diff --git a/src/plugins/charts/server/index.ts b/src/plugins/charts/server/index.ts
index f42e8ad5d74b4..75a57ab6b405c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/charts/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/charts/server/index.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { PluginInitializerContext } from 'kibana/server';
 import { ChartsServerPlugin } from './plugin';
 
-export const plugin = (initContext: PluginInitializerContext) =>
-  new ChartsServerPlugin(initContext);
+export const plugin = () => new ChartsServerPlugin();
diff --git a/src/plugins/charts/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/charts/server/plugin.ts
index 7d7f6e87412a3..6bf45fb804469 100644
--- a/src/plugins/charts/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/charts/server/plugin.ts
@@ -19,20 +19,11 @@
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
-
-import { PluginInitializerContext, CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin, Logger } from 'kibana/server';
+import { CoreSetup, Plugin } from 'kibana/server';
 import { COLOR_MAPPING_SETTING } from '../common';
 
 export class ChartsServerPlugin implements Plugin<object, object> {
-  private readonly logger: Logger;
-
-  constructor(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
-    this.logger = initializerContext.logger.get();
-  }
-
   public setup(core: CoreSetup) {
-    this.logger.debug('charts: Setup');
-
     core.uiSettings.register({
       [COLOR_MAPPING_SETTING]: {
         name: i18n.translate('charts.advancedSettings.visualization.colorMappingTitle', {
@@ -53,8 +44,7 @@ export class ChartsServerPlugin implements Plugin<object, object> {
     return {};
   }
 
-  public start(core: CoreStart) {
-    this.logger.debug('charts: Started');
+  public start() {
     return {};
   }