diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/index.ts
index 0ef5e14e44f7..09f1b9ccedce 100755
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/index.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ export const ml = (kibana: any) => {
         injectUiAppVars: server.injectUiAppVars,
         http: mlHttpService,
         savedObjects: server.savedObjects,
-        elasticsearch: kbnServer.newPlatform.setup.core.elasticsearch, // NP
+        coreSavedObjects: kbnServer.newPlatform.start.core.savedObjects,
+        elasticsearch: kbnServer.newPlatform.setup.core.elasticsearch,
       };
       const { usageCollection, cloud, home } = kbnServer.newPlatform.setup.plugins;
       const plugins = {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/index.ts
index 5da4f6b62bce..dffd95f50e0d 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 export {
   createMlTelemetry,
-  getSavedObjectsClient,
   incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount,
   storeMlTelemetry,
   MlTelemetry,
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/make_ml_usage_collector.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/make_ml_usage_collector.ts
index 293480b2aa5d..a120450bbb2b 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/make_ml_usage_collector.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/make_ml_usage_collector.ts
@@ -5,19 +5,17 @@
  */
 
 import { UsageCollectionSetup } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/server';
+import { SavedObjectsServiceStart } from 'src/core/server';
 import {
   createMlTelemetry,
-  getSavedObjectsClient,
   ML_TELEMETRY_DOC_ID,
   MlTelemetry,
   MlTelemetrySavedObject,
 } from './ml_telemetry';
 
-import { UsageInitialization } from '../../new_platform/plugin';
-
 export function makeMlUsageCollector(
   usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup | undefined,
-  { elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects }: UsageInitialization
+  savedObjects: SavedObjectsServiceStart
 ): void {
   if (!usageCollection) {
     return;
@@ -28,11 +26,10 @@ export function makeMlUsageCollector(
     isReady: () => true,
     fetch: async (): Promise<MlTelemetry> => {
       try {
-        const savedObjectsClient = getSavedObjectsClient(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects);
-        const mlTelemetrySavedObject = (await savedObjectsClient.get(
-          'ml-telemetry',
-          ML_TELEMETRY_DOC_ID
-        )) as MlTelemetrySavedObject;
+        const mlTelemetrySavedObject: MlTelemetrySavedObject = await savedObjects
+          .createInternalRepository()
+          .get('ml-telemetry', ML_TELEMETRY_DOC_ID);
+
         return mlTelemetrySavedObject.attributes;
       } catch (err) {
         return createMlTelemetry();
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/ml_telemetry.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/ml_telemetry.test.ts
index fcf3763626b6..9d14ffb31be6 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/ml_telemetry.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/ml_telemetry.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import {
   createMlTelemetry,
-  getSavedObjectsClient,
   incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount,
   ML_TELEMETRY_DOC_ID,
   MlTelemetry,
@@ -26,22 +25,11 @@ describe('ml_telemetry', () => {
   });
 
   describe('storeMlTelemetry', () => {
-    let elasticsearchPlugin: any;
-    let savedObjects: any;
     let mlTelemetry: MlTelemetry;
-    let savedObjectsClientInstance: any;
+    let internalRepository: any;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-      savedObjectsClientInstance = { create: jest.fn() };
-      const callWithInternalUser = jest.fn();
-      const internalRepository = jest.fn();
-      elasticsearchPlugin = {
-        getCluster: jest.fn(() => ({ callWithInternalUser })),
-      };
-      savedObjects = {
-        SavedObjectsClient: jest.fn(() => savedObjectsClientInstance),
-        getSavedObjectsRepository: jest.fn(() => internalRepository),
-      };
+      internalRepository = { create: jest.fn(), get: jest.fn() };
       mlTelemetry = {
         file_data_visualizer: {
           index_creation_count: 1,
@@ -49,59 +37,28 @@ describe('ml_telemetry', () => {
       };
     });
 
-    it('should call savedObjectsClient create with the given MlTelemetry object', () => {
-      storeMlTelemetry(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects, mlTelemetry);
-      expect(savedObjectsClientInstance.create.mock.calls[0][1]).toBe(mlTelemetry);
+    it('should call internalRepository create with the given MlTelemetry object', () => {
+      storeMlTelemetry(internalRepository, mlTelemetry);
+      expect(internalRepository.create.mock.calls[0][1]).toBe(mlTelemetry);
     });
 
-    it('should call savedObjectsClient create with the ml-telemetry document type and ID', () => {
-      storeMlTelemetry(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects, mlTelemetry);
-      expect(savedObjectsClientInstance.create.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('ml-telemetry');
-      expect(savedObjectsClientInstance.create.mock.calls[0][2].id).toBe(ML_TELEMETRY_DOC_ID);
+    it('should call internalRepository create with the ml-telemetry document type and ID', () => {
+      storeMlTelemetry(internalRepository, mlTelemetry);
+      expect(internalRepository.create.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('ml-telemetry');
+      expect(internalRepository.create.mock.calls[0][2].id).toBe(ML_TELEMETRY_DOC_ID);
     });
 
-    it('should call savedObjectsClient create with overwrite: true', () => {
-      storeMlTelemetry(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects, mlTelemetry);
-      expect(savedObjectsClientInstance.create.mock.calls[0][2].overwrite).toBe(true);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('getSavedObjectsClient', () => {
-    let elasticsearchPlugin: any;
-    let savedObjects: any;
-    let savedObjectsClientInstance: any;
-    let callWithInternalUser: any;
-    let internalRepository: any;
-
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      savedObjectsClientInstance = { create: jest.fn() };
-      callWithInternalUser = jest.fn();
-      internalRepository = jest.fn();
-      elasticsearchPlugin = {
-        getCluster: jest.fn(() => ({ callWithInternalUser })),
-      };
-      savedObjects = {
-        SavedObjectsClient: jest.fn(() => savedObjectsClientInstance),
-        getSavedObjectsRepository: jest.fn(() => internalRepository),
-      };
-    });
-
-    it('should return a SavedObjectsClient initialized with the saved objects internal repository', () => {
-      const result = getSavedObjectsClient(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects);
-
-      expect(result).toBe(savedObjectsClientInstance);
-      expect(savedObjects.SavedObjectsClient).toHaveBeenCalledWith(internalRepository);
+    it('should call internalRepository create with overwrite: true', () => {
+      storeMlTelemetry(internalRepository, mlTelemetry);
+      expect(internalRepository.create.mock.calls[0][2].overwrite).toBe(true);
     });
   });
 
   describe('incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount', () => {
-    let elasticsearchPlugin: any;
     let savedObjects: any;
-    let savedObjectsClientInstance: any;
-    let callWithInternalUser: any;
     let internalRepository: any;
 
-    function createSavedObjectsClientInstance(
+    function createInternalRepositoryInstance(
       telemetryEnabled?: boolean,
       indexCreationCount?: number
     ) {
@@ -136,51 +93,42 @@ describe('ml_telemetry', () => {
     }
 
     function mockInit(telemetryEnabled?: boolean, indexCreationCount?: number): void {
-      savedObjectsClientInstance = createSavedObjectsClientInstance(
-        telemetryEnabled,
-        indexCreationCount
-      );
-      callWithInternalUser = jest.fn();
-      internalRepository = jest.fn();
+      internalRepository = createInternalRepositoryInstance(telemetryEnabled, indexCreationCount);
       savedObjects = {
-        SavedObjectsClient: jest.fn(() => savedObjectsClientInstance),
-        getSavedObjectsRepository: jest.fn(() => internalRepository),
-      };
-      elasticsearchPlugin = {
-        getCluster: jest.fn(() => ({ callWithInternalUser })),
+        createInternalRepository: jest.fn(() => internalRepository),
       };
     }
 
     it('should not increment if telemetry status cannot be determined', async () => {
       mockInit();
-      await incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects);
+      await incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(savedObjects);
 
-      expect(savedObjectsClientInstance.create.mock.calls).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(internalRepository.create.mock.calls).toHaveLength(0);
     });
 
     it('should not increment if telemetry status is disabled', async () => {
       mockInit(false);
-      await incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects);
+      await incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(savedObjects);
 
-      expect(savedObjectsClientInstance.create.mock.calls).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(internalRepository.create.mock.calls).toHaveLength(0);
     });
 
     it('should initialize index_creation_count with 1', async () => {
       mockInit(true);
-      await incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects);
+      await incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(savedObjects);
 
-      expect(savedObjectsClientInstance.create.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('ml-telemetry');
-      expect(savedObjectsClientInstance.create.mock.calls[0][1]).toEqual({
+      expect(internalRepository.create.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('ml-telemetry');
+      expect(internalRepository.create.mock.calls[0][1]).toEqual({
         file_data_visualizer: { index_creation_count: 1 },
       });
     });
 
     it('should increment index_creation_count to 2', async () => {
       mockInit(true, 1);
-      await incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects);
+      await incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(savedObjects);
 
-      expect(savedObjectsClientInstance.create.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('ml-telemetry');
-      expect(savedObjectsClientInstance.create.mock.calls[0][1]).toEqual({
+      expect(internalRepository.create.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('ml-telemetry');
+      expect(internalRepository.create.mock.calls[0][1]).toEqual({
         file_data_visualizer: { index_creation_count: 2 },
       });
     });
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/ml_telemetry.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/ml_telemetry.ts
index 1bac3f178064..d76b1ee94e21 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/ml_telemetry.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/lib/ml_telemetry/ml_telemetry.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import { ElasticsearchPlugin } from 'src/legacy/core_plugins/elasticsearch';
-import { SavedObjectsLegacyService } from 'src/legacy/server/kbn_server';
-import { callWithInternalUserFactory } from '../../client/call_with_internal_user_factory';
+import {
+  SavedObjectAttributes,
+  SavedObjectsServiceStart,
+  ISavedObjectsRepository,
+} from 'src/core/server';
 
-export interface MlTelemetry {
+export interface MlTelemetry extends SavedObjectAttributes {
   file_data_visualizer: {
     index_creation_count: number;
   };
@@ -29,35 +31,22 @@ export function createMlTelemetry(count: number = 0): MlTelemetry {
 }
 // savedObjects
 export function storeMlTelemetry(
-  elasticsearchPlugin: ElasticsearchPlugin,
-  savedObjects: SavedObjectsLegacyService,
+  internalRepository: ISavedObjectsRepository,
   mlTelemetry: MlTelemetry
 ): void {
-  const savedObjectsClient = getSavedObjectsClient(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects);
-  savedObjectsClient.create('ml-telemetry', mlTelemetry, {
+  internalRepository.create('ml-telemetry', mlTelemetry, {
     id: ML_TELEMETRY_DOC_ID,
     overwrite: true,
   });
 }
-// needs savedObjects and elasticsearchPlugin
-export function getSavedObjectsClient(
-  elasticsearchPlugin: ElasticsearchPlugin,
-  savedObjects: SavedObjectsLegacyService
-): any {
-  const { SavedObjectsClient, getSavedObjectsRepository } = savedObjects;
-  const callWithInternalUser = callWithInternalUserFactory(elasticsearchPlugin);
-  const internalRepository = getSavedObjectsRepository(callWithInternalUser);
-  return new SavedObjectsClient(internalRepository);
-}
 
 export async function incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(
-  elasticsearchPlugin: ElasticsearchPlugin,
-  savedObjects: SavedObjectsLegacyService
+  savedObjects: SavedObjectsServiceStart
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const savedObjectsClient = getSavedObjectsClient(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects);
-
+  const internalRepository = await savedObjects.createInternalRepository();
   try {
-    const { attributes } = await savedObjectsClient.get('telemetry', 'telemetry');
+    const { attributes } = await internalRepository.get('telemetry', 'telemetry');
+
     if (attributes.enabled === false) {
       return;
     }
@@ -70,7 +59,7 @@ export async function incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(
   let indicesCount = 1;
 
   try {
-    const { attributes } = (await savedObjectsClient.get(
+    const { attributes } = (await internalRepository.get(
       'ml-telemetry',
       ML_TELEMETRY_DOC_ID
     )) as MlTelemetrySavedObject;
@@ -80,5 +69,5 @@ export async function incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(
   }
 
   const mlTelemetry = createMlTelemetry(indicesCount);
-  storeMlTelemetry(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects, mlTelemetry);
+  storeMlTelemetry(internalRepository, mlTelemetry);
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/new_platform/plugin.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/new_platform/plugin.ts
index 10961182be84..43c276ac63a1 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/new_platform/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/new_platform/plugin.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   CoreSetup,
   IRouter,
   IScopedClusterClient,
+  SavedObjectsServiceStart,
 } from 'src/core/server';
 import { ElasticsearchPlugin } from 'src/legacy/core_plugins/elasticsearch';
 import { UsageCollectionSetup } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/server';
@@ -28,12 +29,10 @@ import { LICENSE_TYPE } from '../../common/constants/license';
 import { annotationRoutes } from '../routes/annotations';
 import { jobRoutes } from '../routes/anomaly_detectors';
 import { dataFeedRoutes } from '../routes/datafeeds';
-// @ts-ignore: could not find declaration file for module
 import { indicesRoutes } from '../routes/indices';
 import { jobValidationRoutes } from '../routes/job_validation';
 import { makeMlUsageCollector } from '../lib/ml_telemetry';
 import { notificationRoutes } from '../routes/notification_settings';
-// @ts-ignore: could not find declaration file for module
 import { systemRoutes } from '../routes/system';
 import { dataFrameAnalyticsRoutes } from '../routes/data_frame_analytics';
 import { dataRecognizer } from '../routes/modules';
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ import { filtersRoutes } from '../routes/filters';
 import { resultsServiceRoutes } from '../routes/results_service';
 import { jobServiceRoutes } from '../routes/job_service';
 import { jobAuditMessagesRoutes } from '../routes/job_audit_messages';
-// @ts-ignore: could not find declaration file for module
 import { fileDataVisualizerRoutes } from '../routes/file_data_visualizer';
 import { initMlServerLog, LogInitialization } from '../client/log';
 import { HomeServerPluginSetup } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/home/server';
@@ -67,6 +65,7 @@ export interface MlCoreSetup {
   injectUiAppVars: (id: string, callback: () => {}) => any;
   http: MlHttpServiceSetup;
   savedObjects: SavedObjectsLegacyService;
+  coreSavedObjects: SavedObjectsServiceStart;
   elasticsearch: ElasticsearchServiceSetup;
 }
 export interface MlInitializerContext extends PluginInitializerContext {
@@ -93,15 +92,11 @@ export interface RouteInitialization {
   route(route: ServerRoute | ServerRoute[]): void;
   router: IRouter;
   xpackMainPlugin: MlXpackMainPlugin;
-  savedObjects?: SavedObjectsLegacyService;
+  savedObjects?: SavedObjectsServiceStart;
   spacesPlugin: any;
   securityPlugin: any;
   cloud?: CloudSetup;
 }
-export interface UsageInitialization {
-  elasticsearchPlugin: ElasticsearchPlugin;
-  savedObjects: SavedObjectsLegacyService;
-}
 
 declare module 'kibana/server' {
   interface RequestHandlerContext {
@@ -123,7 +118,7 @@ export class Plugin {
 
   public setup(core: MlCoreSetup, plugins: PluginsSetup) {
     const xpackMainPlugin: MlXpackMainPlugin = plugins.xpackMain;
-    const { http } = core;
+    const { http, coreSavedObjects } = core;
     const pluginId = this.pluginId;
 
     mirrorPluginStatus(xpackMainPlugin, plugins.ml);
@@ -208,14 +203,10 @@ export class Plugin {
     const extendedRouteInitializationDeps: RouteInitialization = {
       ...routeInitializationDeps,
       config: this.config,
-      savedObjects: core.savedObjects,
+      savedObjects: coreSavedObjects,
       spacesPlugin: plugins.spaces,
       cloud: plugins.cloud,
     };
-    const usageInitializationDeps: UsageInitialization = {
-      elasticsearchPlugin: plugins.elasticsearch,
-      savedObjects: core.savedObjects,
-    };
 
     const logInitializationDeps: LogInitialization = {
       log: this.log,
@@ -240,7 +231,7 @@ export class Plugin {
     fileDataVisualizerRoutes(extendedRouteInitializationDeps);
 
     initMlServerLog(logInitializationDeps);
-    makeMlUsageCollector(plugins.usageCollection, usageInitializationDeps);
+    makeMlUsageCollector(plugins.usageCollection, coreSavedObjects);
   }
 
   public stop() {}
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/file_data_visualizer.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/file_data_visualizer.ts
index 95f2a9fe7298..d5a992c93329 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/file_data_visualizer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/file_data_visualizer.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export function fileDataVisualizerRoutes({
         // follow-up import calls to just add additional data will include the `id` of the created
         // index, we'll ignore those and don't increment the counter.
         if (id === undefined) {
-          await incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(elasticsearchPlugin, savedObjects!);
+          await incrementFileDataVisualizerIndexCreationCount(savedObjects!);
         }
 
         const result = await importData(
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/job_audit_messages.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/job_audit_messages.ts
index 729831299000..76986b935b99 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/job_audit_messages.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/ml/server/routes/job_audit_messages.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function jobAuditMessagesRoutes({ xpackMainPlugin, router }: RouteInitial
   /**
    * @apiGroup JobAuditMessages
    *
-   * @api {get} /api/ml/results/anomalies_table_data Get all audit messages
+   * @api {get} /api/ml/job_audit_messages/messages Get all audit messages
    * @apiName GetAllJobAuditMessages
    * @apiDescription Returns all audit messages
    */