diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/index.ts
index 7aaa9c78602a9..c87c202c0ec1f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/chromium/driver_factory/index.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ export class HeadlessChromiumDriverFactory {
     { viewport, browserTimezone }: { viewport: ViewportConfig; browserTimezone?: string },
     pLogger: LevelLogger
   ): Rx.Observable<{ driver: HeadlessChromiumDriver; exit$: Rx.Observable<never> }> {
-    return Rx.Observable.create(async (observer: InnerSubscriber<any, any>) => {
+    // FIXME: 'create' is deprecated
+    return Rx.Observable.create(async (observer: InnerSubscriber<unknown, unknown>) => {
       const logger = pLogger.clone(['browser-driver']);
       logger.info(`Creating browser page driver`);
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/config/ui_settings.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/config/ui_settings.test.ts
index dcd12e4c05f3f..6f40bb648ba93 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/config/ui_settings.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/config/ui_settings.test.ts
@@ -49,23 +49,57 @@ test('throws validation error if provided with data over max size', () => {
 });
 
 test('throws validation error if provided with non-image data', () => {
-  const invalidErrorMatcher = /try a different image/;
-
-  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate('')).toThrowError(invalidErrorMatcher);
-  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(true)).toThrow(invalidErrorMatcher);
-  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(false)).toThrow(invalidErrorMatcher);
-  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate({})).toThrow(invalidErrorMatcher);
-  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate([])).toThrow(invalidErrorMatcher);
-  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(0)).toThrow(invalidErrorMatcher);
-  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(0x00f)).toThrow(invalidErrorMatcher);
+  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate('')).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "types that failed validation:
+    - [0]: Sorry, that file will not work. Please try a different image file.
+    - [1]: expected value to equal [null]"
+  `);
+  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(true)).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "types that failed validation:
+    - [0]: expected value of type [string] but got [boolean]
+    - [1]: expected value to equal [null]"
+  `);
+  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(false)).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "types that failed validation:
+    - [0]: expected value of type [string] but got [boolean]
+    - [1]: expected value to equal [null]"
+  `);
+  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate({})).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "types that failed validation:
+    - [0]: expected value of type [string] but got [Object]
+    - [1]: expected value to equal [null]"
+  `);
+  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate([])).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "types that failed validation:
+    - [0]: expected value of type [string] but got [Array]
+    - [1]: expected value to equal [null]"
+  `);
+  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(0)).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "types that failed validation:
+    - [0]: expected value of type [string] but got [number]
+    - [1]: expected value to equal [null]"
+  `);
+  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(0x00f)).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "types that failed validation:
+    - [0]: expected value of type [string] but got [number]
+    - [1]: expected value to equal [null]"
+  `);
 
   const csvString =
     `data:text/csv;base64,Il9pZCIsIl9pbmRleCIsIl9zY29yZSIsIl90eXBlIiwiZm9vLmJhciIsImZvby5iYXIua2V5d29yZCIKZjY1QU9IZ0J5bFZmWW04W` +
     `TRvb1EsYmVlLDEsIi0iLGJheixiYXoKbks1QU9IZ0J5bFZmWW04WTdZcUcsYmVlLDEsIi0iLGJvbyxib28K`;
-  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(csvString)).toThrow(invalidErrorMatcher);
+  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(csvString)).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "types that failed validation:
+    - [0]: Sorry, that file will not work. Please try a different image file.
+    - [1]: expected value to equal [null]"
+  `);
 
   const scriptString =
     `data:application/octet-stream;base64,QEVDSE8gT0ZGCldFRUtPRllSLkNPTSB8IEZJTkQgIlRoaXMgaXMiID4gVEVNUC5CQV` +
     `QKRUNITz5USElTLkJBVCBTRVQgV0VFSz0lJTMKQ0FMTCBURU1QLkJBVApERUwgIFRFTVAuQkFUCkRFTCAgVEhJUy5CQVQKRUNITyBXZWVrICVXRUVLJQo=`;
-  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(scriptString)).toThrow(invalidErrorMatcher);
+  expect(() => PdfLogoSchema.validate(scriptString)).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "types that failed validation:
+    - [0]: Sorry, that file will not work. Please try a different image file.
+    - [1]: expected value to equal [null]"
+  `);
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/config/ui_settings.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/config/ui_settings.ts
index 587997bd1ecbd..bd13dcb8320ff 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/config/ui_settings.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/config/ui_settings.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const maxLogoSizeInBase64 = kbToBase64Length(200);
 const dataurlRegex = /^data:([a-z]+\/[a-z0-9-+.]+)(;[a-z-]+=[a-z0-9-]+)?(;([a-z0-9]+))?,/;
 const imageTypes = ['image/svg+xml', 'image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/gif'];
 
-const isImageData = (str: any): boolean => {
+const isImageData = (str: string) => {
   const matches = str.match(dataurlRegex);
 
   if (!matches) {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const isImageData = (str: any): boolean => {
   return true;
 };
 
-const validatePdfLogoBase64String = (str: any) => {
+const validatePdfLogoBase64String = (str: string) => {
   if (typeof str !== 'string' || !isImageData(str)) {
     return i18n.translate('xpack.reporting.uiSettings.validate.customLogo.badFile', {
       defaultMessage: `Sorry, that file will not work. Please try a different image file.`,
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ const validatePdfLogoBase64String = (str: any) => {
   }
 };
 
-export const PdfLogoSchema = schema.nullable(schema.any({ validate: validatePdfLogoBase64String }));
+export const PdfLogoSchema = schema.nullable(
+  schema.string({ validate: validatePdfLogoBase64String })
+);
 
 export function registerUiSettings(core: CoreSetup<object, unknown>) {
   core.uiSettings.register({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/common/pdf/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/common/pdf/index.ts
index 4e5309bcff5b1..0fc4e497e16a7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/common/pdf/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/common/pdf/index.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ export class PdfMaker {
     this._addContents(contents);
   }
 
-  addImage(image: Buffer, opts = { title: '', description: '' }) {
+  addImage(
+    image: Buffer,
+    opts: { title?: string; description?: string } = { title: '', description: '' }
+  ) {
     const size = this._layout.getPdfImageSize();
     const img = {
       image: `data:image/png;base64,${image.toString('base64')}`,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/printable_pdf/lib/generate_pdf.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/printable_pdf/lib/generate_pdf.ts
index a7e492b882c20..74b013edc8cab 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/printable_pdf/lib/generate_pdf.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/printable_pdf/lib/generate_pdf.ts
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ export async function generatePdfObservableFactory(reporting: ReportingCore) {
             tracker.startAddImage();
             tracker.endAddImage();
             pdfOutput.addImage(screenshot.data, {
-              title: screenshot.title,
-              description: screenshot.description,
+              title: screenshot.title ?? undefined,
+              description: screenshot.description ?? undefined,
             });
           });
         });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/printable_pdf_v2/lib/generate_pdf.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/printable_pdf_v2/lib/generate_pdf.ts
index 8cc2d4b3037b3..9be95223a8864 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/printable_pdf_v2/lib/generate_pdf.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/export_types/printable_pdf_v2/lib/generate_pdf.ts
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ export async function generatePdfObservableFactory(reporting: ReportingCore) {
             tracker.startAddImage();
             tracker.endAddImage();
             pdfOutput.addImage(screenshot.data, {
-              title: screenshot.title,
-              description: screenshot.description,
+              title: screenshot.title ?? undefined,
+              description: screenshot.description ?? undefined,
             });
           });
         });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_element_position_data.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_element_position_data.ts
index 61d31153265f3..39163843c732f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_element_position_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_element_position_data.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const getElementPositionAndAttributes = async (
               },
               attributes: Object.keys(attributes).reduce((result: AttributesMap, key) => {
                 const attribute = attributes[key];
-                (result as any)[key] = element.getAttribute(attribute);
+                result[key] = element.getAttribute(attribute);
                 return result;
               }, {} as AttributesMap),
             });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_screenshots.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_screenshots.test.ts
index a265a24855efe..edd346c9b8928 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_screenshots.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_screenshots.test.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@
 import { HeadlessChromiumDriver } from '../../browsers';
 import {
   createMockBrowserDriverFactory,
-  createMockConfig,
   createMockConfigSchema,
-  createMockLayoutInstance,
   createMockLevelLogger,
   createMockReportingCore,
 } from '../../test_helpers';
-import { LayoutInstance } from '../layouts';
 import { getScreenshots } from './get_screenshots';
 
 describe('getScreenshots', () => {
@@ -35,17 +32,12 @@ describe('getScreenshots', () => {
     },
   ];
 
-  let layout: LayoutInstance;
   let logger: ReturnType<typeof createMockLevelLogger>;
   let browser: jest.Mocked<HeadlessChromiumDriver>;
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    const schema = createMockConfigSchema();
-    const config = createMockConfig(schema);
-    const captureConfig = config.get('capture');
-    const core = await createMockReportingCore(schema);
+    const core = await createMockReportingCore(createMockConfigSchema());
 
-    layout = createMockLayoutInstance(captureConfig);
     logger = createMockLevelLogger();
 
     await createMockBrowserDriverFactory(core, logger, {
@@ -71,7 +63,7 @@ describe('getScreenshots', () => {
   });
 
   it('should return screenshots', async () => {
-    await expect(getScreenshots(browser, layout, elementsPositionAndAttributes, logger)).resolves
+    await expect(getScreenshots(browser, elementsPositionAndAttributes, logger)).resolves
       .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
             Array [
               Object {
@@ -117,7 +109,7 @@ describe('getScreenshots', () => {
   });
 
   it('should forward elements positions', async () => {
-    await getScreenshots(browser, layout, elementsPositionAndAttributes, logger);
+    await getScreenshots(browser, elementsPositionAndAttributes, logger);
 
     expect(browser.screenshot).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     expect(browser.screenshot).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
@@ -134,7 +126,7 @@ describe('getScreenshots', () => {
     browser.screenshot.mockResolvedValue(Buffer.from(''));
 
     await expect(
-      getScreenshots(browser, layout, elementsPositionAndAttributes, logger)
+      getScreenshots(browser, elementsPositionAndAttributes, logger)
     ).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(Error);
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_screenshots.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_screenshots.ts
index 77c732b3336be..9b5f234b78363 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_screenshots.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/get_screenshots.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { LevelLogger, startTrace } from '../';
 import { HeadlessChromiumDriver } from '../../browsers';
-import { LayoutInstance } from '../layouts';
 import { ElementsPositionAndAttribute, Screenshot } from './';
 
 export const getScreenshots = async (
   browser: HeadlessChromiumDriver,
-  layout: LayoutInstance,
   elementsPositionAndAttributes: ElementsPositionAndAttribute[],
   logger: LevelLogger
 ): Promise<Screenshot[]> => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/index.ts
index e6769739ac75a..6615cbdc79c94 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export interface ScreenshotObservableOpts {
 }
 
 export interface AttributesMap {
-  [key: string]: any;
+  [key: string]: string | null;
 }
 
 export interface ElementPosition {
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ export interface ElementsPositionAndAttribute {
 
 export interface Screenshot {
   data: Buffer;
-  title: string;
-  description: string;
+  title: string | null;
+  description: string | null;
 }
 
 export interface ScreenshotResults {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/observable.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/observable.ts
index e833a0dfcaf60..aeb3de0b04e4d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/observable.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/screenshots/observable.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export function getScreenshots$(
                 const elements = data.elementsPositionAndAttributes
                   ? data.elementsPositionAndAttributes
                   : getDefaultElementPosition(layout.getViewport(1));
-                const screenshots = await getScreenshots(driver, layout, elements, logger);
+                const screenshots = await getScreenshots(driver, elements, logger);
                 const { timeRange, error: setupError } = data;
                 return {
                   timeRange,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/tasks/execute_report.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/tasks/execute_report.ts
index 1e29efd9cce0b..84566eb9c250c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/tasks/execute_report.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/lib/tasks/execute_report.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ interface TaskExecutor extends Pick<ExportTypeDefinition, 'jobContentEncoding'>
   jobExecutor: RunTaskFn<BasePayload>;
 }
 
-function isOutput(output: any): output is CompletedReportOutput {
-  return output?.size != null;
+function isOutput(output: CompletedReportOutput | Error): output is CompletedReportOutput {
+  return (output as CompletedReportOutput).size != null;
 }
 
 function reportFromTask(task: ReportTaskParams) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/diagnostic/screenshot.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/diagnostic/screenshot.test.ts
index 6c5d548e77020..6d844f9637a0b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/diagnostic/screenshot.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/diagnostic/screenshot.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('POST /diagnose/screenshot', () => {
         toPromise: () => (resp instanceof Error ? Promise.reject(resp) : Promise.resolve(resp)),
       }),
     }));
-    (generatePngObservableFactory as any).mockResolvedValue(generateMock);
+    (generatePngObservableFactory as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue(generateMock);
   };
 
   const config = createMockConfigSchema({ queue: { timeout: 120000 } });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/csv_searchsource_immediate.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/csv_searchsource_immediate.ts
similarity index 84%
rename from x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/csv_searchsource_immediate.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/csv_searchsource_immediate.ts
index efdb91d948536..52e6eb87e05cd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/csv_searchsource_immediate.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/csv_searchsource_immediate.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { Writable } from 'stream';
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import { KibanaRequest } from 'src/core/server';
-import { ReportingCore } from '../';
-import { runTaskFnFactory } from '../export_types/csv_searchsource_immediate/execute_job';
-import { JobParamsDownloadCSV } from '../export_types/csv_searchsource_immediate/types';
-import { LevelLogger as Logger } from '../lib';
-import { TaskRunResult } from '../lib/tasks';
-import { authorizedUserPreRouting } from './lib/authorized_user_pre_routing';
-import { HandlerErrorFunction } from './types';
+import { Writable } from 'stream';
+import { ReportingCore } from '../../';
+import { runTaskFnFactory } from '../../export_types/csv_searchsource_immediate/execute_job';
+import { JobParamsDownloadCSV } from '../../export_types/csv_searchsource_immediate/types';
+import { LevelLogger as Logger } from '../../lib';
+import { TaskRunResult } from '../../lib/tasks';
+import { authorizedUserPreRouting } from '../lib/authorized_user_pre_routing';
+import { RequestHandler } from '../lib/request_handler';
 
 const API_BASE_URL_V1 = '/api/reporting/v1';
 const API_BASE_GENERATE_V1 = `${API_BASE_URL_V1}/generate`;
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export type CsvFromSavedObjectRequest = KibanaRequest<unknown, unknown, JobParam
  */
 export function registerGenerateCsvFromSavedObjectImmediate(
   reporting: ReportingCore,
-  handleError: HandlerErrorFunction,
   parentLogger: Logger
 ) {
   const setupDeps = reporting.getPluginSetupDeps();
@@ -64,9 +63,10 @@ export function registerGenerateCsvFromSavedObjectImmediate(
     },
     authorizedUserPreRouting(
       reporting,
-      async (_user, context, req: CsvFromSavedObjectRequest, res) => {
+      async (user, context, req: CsvFromSavedObjectRequest, res) => {
         const logger = parentLogger.clone(['csv_searchsource_immediate']);
         const runTaskFn = runTaskFnFactory(reporting, logger);
+        const requestHandler = new RequestHandler(reporting, user, context, req, res, logger);
 
         try {
           let buffer = Buffer.from('');
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export function registerGenerateCsvFromSavedObjectImmediate(
           });
         } catch (err) {
           logger.error(err);
-          return handleError(res, err);
+          return requestHandler.handleError(err);
         }
       }
     )
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate_from_jobparams.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/generate_from_jobparams.ts
similarity index 81%
rename from x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate_from_jobparams.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/generate_from_jobparams.ts
index c519616cda5fb..cfcb7d6d2b05c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate_from_jobparams.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/generate_from_jobparams.ts
@@ -7,19 +7,16 @@
 
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import rison from 'rison-node';
-import { ReportingCore } from '../';
-import { API_BASE_URL } from '../../common/constants';
-import { BaseParams } from '../types';
-import { authorizedUserPreRouting } from './lib/authorized_user_pre_routing';
-import { HandlerErrorFunction, HandlerFunction } from './types';
+import { ReportingCore } from '../..';
+import { API_BASE_URL } from '../../../common/constants';
+import { LevelLogger } from '../../lib';
+import { BaseParams } from '../../types';
+import { authorizedUserPreRouting } from '../lib/authorized_user_pre_routing';
+import { RequestHandler } from '../lib/request_handler';
 
 const BASE_GENERATE = `${API_BASE_URL}/generate`;
 
-export function registerGenerateFromJobParams(
-  reporting: ReportingCore,
-  handler: HandlerFunction,
-  handleError: HandlerErrorFunction
-) {
+export function registerJobGenerationRoutes(reporting: ReportingCore, logger: LevelLogger) {
   const setupDeps = reporting.getPluginSetupDeps();
   const { router } = setupDeps;
 
@@ -62,7 +59,6 @@ export function registerGenerateFromJobParams(
         });
       }
 
-      const { exportType } = req.params;
       let jobParams;
 
       try {
@@ -80,10 +76,12 @@ export function registerGenerateFromJobParams(
         });
       }
 
+      const requestHandler = new RequestHandler(reporting, user, context, req, res, logger);
+
       try {
-        return await handler(user, exportType, jobParams, context, req, res);
+        return await requestHandler.handleGenerateRequest(req.params.exportType, jobParams);
       } catch (err) {
-        return handleError(res, err);
+        return requestHandler.handleError(err);
       }
     })
   );
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generation.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/generation_from_jobparams.test.ts
similarity index 94%
rename from x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generation.test.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/generation_from_jobparams.test.ts
index df5a85d71f49f..dff52f1f67464 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generation.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/generation_from_jobparams.test.ts
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ import { of } from 'rxjs';
 import { ElasticsearchClient } from 'kibana/server';
 import { setupServer } from 'src/core/server/test_utils';
 import supertest from 'supertest';
-import { ReportingCore } from '..';
-import { ExportTypesRegistry } from '../lib/export_types_registry';
-import { createMockLevelLogger, createMockReportingCore } from '../test_helpers';
+import { ReportingCore } from '../..';
+import { ExportTypesRegistry } from '../../lib/export_types_registry';
+import { createMockLevelLogger, createMockReportingCore } from '../../test_helpers';
 import {
   createMockConfigSchema,
   createMockPluginSetup,
-} from '../test_helpers/create_mock_reportingplugin';
-import { registerJobGenerationRoutes } from './generation';
-import type { ReportingRequestHandlerContext } from '../types';
+} from '../../test_helpers/create_mock_reportingplugin';
+import type { ReportingRequestHandlerContext } from '../../types';
+import { registerJobGenerationRoutes } from './generate_from_jobparams';
 
 type SetupServerReturn = UnwrapPromise<ReturnType<typeof setupServer>>;
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0df9b4a725768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+export { registerGenerateCsvFromSavedObjectImmediate } from './csv_searchsource_immediate'; // FIXME: should not need to register each immediate export type separately
+export { registerJobGenerationRoutes } from './generate_from_jobparams';
+export { registerLegacy } from './legacy';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/legacy.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/legacy.ts
similarity index 61%
rename from x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/legacy.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/legacy.ts
index 79f1b7f17c2da..92f1784dc8eca 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/legacy.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generate/legacy.ts
@@ -6,21 +6,16 @@
  */
 
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
-import querystring from 'querystring';
-import { authorizedUserPreRouting } from './lib/authorized_user_pre_routing';
-import { API_BASE_URL } from '../../common/constants';
-import { HandlerErrorFunction, HandlerFunction } from './types';
-import { ReportingCore } from '../core';
-import { LevelLogger } from '../lib';
+import querystring, { ParsedUrlQueryInput } from 'querystring';
+import { API_BASE_URL } from '../../../common/constants';
+import { ReportingCore } from '../../core';
+import { LevelLogger } from '../../lib';
+import { authorizedUserPreRouting } from '../lib/authorized_user_pre_routing';
+import { RequestHandler } from '../lib/request_handler';
 
 const BASE_GENERATE = `${API_BASE_URL}/generate`;
 
-export function registerLegacy(
-  reporting: ReportingCore,
-  handler: HandlerFunction,
-  handleError: HandlerErrorFunction,
-  logger: LevelLogger
-) {
+export function registerLegacy(reporting: ReportingCore, logger: LevelLogger) {
   const { router } = reporting.getPluginSetupDeps();
 
   function createLegacyPdfRoute({ path, objectType }: { path: string; objectType: string }) {
@@ -32,12 +27,15 @@ export function registerLegacy(
         validate: {
           params: schema.object({
             savedObjectId: schema.string({ minLength: 3 }),
+            title: schema.string(),
+            browserTimezone: schema.string(),
           }),
-          query: schema.any(),
+          query: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
         },
       },
 
       authorizedUserPreRouting(reporting, async (user, context, req, res) => {
+        const requestHandler = new RequestHandler(reporting, user, context, req, res, logger);
         const message = `The following URL is deprecated and will stop working in the next major version: ${req.url.pathname}${req.url.search}`;
         logger.warn(message, ['deprecation']);
 
@@ -46,26 +44,19 @@ export function registerLegacy(
             title,
             savedObjectId,
             browserTimezone,
-          }: { title: string; savedObjectId: string; browserTimezone: string } = req.params as any;
-          const queryString = querystring.stringify(req.query as any);
+          }: { title: string; savedObjectId: string; browserTimezone: string } = req.params;
+          const queryString = querystring.stringify(req.query as ParsedUrlQueryInput | undefined);
 
-          return await handler(
-            user,
-            exportTypeId,
-            {
-              title,
-              objectType,
-              savedObjectId,
-              browserTimezone,
-              queryString,
-              version: reporting.getKibanaVersion(),
-            },
-            context,
-            req,
-            res
-          );
+          return await requestHandler.handleGenerateRequest(exportTypeId, {
+            title,
+            objectType,
+            savedObjectId,
+            browserTimezone,
+            queryString,
+            version: reporting.getKibanaVersion(),
+          });
         } catch (err) {
-          throw handleError(res, err);
+          throw requestHandler.handleError(err);
         }
       })
     );
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generation.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generation.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index adbfbda727af2..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/generation.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +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
- * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
- * 2.0.
- */
-
-import Boom from '@hapi/boom';
-import { kibanaResponseFactory } from 'src/core/server';
-import { ReportingCore } from '../';
-import { API_BASE_URL } from '../../common/constants';
-import { LevelLogger as Logger } from '../lib';
-import { enqueueJob } from '../lib/enqueue_job';
-import { registerGenerateCsvFromSavedObjectImmediate } from './csv_searchsource_immediate';
-import { registerGenerateFromJobParams } from './generate_from_jobparams';
-import { registerLegacy } from './legacy';
-import { HandlerFunction } from './types';
-
-const getDownloadBaseUrl = (reporting: ReportingCore) => {
-  const config = reporting.getConfig();
-  return config.kbnConfig.get('server', 'basePath') + `${API_BASE_URL}/jobs/download`;
-};
-
-export function registerJobGenerationRoutes(reporting: ReportingCore, logger: Logger) {
-  /*
-   * Generates enqueued job details to use in responses
-   */
-  const handler: HandlerFunction = async (user, exportTypeId, jobParams, context, req, res) => {
-    // ensure the async dependencies are loaded
-    if (!context.reporting) {
-      return res.custom({ statusCode: 503, body: 'Not Available' });
-    }
-
-    const licenseInfo = await reporting.getLicenseInfo();
-    const licenseResults = licenseInfo[exportTypeId];
-
-    if (!licenseResults) {
-      return res.badRequest({ body: `Invalid export-type of ${exportTypeId}` });
-    }
-
-    if (!licenseResults.enableLinks) {
-      return res.forbidden({ body: licenseResults.message });
-    }
-
-    try {
-      const report = await enqueueJob(
-        reporting,
-        req,
-        context,
-        user,
-        exportTypeId,
-        jobParams,
-        logger
-      );
-
-      // return task manager's task information and the download URL
-      const downloadBaseUrl = getDownloadBaseUrl(reporting);
-
-      return res.ok({
-        headers: {
-          'content-type': 'application/json',
-        },
-        body: {
-          path: `${downloadBaseUrl}/${report._id}`,
-          job: report.toApiJSON(),
-        },
-      });
-    } catch (err) {
-      logger.error(err);
-      throw err;
-    }
-  };
-
-  /*
-   * Error should already have been logged by the time we get here
-   */
-  function handleError(res: typeof kibanaResponseFactory, err: Error | Boom.Boom) {
-    if (err instanceof Boom.Boom) {
-      return res.customError({
-        statusCode: err.output.statusCode,
-        body: err.output.payload.message,
-      });
-    }
-
-    // unknown error, can't convert to 4xx
-    throw err;
-  }
-
-  registerGenerateFromJobParams(reporting, handler, handleError);
-  registerGenerateCsvFromSavedObjectImmediate(reporting, handleError, logger);
-  registerLegacy(reporting, handler, handleError, logger);
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/index.ts
index a462da3849083..14a16e563ccbb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/index.ts
@@ -5,23 +5,22 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { LevelLogger as Logger } from '../lib';
+import { ReportingCore } from '..';
+import { LevelLogger } from '../lib';
 import { registerDeprecationsRoutes } from './deprecations';
 import { registerDiagnosticRoutes } from './diagnostic';
-import { registerJobGenerationRoutes } from './generation';
-import { registerJobInfoRoutes } from './jobs';
-import { ReportingCore } from '../core';
+import {
+  registerGenerateCsvFromSavedObjectImmediate,
+  registerJobGenerationRoutes,
+  registerLegacy,
+} from './generate';
+import { registerJobInfoRoutes } from './management';
 
-export function registerRoutes(reporting: ReportingCore, logger: Logger) {
+export function registerRoutes(reporting: ReportingCore, logger: LevelLogger) {
   registerDeprecationsRoutes(reporting, logger);
   registerDiagnosticRoutes(reporting, logger);
+  registerGenerateCsvFromSavedObjectImmediate(reporting, logger);
   registerJobGenerationRoutes(reporting, logger);
+  registerLegacy(reporting, logger);
   registerJobInfoRoutes(reporting);
 }
-
-export interface ReportingRequestPre {
-  management: {
-    jobTypes: string[];
-  };
-  user: string;
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/get_document_payload.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/get_document_payload.ts
index c083849686ff0..89e6fcf7df21d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/get_document_payload.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/get_document_payload.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ interface Payload {
   statusCode: number;
   content: string | Stream | ErrorFromPayload;
   contentType: string | null;
-  headers: Record<string, any>;
+  headers: Record<string, string | number>;
 }
 
 type TaskRunResult = Required<ReportApiJSON>['output'];
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/job_response_handler.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/job_response_handler.ts
index 5b63b2627f931..4033b317bef62 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/job_response_handler.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/job_response_handler.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export async function downloadJobResponseHandler(
   } catch (err) {
     const { logger } = reporting.getPluginSetupDeps();
     logger.error(err);
+    throw err;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/jobs_query.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/jobs_query.ts
index e15fa01362e97..afa83ed331672 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/jobs_query.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/jobs_query.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import { ResponseError } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/errors';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { UnwrapPromise } from '@kbn/utility-types';
 import { ElasticsearchClient } from 'src/core/server';
+import { PromiseType } from 'utility-types';
 import { ReportingCore } from '../../';
-import { statuses } from '../../lib/statuses';
 import { ReportApiJSON, ReportSource } from '../../../common/types';
+import { statuses } from '../../lib/statuses';
 import { Report } from '../../lib/store';
 import { ReportingUser } from '../../types';
 
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ export function jobsQueryFactory(reportingCore: ReportingCore): JobsQueryFactory
     return `${config.get('index')}-*`;
   }
 
-  async function execQuery<T extends (client: ElasticsearchClient) => any>(
-    callback: T
-  ): Promise<UnwrapPromise<ReturnType<T>> | undefined> {
+  async function execQuery<
+    T extends (client: ElasticsearchClient) => Promise<PromiseType<ReturnType<T>> | undefined>
+  >(callback: T): Promise<UnwrapPromise<ReturnType<T>> | undefined> {
     try {
       const { asInternalUser: client } = await reportingCore.getEsClient();
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/request_handler.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/request_handler.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d730da4803fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/request_handler.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import { KibanaRequest, KibanaResponseFactory } from 'kibana/server';
+import { coreMock, httpServerMock } from 'src/core/server/mocks';
+import { ReportingCore } from '../..';
+import {
+  createMockConfigSchema,
+  createMockLevelLogger,
+  createMockReportingCore,
+} from '../../test_helpers';
+import { BaseParams, ReportingRequestHandlerContext, ReportingSetup } from '../../types';
+import { RequestHandler } from './request_handler';
+
+jest.mock('../../lib/enqueue_job', () => ({
+  enqueueJob: () => ({
+    _id: 'id-of-this-test-report',
+    toApiJSON: () => JSON.stringify({ id: 'id-of-this-test-report' }),
+  }),
+}));
+
+const getMockContext = () =>
+  (({
+    core: coreMock.createRequestHandlerContext(),
+  } as unknown) as ReportingRequestHandlerContext);
+
+const getMockRequest = () =>
+  ({
+    url: { port: '5601', search: '', pathname: '/foo' },
+    route: { path: '/foo', options: {} },
+  } as KibanaRequest);
+
+const getMockResponseFactory = () =>
+  (({
+    ...httpServerMock.createResponseFactory(),
+    forbidden: (obj: unknown) => obj,
+    unauthorized: (obj: unknown) => obj,
+  } as unknown) as KibanaResponseFactory);
+
+const mockLogger = createMockLevelLogger();
+
+describe('Handle request to generate', () => {
+  let reportingCore: ReportingCore;
+  let mockContext: ReturnType<typeof getMockContext>;
+  let mockRequest: ReturnType<typeof getMockRequest>;
+  let mockResponseFactory: ReturnType<typeof getMockResponseFactory>;
+  let requestHandler: RequestHandler;
+
+  const mockJobParams = {} as BaseParams;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    reportingCore = await createMockReportingCore(createMockConfigSchema({}));
+    mockRequest = getMockRequest();
+
+    mockResponseFactory = getMockResponseFactory();
+    (mockResponseFactory.ok as jest.Mock) = jest.fn((args: unknown) => args);
+    (mockResponseFactory.forbidden as jest.Mock) = jest.fn((args: unknown) => args);
+    (mockResponseFactory.badRequest as jest.Mock) = jest.fn((args: unknown) => args);
+
+    mockContext = getMockContext();
+    mockContext.reporting = {} as ReportingSetup;
+    requestHandler = new RequestHandler(
+      reportingCore,
+      { username: 'testymcgee' },
+      mockContext,
+      mockRequest,
+      mockResponseFactory,
+      mockLogger
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('disallows invalid export type', async () => {
+    expect(await requestHandler.handleGenerateRequest('neanderthals', mockJobParams))
+      .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "body": "Invalid export-type of neanderthals",
+      }
+    `);
+  });
+
+  test('disallows unsupporting license', async () => {
+    (reportingCore.getLicenseInfo as jest.Mock) = jest.fn(() => ({
+      csv: { enableLinks: false, message: `seeing this means the license isn't supported` },
+    }));
+
+    expect(await requestHandler.handleGenerateRequest('csv', mockJobParams)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "body": "seeing this means the license isn't supported",
+      }
+    `);
+  });
+
+  test('generates the download path', async () => {
+    expect(await requestHandler.handleGenerateRequest('csv', mockJobParams)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "body": Object {
+          "job": "{\\"id\\":\\"id-of-this-test-report\\"}",
+          "path": "undefined/api/reporting/jobs/download/id-of-this-test-report",
+        },
+        "headers": Object {
+          "content-type": "application/json",
+        },
+      }
+    `);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/request_handler.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/request_handler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8637000f41d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/lib/request_handler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+import Boom from '@hapi/boom';
+import { KibanaRequest, KibanaResponseFactory } from 'kibana/server';
+import { ReportingCore } from '../..';
+import { API_BASE_URL } from '../../../common/constants';
+import { JobParamsPDFLegacy } from '../../export_types/printable_pdf/types';
+import { LevelLogger } from '../../lib';
+import { enqueueJob } from '../../lib/enqueue_job';
+import { BaseParams, ReportingRequestHandlerContext, ReportingUser } from '../../types';
+
+export const handleUnavailable = (res: KibanaResponseFactory) => {
+  return res.custom({ statusCode: 503, body: 'Not Available' });
+};
+
+const getDownloadBaseUrl = (reporting: ReportingCore) => {
+  const config = reporting.getConfig();
+  return config.kbnConfig.get('server', 'basePath') + `${API_BASE_URL}/jobs/download`;
+};
+
+export class RequestHandler {
+  constructor(
+    private reporting: ReportingCore,
+    private user: ReportingUser,
+    private context: ReportingRequestHandlerContext,
+    private req: KibanaRequest,
+    private res: KibanaResponseFactory,
+    private logger: LevelLogger
+  ) {}
+
+  public async handleGenerateRequest(
+    exportTypeId: string,
+    jobParams: BaseParams | JobParamsPDFLegacy
+  ) {
+    // ensure the async dependencies are loaded
+    if (!this.context.reporting) {
+      return handleUnavailable(this.res);
+    }
+
+    const licenseInfo = await this.reporting.getLicenseInfo();
+    const licenseResults = licenseInfo[exportTypeId];
+
+    if (!licenseResults) {
+      return this.res.badRequest({ body: `Invalid export-type of ${exportTypeId}` });
+    }
+
+    if (!licenseResults.enableLinks) {
+      return this.res.forbidden({ body: licenseResults.message });
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const report = await enqueueJob(
+        this.reporting,
+        this.req,
+        this.context,
+        this.user,
+        exportTypeId,
+        jobParams,
+        this.logger
+      );
+
+      // return task manager's task information and the download URL
+      const downloadBaseUrl = getDownloadBaseUrl(this.reporting);
+
+      return this.res.ok({
+        headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+        body: {
+          path: `${downloadBaseUrl}/${report._id}`,
+          job: report.toApiJSON(),
+        },
+      });
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.error(err);
+      throw err;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * This method does not log the error, as it assumes the error has already
+   * been caught and logged for stack trace context, and then rethrown
+   */
+  public handleError(err: Error | Boom.Boom) {
+    if (err instanceof Boom.Boom) {
+      return this.res.customError({
+        statusCode: err.output.statusCode,
+        body: err.output.payload.message,
+      });
+    }
+
+    // unknown error, can't convert to 4xx
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/management/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/management/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0c31b2b0d6a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/management/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
+ * 2.0.
+ */
+
+export { registerJobInfoRoutes } from './jobs';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/jobs.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/management/jobs.test.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/jobs.test.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/management/jobs.test.ts
index 883970bd45a74..c14976f616c7b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/jobs.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/management/jobs.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-jest.mock('../lib/content_stream', () => ({
+jest.mock('../../lib/content_stream', () => ({
   getContentStream: jest.fn(),
 }));
 
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ import { of } from 'rxjs';
 import { ElasticsearchClient } from 'kibana/server';
 import { setupServer } from 'src/core/server/test_utils';
 import supertest from 'supertest';
-import { ReportingCore } from '..';
-import { ReportingInternalSetup } from '../core';
-import { ContentStream, ExportTypesRegistry, getContentStream } from '../lib';
+import { ReportingCore } from '../..';
+import { ReportingInternalSetup } from '../../core';
+import { ContentStream, ExportTypesRegistry, getContentStream } from '../../lib';
 import {
   createMockConfigSchema,
   createMockPluginSetup,
   createMockReportingCore,
-} from '../test_helpers';
-import { ExportTypeDefinition, ReportingRequestHandlerContext } from '../types';
+} from '../../test_helpers';
+import { ExportTypeDefinition, ReportingRequestHandlerContext } from '../../types';
 import { registerJobInfoRoutes } from './jobs';
 
 type SetupServerReturn = UnwrapPromise<ReturnType<typeof setupServer>>;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/jobs.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/management/jobs.ts
similarity index 91%
rename from x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/jobs.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/management/jobs.ts
index 6086c1b9eb872..99c317453ca0f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/jobs.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/management/jobs.ts
@@ -5,21 +5,18 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import Boom from '@hapi/boom';
-import { ROUTE_TAG_CAN_REDIRECT } from '../../../security/server';
-import { ReportingCore } from '../';
-import { API_BASE_URL } from '../../common/constants';
-import { authorizedUserPreRouting } from './lib/authorized_user_pre_routing';
-import { jobsQueryFactory } from './lib/jobs_query';
-import { deleteJobResponseHandler, downloadJobResponseHandler } from './lib/job_response_handler';
+import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+import { ReportingCore } from '../../';
+import { ROUTE_TAG_CAN_REDIRECT } from '../../../../security/server';
+import { API_BASE_URL } from '../../../common/constants';
+import { authorizedUserPreRouting } from '../lib/authorized_user_pre_routing';
+import { jobsQueryFactory } from '../lib/jobs_query';
+import { deleteJobResponseHandler, downloadJobResponseHandler } from '../lib/job_response_handler';
+import { handleUnavailable } from '../lib/request_handler';
 
 const MAIN_ENTRY = `${API_BASE_URL}/jobs`;
 
-const handleUnavailable = (res: any) => {
-  return res.custom({ statusCode: 503, body: 'Not Available' });
-};
-
 export function registerJobInfoRoutes(reporting: ReportingCore) {
   const setupDeps = reporting.getPluginSetupDeps();
   const { router } = setupDeps;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/types.d.ts b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/types.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 336605e6ff9b9..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/routes/types.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +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
- * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
- * 2.0.
- */
-
-import { KibanaRequest, KibanaResponseFactory } from 'src/core/server';
-import type {
-  BaseParams,
-  BaseParamsLegacyPDF,
-  BasePayload,
-  ReportingRequestHandlerContext,
-  ReportingUser,
-} from '../types';
-
-export type HandlerFunction = (
-  user: ReportingUser,
-  exportType: string,
-  jobParams: BaseParams | BaseParamsLegacyPDF,
-  context: ReportingRequestHandlerContext,
-  req: KibanaRequest,
-  res: KibanaResponseFactory
-) => any;
-
-export type HandlerErrorFunction = (res: KibanaResponseFactory, err: Error) => any;
-
-export interface QueuedJobPayload {
-  error?: boolean;
-  source: {
-    job: {
-      payload: BasePayload;
-    };
-  };
-}