diff --git a/src/core_plugins/kibana/index.js b/src/core_plugins/kibana/index.js
index 6694471361ef5..b237df06da533 100644
--- a/src/core_plugins/kibana/index.js
+++ b/src/core_plugins/kibana/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { mkdirp as mkdirpNode } from 'mkdirp';
 import manageUuid from './server/lib/manage_uuid';
 import search from './server/routes/api/search';
 import settings from './server/routes/api/settings';
-import { adminIndicesApi } from './server/routes/api/admin_indices';
 import { scrollSearchApi } from './server/routes/api/scroll_search';
 import { importApi } from './server/routes/api/import';
 import { exportApi } from './server/routes/api/export';
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ export default function (kibana) {
       search(server);
       settings(server);
       scripts(server);
-      adminIndicesApi(server);
       scrollSearchApi(server);
       importApi(server);
       exportApi(server);
diff --git a/src/core_plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/admin_indices/index.js b/src/core_plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/admin_indices/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 152f940e4a07a..0000000000000
--- a/src/core_plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/admin_indices/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-import handleESError from '../../../lib/handle_es_error';
-
-export function adminIndicesApi(server) {
-  server.route({
-    path: '/api/kibana/legacy_admin_indices',
-    method: ['GET'],
-    handler: (req, reply) => {
-      const { callWithRequest } = server.plugins.elasticsearch.getCluster('admin');
-      const params = {
-        index: req.query.index,
-        format: 'json',
-        ignore: 404,
-      };
-      return callWithRequest(req, 'cat.indices', params)
-        .then(reply)
-        .catch(error => reply(handleESError(error)));
-    }
-  });
-
-  server.route({
-    path: '/api/kibana/legacy_admin_aliases',
-    method: ['GET'],
-    handler: (req, reply) => {
-      const { callWithRequest } = server.plugins.elasticsearch.getCluster('admin');
-      const params = {
-        index: req.query.index,
-        allowNoIndices: true,
-        ignore: 404,
-      };
-      return callWithRequest(req, 'indices.getAlias', params)
-        .then(reply)
-        .catch(error => reply(handleESError(error)));
-    }
-  });
-
-  server.route({
-    path: '/api/kibana/legacy_admin_index_template',
-    method: ['GET'],
-    handler: (req, reply) => {
-      const { callWithRequest } = server.plugins.elasticsearch.getCluster('admin');
-      const params = {
-        name: req.query.name,
-        ignore: 404,
-      };
-      return callWithRequest(req, 'indices.getTemplate', params)
-        .then(reply)
-        .catch(error => reply(handleESError(error)));
-    }
-  });
-}
diff --git a/src/ui/public/indices/__tests__/get_indices.js b/src/ui/public/indices/__tests__/get_indices.js
deleted file mode 100644
index dcb2d02dfe0c6..0000000000000
--- a/src/ui/public/indices/__tests__/get_indices.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-import expect from 'expect.js';
-import ngMock from 'ng_mock';
-import { IndicesGetIndicesProvider } from 'ui/indices/get_indices';
-
-describe('GetIndices', function () {
-  let indicesResponse;
-  let aliasesResponse;
-  let getIndices;
-
-  beforeEach(ngMock.module('kibana', ($provide) => {
-    indicesResponse = {
-      data: [
-        { index: '.kibana' },
-        { index: '.monitoring-es-2' },
-        { index: '.monitoring-es-3' },
-        { index: '.monitoring-es-4' },
-        { index: '.monitoring-es-5' }
-      ]
-    };
-    aliasesResponse = {
-      data: {
-        '.monitoring-es-1': {
-          aliases: {
-            '.monitoring-es-active': {}
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    };
-
-    $provide.service('$http', function () {
-      return {
-        async get(path) {
-          if (path.includes('aliases')) {
-            return aliasesResponse;
-          }
-          if (path.includes('indices')) {
-            return indicesResponse;
-          }
-          throw new Error(`Unexpected path to $http.get(): ${path}`);
-        }
-      };
-    });
-  }));
-
-  beforeEach(ngMock.inject((Private) => {
-    getIndices = Private(IndicesGetIndicesProvider);
-  }));
-
-  it('should be a function', function () {
-    expect(getIndices).to.be.a(Function);
-  });
-
-  it('should rely on the alias endpoint if it returns a non 404', async function () {
-    const indices = await getIndices();
-    expect(indices.length).to.be(2);
-    expect(indices[0]).to.be('.monitoring-es-1');
-    expect(indices[1]).to.be('.monitoring-es-active');
-  });
-
-  it('should fallback to the cat indices endpoint if there are no aliases', async function () {
-    const aliasesResponseCopy = Object.assign({}, aliasesResponse);
-    aliasesResponse = { status: 404 };
-    const indices = await getIndices();
-    expect(indices.length).to.be(indicesResponse.data.length);
-    indicesResponse.data.forEach((indexObj, idx) => {
-      expect(indices[idx]).to.be(indexObj.index);
-    });
-    aliasesResponse = aliasesResponseCopy;
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/ui/public/indices/__tests__/get_template_index_patterns.js b/src/ui/public/indices/__tests__/get_template_index_patterns.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cc9c061c4479d..0000000000000
--- a/src/ui/public/indices/__tests__/get_template_index_patterns.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import expect from 'expect.js';
-import ngMock from 'ng_mock';
-import { IndicesGetTemplateIndexPatternsProvider } from 'ui/indices/get_template_index_patterns';
-
-describe('GetTemplateIndexPatterns', function () {
-  let response;
-  let getTemplateIndexPatterns;
-
-  beforeEach(ngMock.module('kibana', ($provide) => {
-    response = {
-      '.ml-state': {
-        'index_patterns': [
-          '.ml-state'
-        ]
-      },
-      '.watches': {
-        'index_patterns': [
-          '.watches*'
-        ]
-      },
-      '.watches2': {
-        'index_patterns': [
-          '.watches*'
-        ]
-      },
-    };
-
-    $provide.service('$http', function () {
-      return {
-        async get() {
-          return { data: response };
-        }
-      };
-    });
-  }));
-
-  beforeEach(ngMock.inject((Private) => {
-    getTemplateIndexPatterns = Private(IndicesGetTemplateIndexPatternsProvider);
-  }));
-
-  it('should be a function', function () {
-    expect(getTemplateIndexPatterns).to.be.a(Function);
-  });
-
-  it('should get all index patterns', async function () {
-    const indices = await getTemplateIndexPatterns();
-    expect(indices).to.contain('.ml-state');
-    expect(indices).to.contain('.watches*');
-  });
-
-  it('should prevent duplicates', async function () {
-    const indices = await getTemplateIndexPatterns();
-    expect(indices).to.contain('.watches*');
-    expect(indices.length).to.be(2);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/ui/public/indices/get_indices.js b/src/ui/public/indices/get_indices.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1600cc0720a72..0000000000000
--- a/src/ui/public/indices/get_indices.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import { pluck, reduce, size } from 'lodash';
-import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
-
-export function IndicesGetIndicesProvider($http) {
-  const getIndexNamesFromAliasesResponse = json => {
-    // Assume this function won't be called in the event of a 404.
-    return reduce(json, (list, { aliases }, indexName) => {
-      list.push(indexName);
-      if (size(aliases) > 0) {
-        list.push(...Object.keys(aliases));
-      }
-      return list;
-    }, []);
-  };
-
-  const getIndexNamesFromIndicesResponse = json => {
-    if (json.status === 404) {
-      return [];
-    }
-
-    return pluck(json, 'index');
-  };
-
-  return async function getIndices(query) {
-    const aliasesPath = chrome.addBasePath('/api/kibana/legacy_admin_aliases');
-    const aliases = await $http.get(aliasesPath, { index: query });
-
-    // If aliases return 200, they'll include matching indices, too.
-    if (aliases.status === 404) {
-      const indicesPath = chrome.addBasePath('/api/kibana/legacy_admin_indices');
-      const indices = await $http.get(indicesPath, { index: query });
-      return getIndexNamesFromIndicesResponse(indices.data);
-    }
-
-    return getIndexNamesFromAliasesResponse(aliases.data);
-  };
-}
diff --git a/src/ui/public/indices/get_template_index_patterns.js b/src/ui/public/indices/get_template_index_patterns.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e4c7bd134c4b..0000000000000
--- a/src/ui/public/indices/get_template_index_patterns.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { flatten, pluck, uniq } from 'lodash';
-import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
-
-const getIndexPatternsFromResponse = json => {
-  return uniq(flatten(pluck(json, 'index_patterns')));
-};
-
-export function IndicesGetTemplateIndexPatternsProvider($http) {
-  return async function getTemplateIndexPatterns(query) {
-    const indexTemplatePath = chrome.addBasePath('/api/kibana/legacy_admin_index_template');
-    const templatesJson = await $http.get(indexTemplatePath, { name: query });
-    return getIndexPatternsFromResponse(templatesJson.data);
-  };
-}
diff --git a/src/ui/public/indices/indices.js b/src/ui/public/indices/indices.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f6ee05e4f690..0000000000000
--- a/src/ui/public/indices/indices.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import { IndicesGetIndicesProvider } from 'ui/indices/get_indices';
-import { IndicesGetTemplateIndexPatternsProvider } from 'ui/indices/get_template_index_patterns';
-import { uiModules } from 'ui/modules';
-const module = uiModules.get('kibana/indices');
-
-export function IndicesProvider(Private) {
-  this.getIndices = Private(IndicesGetIndicesProvider);
-  this.getTemplateIndexPatterns = Private(IndicesGetTemplateIndexPatternsProvider);
-}
-
-module.service('indices', Private => Private(IndicesProvider));