '../config';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { ClusterClient } from '../elasticsearch';
 import { LoggerFactory } from '../logging';
 import { Plugin, PluginManifest } from './plugin';
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.ts
index e63f733caa900..3b571b0b34dce 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_service.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { filter, first, mergeMap, tap, toArray } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { CoreContext, CoreService } from '../../types';
+import { CoreService } from '../../types';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { ElasticsearchServiceStart } from '../elasticsearch';
 import { Logger } from '../logging';
 import { discover, PluginDiscoveryError, PluginDiscoveryErrorType } from './discovery';
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.test.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.test.ts
index a820ffaa2d6c0..b2aa20e541b7b 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { CoreContext } from '../../types';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 
 const mockCreatePluginStartContext = jest.fn();
 jest.mock('./plugin_context', () => ({
diff --git a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.ts b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.ts
index 49dcfc6055cd9..229f3955d1e65 100644
--- a/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/plugins/plugins_system.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { CoreContext } from '../../types';
+import { CoreContext } from '../core_context';
 import { Logger } from '../logging';
 import { Plugin, PluginName } from './plugin';
 import { createPluginStartContext } from './plugin_context';
diff --git a/src/core/types/index.ts b/src/core/types/index.ts
index 2d8ed7a64885d..dfed05f32c049 100644
--- a/src/core/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/types/index.ts
@@ -17,5 +17,11 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-export { CoreContext } from './core_context';
-export { CoreService } from './core_service';
+/**
+ * Use * syntax so that these exports do not break when internal
+ * types are stripped.
+ *
+ * No imports in this directory can import from ./server or ./public
+ * or else builds will not work correctly for both NodeJS and Webpack.
+ */
+export * from './core_service';
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/index.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/index.js
index 2a314c873de50..64d3c04db242c 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/console/index.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export default function (kibana) {
       }
 
       const config = server.config();
-      const legacyEsConfig = await server.core.elasticsearch.legacy.config$.pipe(first()).toPromise();
+      const legacyEsConfig = await server.newPlatform.start.core.elasticsearch.legacy.config$.pipe(first()).toPromise();
       const proxyConfigCollection = new ProxyConfigCollection(options.proxyConfig);
       const proxyPathFilters = options.proxyFilter.map(str => new RegExp(str));
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/elasticsearch/index.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/elasticsearch/index.js
index 7eeea23b5473c..6abeceb300a0e 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/elasticsearch/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/elasticsearch/index.js
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ export default function (kibana) {
       // value from all observables here to be able to synchronously return and create
       // cluster clients afterwards.
       const [esConfig, adminCluster, dataCluster] = await combineLatest(
-        server.core.elasticsearch.legacy.config$,
-        server.core.elasticsearch.adminClient$,
-        server.core.elasticsearch.dataClient$
+        server.newPlatform.start.core.elasticsearch.legacy.config$,
+        server.newPlatform.start.core.elasticsearch.adminClient$,
+        server.newPlatform.start.core.elasticsearch.dataClient$
       ).pipe(
         first(),
         map(([config, adminClusterClient, dataClusterClient]) => [
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export default function (kibana) {
         // We fill all the missing properties in the `clientConfig` using the default
         // Elasticsearch config so that we don't depend on default values set and
         // controlled by underlying Elasticsearch JS client.
-        const cluster = new Cluster(server.core.elasticsearch.createClient(name, {
+        const cluster = new Cluster(server.newPlatform.start.core.elasticsearch.createClient(name, {
           ...esConfig,
           ...clientConfig,
         }));
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/__tests__/helpers/get_es_shard_timeout.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/__tests__/helpers/get_es_shard_timeout.js
index b10005c35368d..a3174d0b2c6cf 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/__tests__/helpers/get_es_shard_timeout.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/__tests__/helpers/get_es_shard_timeout.js
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ describe('getEsShardTimeout', () => {
   it('should return the elasticsearch.shardTimeout', async () => {
     const req = {
       server: {
-        core: {
-          elasticsearch: { legacy: { config$: of({ shardTimeout: moment.duration(12345) }) } }
+        newPlatform: {
+          start: {
+            core: {
+              elasticsearch: { legacy: { config$: of({ shardTimeout: moment.duration(12345) }) } }
+            }
+          }
         }
       }
     };
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/helpers/get_es_shard_timeout.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/helpers/get_es_shard_timeout.js
index da4ad46a563f3..7f3b8c157cda2 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/helpers/get_es_shard_timeout.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/metrics/server/lib/vis_data/helpers/get_es_shard_timeout.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import { first, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 export async function getEsShardTimeout(req) {
-  return await req.server.core.elasticsearch.legacy.config$.pipe(
+  return await req.server.newPlatform.start.core.elasticsearch.legacy.config$.pipe(
     first(),
     map(config => config.shardTimeout.asMilliseconds())
   ).toPromise();
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/__tests__/fixtures/tlConfig.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/__tests__/fixtures/tlConfig.js
index e0f95eca2adf3..aaabfc420031a 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/__tests__/fixtures/tlConfig.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/__tests__/fixtures/tlConfig.js
@@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ export default function () {
         })
       }
     },
-    core: {
-      elasticsearch: {
-        legacy: { config$: of({ shardTimeout: moment.duration(30000) }) }
+    newPlatform: {
+      start: {
+        core: {
+          elasticsearch: {
+            legacy: { config$: of({ shardTimeout: moment.duration(30000) }) }
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
   };
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/es/index.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/es/index.js
index e3ede24ff7e48..c38d1c2a4af44 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/es/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/timelion/server/series_functions/es/index.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export default new Datasource('es', {
       });
     }
 
-    const esShardTimeout = await tlConfig.server.core.elasticsearch.legacy.config$.pipe(
+    const esShardTimeout = await tlConfig.server.newPlatform.start.core.elasticsearch.legacy.config$.pipe(
       first(),
       map(config => config.shardTimeout.asMilliseconds())
     ).toPromise();
diff --git a/src/legacy/server/config/complete.js b/src/legacy/server/config/complete.js
index db9f1b888e250..fad8bcbe657cd 100644
--- a/src/legacy/server/config/complete.js
+++ b/src/legacy/server/config/complete.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default async function (kbnServer, server, config) {
   });
 
   const unusedKeys = await getUnusedConfigKeys(
-    kbnServer.core.handledConfigPaths,
+    kbnServer.newPlatform.params.handledConfigPaths,
     kbnServer.plugins,
     kbnServer.disabledPluginSpecs,
     kbnServer.settings,
diff --git a/src/legacy/server/config/complete.test.js b/src/legacy/server/config/complete.test.js
index a628a1e3f3c35..9d43567e98fcb 100644
--- a/src/legacy/server/config/complete.test.js
+++ b/src/legacy/server/config/complete.test.js
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ describe('server/config completeMixin()', function () {
     };
 
     const kbnServer = {
-      core: { handledConfigPaths: [] },
+      newPlatform: {
+        params: { handledConfigPaths: [] }
+      },
       settings,
       server,
       config,
diff --git a/src/legacy/server/core/index.ts b/src/legacy/server/core/index.ts
index bb00c47b46a9d..de5391d33cada 100644
--- a/src/legacy/server/core/index.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/server/core/index.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ import { Server } from 'hapi';
 import KbnServer from '../kbn_server';
 
 /**
- * Exposes `kbnServer.core` through Hapi API.
+ * Exposes `kbnServer.newPlatform` through Hapi API.
  * @param kbnServer KbnServer singleton instance.
  * @param server Hapi server instance to expose `core` on.
  */
 export function coreMixin(kbnServer: KbnServer, server: Server) {
-  server.decorate('server', 'core', kbnServer.core);
+  // we suppress type error because hapi expect a function here not an object
+  server.decorate('server', 'newPlatform', kbnServer.newPlatform as any);
 }
diff --git a/src/legacy/server/http/index.js b/src/legacy/server/http/index.js
index d6247021ab069..5feab9c89493f 100644
--- a/src/legacy/server/http/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/server/http/index.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { setupBasePathProvider } from './setup_base_path_provider';
 import { setupXsrf } from './xsrf';
 
 export default async function (kbnServer, server, config) {
-  kbnServer.server = new Hapi.Server(kbnServer.core.serverOptions);
+  kbnServer.server = new Hapi.Server(kbnServer.newPlatform.params.serverOptions);
   server = kbnServer.server;
 
   setupBasePathProvider(server, config);
diff --git a/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.d.ts b/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.d.ts
index 7f814f68f184d..5460e6ab5b53a 100644
--- a/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.d.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.d.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 import { Server } from 'hapi';
 
+import { ConfigService } from '../../core/server/config';
+import { ElasticsearchServiceStart } from '../../core/server/elasticsearch';
+import { HttpServerInfo } from '../../core/server/http/';
+import { PluginsServiceStart } from '../../core/server/plugins/plugins_service';
 import { ApmOssPlugin } from '../core_plugins/apm_oss';
 import { CallClusterWithRequest, ElasticsearchPlugin } from '../core_plugins/elasticsearch';
 
@@ -55,9 +59,21 @@ declare module 'hapi' {
 }
 
 type KbnMixinFunc = (kbnServer: KbnServer, server: Server, config: any) => Promise<any> | void;
-
+type Unpromise<T> = T extends Promise<infer U> ? U : T;
 export default class KbnServer {
-  public readonly core: any;
+  public readonly newPlatform: {
+    start: {
+      core: {
+        elasticsearch: ElasticsearchServiceStart;
+      };
+      plugins: PluginsServiceStart;
+    };
+    stop: null;
+    params: {
+      serverOptions: HttpServerInfo;
+      handledConfigPaths: Unpromise<ReturnType<ConfigService['getUsedPaths']>>;
+    };
+  };
   public server: Server;
   public inject: Server['inject'];
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.js b/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.js
index 002cd9771ef25..a0426869d736e 100644
--- a/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.js
+++ b/src/legacy/server/kbn_server.js
@@ -54,7 +54,21 @@ export default class KbnServer {
     this.rootDir = rootDir;
     this.settings = settings || {};
 
-    this.core = core;
+    const { plugins, elasticsearch, serverOptions, handledConfigPaths } = core;
+
+    this.newPlatform = {
+      start: {
+        core: {
+          elasticsearch,
+        },
+        plugins,
+      },
+      stop: null,
+      params: {
+        serverOptions,
+        handledConfigPaths,
+      },
+    };
 
     this.ready = constant(this.mixin(
       Plugins.waitForInitSetupMixin,