diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/items/embeddable_item/register_embeddable_item.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/items/embeddable_item/register_embeddable_item.tsx
index 77833e80ec199..8507ec8944c7c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/items/embeddable_item/register_embeddable_item.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/items/embeddable_item/register_embeddable_item.tsx
@@ -4,15 +4,11 @@
  * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
  * 2.0.
  */
-import { EuiLoadingSpinner, EuiFlexItem } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { EuiFlexItem } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { ReactEmbeddableRenderer } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import type { GlobalWidgetParameters } from '@kbn/investigate-plugin/public';
-import { useAbortableAsync } from '@kbn/observability-utils-browser/hooks/use_abortable_async';
-import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { v4 } from 'uuid';
-import { ErrorMessage } from '../../components/error_message';
-import { useKibana } from '../../hooks/use_kibana';
+import React, { useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { Options } from '../register_items';
 
 export const EMBEDDABLE_ITEM_TYPE = 'embeddable';
@@ -62,101 +58,6 @@ function ReactEmbeddable({ type, config, timeRange: { from, to }, savedObjectId
   );
 }
 
-function LegacyEmbeddable({ type, config, timeRange: { from, to }, savedObjectId }: Props) {
-  const {
-    dependencies: {
-      start: { embeddable },
-    },
-  } = useKibana();
-
-  const [targetElement, setTargetElement] = useState<HTMLElement | null>(null);
-
-  const embeddableInstanceAsync = useAbortableAsync(async () => {
-    const factory = embeddable.getEmbeddableFactory(type);
-
-    if (!factory) {
-      throw new Error(`Cannot find embeddable factory for ${type}`);
-    }
-
-    const configWithId = {
-      id: savedObjectId ?? v4(),
-      ...config,
-    };
-
-    const configWithOverrides = {
-      ...configWithId,
-      timeRange: {
-        from,
-        to,
-      },
-      overrides: {
-        axisX: { hide: true },
-        axisLeft: { style: { axisTitle: { visible: false } } },
-        settings: { showLegend: false },
-      },
-    };
-
-    if (savedObjectId) {
-      return factory.createFromSavedObject(configWithOverrides.id, configWithOverrides);
-    }
-
-    const instance = await factory.create(configWithOverrides);
-
-    return instance;
-  }, [type, savedObjectId, config, from, to, embeddable]);
-
-  const embeddableInstance = embeddableInstanceAsync.value;
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!targetElement || !embeddableInstance) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    embeddableInstance.render(targetElement);
-
-    return () => {};
-  }, [embeddableInstance, targetElement]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    return () => {
-      if (embeddableInstance) {
-        embeddableInstance.destroy();
-      }
-    };
-  }, [embeddableInstance]);
-
-  if (embeddableInstanceAsync.error) {
-    return <ErrorMessage error={embeddableInstanceAsync.error} />;
-  }
-
-  if (!embeddableInstance) {
-    return <EuiLoadingSpinner />;
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      className={embeddableClassName}
-      ref={(element) => {
-        setTargetElement(element);
-      }}
-    />
-  );
-}
-
-function EmbeddableWidget(props: Props) {
-  const {
-    dependencies: {
-      start: { embeddable },
-    },
-  } = useKibana();
-
-  if (embeddable.reactEmbeddableRegistryHasKey(props.type)) {
-    return <ReactEmbeddable {...props} />;
-  }
-
-  return <LegacyEmbeddable {...props} />;
-}
-
 interface EmbeddableItemParams {
   type: string;
   config: Record<string, any>;
@@ -197,7 +98,7 @@ export function registerEmbeddableItem({
             }
           `}
         >
-          <EmbeddableWidget {...parameters} />
+          <ReactEmbeddable {...parameters} />
         </EuiFlexItem>
       );
     },