diff --git a/x-pack/.i18nrc.json b/x-pack/.i18nrc.json
index 8f5a5ea4f10e..824bb764345f 100644
--- a/x-pack/.i18nrc.json
+++ b/x-pack/.i18nrc.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "xpack.drilldowns": "plugins/drilldowns",
     "xpack.endpoint": "plugins/endpoint",
     "xpack.features": "plugins/features",
-    "xpack.fileUpload": "legacy/plugins/file_upload",
+    "xpack.fileUpload": "plugins/file_upload",
     "xpack.graph": ["legacy/plugins/graph", "plugins/graph"],
     "xpack.grokDebugger": "legacy/plugins/grokdebugger",
     "xpack.idxMgmt": "plugins/index_management",
diff --git a/x-pack/index.js b/x-pack/index.js
index f3f569e02107..6b84c7469061 100644
--- a/x-pack/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/index.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import { remoteClusters } from './legacy/plugins/remote_clusters';
 import { crossClusterReplication } from './legacy/plugins/cross_cluster_replication';
 import { upgradeAssistant } from './legacy/plugins/upgrade_assistant';
 import { uptime } from './legacy/plugins/uptime';
-import { fileUpload } from './legacy/plugins/file_upload';
 import { encryptedSavedObjects } from './legacy/plugins/encrypted_saved_objects';
 import { snapshotRestore } from './legacy/plugins/snapshot_restore';
 import { transform } from './legacy/plugins/transform';
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ module.exports = function(kibana) {
     crossClusterReplication(kibana),
     upgradeAssistant(kibana),
     uptime(kibana),
-    fileUpload(kibana),
     encryptedSavedObjects(kibana),
     lens(kibana),
     snapshotRestore(kibana),
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/index.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 23e1e1d98aa7..000000000000
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
- */
-import { FileUploadPlugin } from './server/plugin';
-import { mappings } from './mappings';
-
-export const fileUpload = kibana => {
-  return new kibana.Plugin({
-    require: ['elasticsearch'],
-    name: 'file_upload',
-    id: 'file_upload',
-    // TODO: uiExports and savedObjectSchemas to be removed on migration
-    uiExports: {
-      mappings,
-    },
-    savedObjectSchemas: {
-      'file-upload-telemetry': {
-        isNamespaceAgnostic: true,
-      },
-    },
-
-    init(server) {
-      const coreSetup = server.newPlatform.setup.core;
-      const coreStart = server.newPlatform.start.core;
-      const { usageCollection } = server.newPlatform.setup.plugins;
-      const pluginsStart = {
-        usageCollection,
-      };
-      const fileUploadPlugin = new FileUploadPlugin();
-      fileUploadPlugin.setup(coreSetup);
-      fileUploadPlugin.start(coreStart, pluginsStart);
-    },
-  });
-};
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/kibana_services.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/kibana_services.js
index a1b1c9ec1518..ef427aa31d01 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/kibana_services.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/kibana_services.js
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ export const getInspector = () => {
   return inspector;
 };
 
+let fileUploadPlugin;
+export const setFileUpload = fileUpload => (fileUploadPlugin = fileUpload);
+export const getFileUploadComponent = () => {
+  return fileUploadPlugin.JsonUploadAndParse;
+};
+
 export async function fetchSearchSourceAndRecordWithInspector({
   searchSource,
   requestId,
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/client_file_source/create_client_file_source_editor.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/client_file_source/create_client_file_source_editor.js
index 150c7c39fe11..f9bfc4ddde91 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/client_file_source/create_client_file_source_editor.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/client_file_source/create_client_file_source_editor.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react';
-import { start as fileUpload } from '../../../../../file_upload/public/legacy';
+import { getFileUploadComponent } from '../../../kibana_services';
 
 export function ClientFileCreateSourceEditor({
   previewGeojsonFile,
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ export function ClientFileCreateSourceEditor({
   onRemove,
   onIndexReady,
 }) {
+  const FileUpload = getFileUploadComponent();
   return (
-    <fileUpload.JsonUploadAndParse
+    <FileUpload
       appName={'Maps'}
       isIndexingTriggered={isIndexingTriggered}
       onFileUpload={previewGeojsonFile}
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts
index e2af53d59671..51bec872a1c9 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { wrapInI18nContext } from 'ui/i18n';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { MapListing } from './components/map_listing';
 // @ts-ignore
-import { setLicenseId, setInspector } from './kibana_services';
+import { setLicenseId, setInspector, setFileUpload } from './kibana_services';
 import { HomePublicPluginSetup } from '../../../../../src/plugins/home/public';
 import { LicensingPluginSetup } from '../../../../plugins/licensing/public';
 import { featureCatalogueEntry } from './feature_catalogue_entry';
@@ -52,5 +52,6 @@ export class MapsPlugin implements Plugin<MapsPluginSetup, MapsPluginStart> {
 
   public start(core: CoreStart, plugins: any) {
     setInspector(plugins.np.inspector);
+    setFileUpload(plugins.np.file_upload);
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/common/constants/file_import.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/common/constants/file_import.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/common/constants/file_import.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/common/constants/file_import.ts
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/kibana.json b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/kibana.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3fda32fb6ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/kibana.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "id": "file_upload",
+  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "kibanaVersion": "kibana",
+  "configPath": ["xpack", "file_upload"],
+  "server": true,
+  "ui": true,
+  "requiredPlugins": ["data", "usageCollection"]
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/mappings.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/mappings.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/mappings.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/mappings.ts
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/components/index_settings.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/components/index_settings.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/components/index_settings.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/components/index_settings.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_import_progress.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_import_progress.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_import_progress.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_import_progress.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_index_file_picker.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_index_file_picker.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_index_file_picker.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_index_file_picker.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_upload_and_parse.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_upload_and_parse.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_upload_and_parse.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/components/json_upload_and_parse.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/index.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/index.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/index.ts
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/kibana_services.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/kibana_services.js
similarity index 53%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/kibana_services.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/kibana_services.js
index b48b7e49e791..1269e16266eb 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/kibana_services.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/kibana_services.js
@@ -4,19 +4,17 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import { npStart } from 'ui/new_platform';
-import { DEFAULT_KBN_VERSION } from '../common/constants/file_import';
-
-export const indexPatternService = npStart.plugins.data.indexPatterns;
-
+export let indexPatternService;
 export let savedObjectsClient;
 export let basePath;
-export let kbnVersion;
 export let kbnFetch;
 
-export const initServicesAndConstants = ({ savedObjects, http, injectedMetadata }) => {
-  savedObjectsClient = savedObjects.client;
+export const setupInitServicesAndConstants = ({ http }) => {
   basePath = http.basePath.basePath;
-  kbnVersion = injectedMetadata.getKibanaVersion(DEFAULT_KBN_VERSION);
   kbnFetch = http.fetch;
 };
+
+export const startInitServicesAndConstants = ({ savedObjects }, { data }) => {
+  indexPatternService = data.indexPatterns;
+  savedObjectsClient = savedObjects.client;
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/plugin.ts
similarity index 53%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/plugin.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/plugin.ts
index 53b292b02760..338c61ad141c 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/plugin.ts
@@ -4,26 +4,36 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import { Plugin, CoreStart } from 'src/core/public';
+// @ts-ignore
+import { CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from 'kibana/server';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { JsonUploadAndParse } from './components/json_upload_and_parse';
 // @ts-ignore
-import { initServicesAndConstants } from './kibana_services';
+import { setupInitServicesAndConstants, startInitServicesAndConstants } from './kibana_services';
+import { IDataPluginServices } from '../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 
 /**
  * These are the interfaces with your public contracts. You should export these
  * for other plugins to use in _their_ `SetupDeps`/`StartDeps` interfaces.
  * @public
  */
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
+export interface FileUploadPluginSetupDependencies {}
+export interface FileUploadPluginStartDependencies {
+  data: IDataPluginServices;
+}
+
 export type FileUploadPluginSetup = ReturnType<FileUploadPlugin['setup']>;
 export type FileUploadPluginStart = ReturnType<FileUploadPlugin['start']>;
 
-/** @internal */
 export class FileUploadPlugin implements Plugin<FileUploadPluginSetup, FileUploadPluginStart> {
-  public setup() {}
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup, plugins: FileUploadPluginSetupDependencies) {
+    setupInitServicesAndConstants(core);
+  }
 
-  public start(core: CoreStart) {
-    initServicesAndConstants(core);
+  public start(core: CoreStart, plugins: FileUploadPluginStartDependencies) {
+    startInitServicesAndConstants(core, plugins);
     return {
       JsonUploadAndParse,
     };
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/file_parser.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/file_parser.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/file_parser.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/file_parser.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/file_parser.test.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/file_parser.test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/file_parser.test.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/file_parser.test.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_json_clean_and_validate.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_json_clean_and_validate.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_json_clean_and_validate.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_json_clean_and_validate.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_json_clean_and_validate.test.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_json_clean_and_validate.test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_json_clean_and_validate.test.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_json_clean_and_validate.test.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_processing.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_processing.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_processing.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_processing.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_processing.test.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_processing.test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_processing.test.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/geo_processing.test.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/http_service.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/http_service.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/http_service.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/http_service.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.test.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.test.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.test.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/pattern_reader.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/pattern_reader.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/pattern_reader.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/pattern_reader.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/size_limited_chunking.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/size_limited_chunking.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/size_limited_chunking.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/size_limited_chunking.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/size_limited_chunking.test.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/size_limited_chunking.test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/util/size_limited_chunking.test.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/util/size_limited_chunking.test.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/client/call_with_request_factory.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/client/call_with_request_factory.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/client/call_with_request_factory.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/client/call_with_request_factory.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/client/errors.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/client/errors.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/client/errors.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/client/errors.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/legacy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/index.js
similarity index 60%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/legacy.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/index.js
index 719599df3ccb..f894bf788a89 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/public/legacy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/index.js
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
  * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
+import { FileUploadPlugin } from './plugin';
 
-import { npStart } from 'ui/new_platform';
-import { plugin } from '.';
+export * from './plugin';
 
-const pluginInstance = plugin();
-
-export const start = pluginInstance.start(npStart.core);
+export const plugin = () => new FileUploadPlugin();
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/kibana_server_services.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/kibana_server_services.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/kibana_server_services.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/kibana_server_services.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/models/import_data/import_data.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/models/import_data/import_data.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/models/import_data/import_data.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/models/import_data/import_data.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/models/import_data/index.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/models/import_data/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/models/import_data/index.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/models/import_data/index.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/plugin.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/plugin.js
similarity index 79%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/plugin.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/plugin.js
index c448676f813e..a11516d03f06 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/plugin.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/plugin.js
@@ -6,22 +6,22 @@
 
 import { initRoutes } from './routes/file_upload';
 import { setElasticsearchClientServices, setInternalRepository } from './kibana_server_services';
-import { registerFileUploadUsageCollector } from './telemetry';
+import { registerFileUploadUsageCollector, fileUploadTelemetryMappingsType } from './telemetry';
 
 export class FileUploadPlugin {
   constructor() {
     this.router = null;
   }
 
-  setup(core) {
+  setup(core, plugins) {
+    core.savedObjects.registerType(fileUploadTelemetryMappingsType);
     setElasticsearchClientServices(core.elasticsearch);
     this.router = core.http.createRouter();
+    registerFileUploadUsageCollector(plugins.usageCollection);
   }
 
-  start(core, plugins) {
+  start(core) {
     initRoutes(this.router, core.savedObjects.getSavedObjectsRepository);
     setInternalRepository(core.savedObjects.createInternalRepository);
-
-    registerFileUploadUsageCollector(plugins.usageCollection);
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.test.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.test.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.test.js
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/file_upload_usage_collector.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/file_upload_usage_collector.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/file_upload_usage_collector.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/file_upload_usage_collector.ts
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/index.ts
similarity index 83%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/index.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/index.ts
index 7969dd04ce31..8d4f4e72bd28 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/index.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
  */
 
 export { registerFileUploadUsageCollector } from './file_upload_usage_collector';
+export { fileUploadTelemetryMappingsType } from './mappings';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/mappings.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/mappings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca935fea3449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/mappings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { SavedObjectsType } from 'src/core/server';
+import { TELEMETRY_DOC_ID } from './telemetry';
+
+export const fileUploadTelemetryMappingsType: SavedObjectsType = {
+  name: TELEMETRY_DOC_ID,
+  hidden: false,
+  namespaceAgnostic: true,
+  mappings: {
+    properties: {
+      filesUploadedTotalCount: {
+        type: 'long',
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.test.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.test.ts
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.ts