diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/add_new_panel/use_get_dashboard_panels.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/add_new_panel/use_get_dashboard_panels.ts
index d074bcb98bd18..4556991816c99 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/add_new_panel/use_get_dashboard_panels.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/add_new_panel/use_get_dashboard_panels.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 import { useCallback, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { AsyncSubject, defer, from, lastValueFrom, map, type Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 
-import type { IconType } from '@elastic/eui';
-import { COMMON_EMBEDDABLE_GROUPING, EmbeddableFactory } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
+import { COMMON_EMBEDDABLE_GROUPING } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import { PresentationContainer } from '@kbn/presentation-containers';
 import { ADD_PANEL_TRIGGER } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public';
 import { VisGroups, type BaseVisType, type VisTypeAlias } from '@kbn/visualizations-plugin/public';
@@ -28,14 +27,6 @@ interface UseGetDashboardPanelsArgs {
   createNewVisType: (visType: BaseVisType | VisTypeAlias) => () => void;
 }
 
-export interface FactoryGroup {
-  id: string;
-  appName: string;
-  icon?: IconType;
-  factories: EmbeddableFactory[];
-  order: number;
-}
-
 const sortGroupPanelsByOrder = <T extends { order: number }>(panelGroups: T[]): T[] => {
   return panelGroups.sort(
     // larger number sorted to the top
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/editor_menu.test.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/editor_menu.test.tsx
index e1bbef897d538..f82ad60929f24 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/editor_menu.test.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/dashboard_app/top_nav/editor_menu.test.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,8 @@ import { buildMockDashboardApi } from '../../mocks';
 import { EditorMenu } from './editor_menu';
 
 import { DashboardContext } from '../../dashboard_api/use_dashboard_api';
-import {
-  embeddableService,
-  uiActionsService,
-  visualizationsService,
-} from '../../services/kibana_services';
+import { uiActionsService, visualizationsService } from '../../services/kibana_services';
 
-jest.spyOn(embeddableService, 'getEmbeddableFactories').mockReturnValue(new Map().values());
 jest.spyOn(uiActionsService, 'getTriggerCompatibleActions').mockResolvedValue([]);
 jest.spyOn(visualizationsService, 'getByGroup').mockReturnValue([]);
 jest.spyOn(visualizationsService, 'getAliases').mockReturnValue([]);
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/kibana_services.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/kibana_services.ts
index e3fde8c37c2a9..f7fe132ff7a38 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/kibana_services.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/kibana_services.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type { ContentManagementPublicStart } from '@kbn/content-management-plugi
 import type { CoreStart } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import type { DataPublicPluginStart } from '@kbn/data-plugin/public';
 import type { DataViewEditorStart } from '@kbn/data-view-editor-plugin/public';
-import type { EmbeddableStart } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public/plugin';
+import type { EmbeddableStart } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import type { FieldFormatsStart } from '@kbn/field-formats-plugin/public/plugin';
 import type { NavigationPublicPluginStart } from '@kbn/navigation-plugin/public';
 import type { NoDataPagePluginStart } from '@kbn/no-data-page-plugin/public';
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/extract.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/extract.ts
index f922ca3322236..5c7964dfed65b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/extract.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/extract.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { extractBaseEmbeddableInput } from './migrate_base_input';
 export const getExtractFunction = (embeddables: CommonEmbeddableStartContract) => {
   return (state: EmbeddableStateWithType) => {
     const enhancements = state.enhancements || {};
-    const factory = embeddables.getEmbeddableFactory(state.type);
+    const factory = embeddables.getEmbeddableFactory?.(state.type);
 
     const baseResponse = extractBaseEmbeddableInput(state);
     let updatedInput = baseResponse.state;
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/inject.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/inject.ts
index 07acdd82d0a74..8435827df2555 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/inject.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/inject.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { injectBaseEmbeddableInput } from './migrate_base_input';
 export const getInjectFunction = (embeddables: CommonEmbeddableStartContract) => {
   return (state: EmbeddableStateWithType, references: SavedObjectReference[]) => {
     const enhancements = state.enhancements || {};
-    const factory = embeddables.getEmbeddableFactory(state.type);
+    const factory = embeddables.getEmbeddableFactory?.(state.type);
 
     let updatedInput = injectBaseEmbeddableInput(state, references);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/migrate.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/migrate.ts
index 37a3678bc412c..cb1c7e3d32c68 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/migrate.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/migrate.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export type MigrateFunction = (state: SerializableRecord, version: string) => Se
 export const getMigrateFunction = (embeddables: CommonEmbeddableStartContract) => {
   const migrateFn: MigrateFunction = (state: SerializableRecord, version: string) => {
     const enhancements = (state.enhancements as SerializableRecord) || {};
-    const factory = embeddables.getEmbeddableFactory(state.type as string);
+    const factory = embeddables.getEmbeddableFactory?.(state.type as string);
 
     let updatedInput = baseEmbeddableMigrations[version]
       ? baseEmbeddableMigrations[version](state)
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/telemetry.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/telemetry.ts
index ea747d210166e..757ad762f350d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/telemetry.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/common/lib/telemetry.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const getTelemetryFunction = (embeddables: CommonEmbeddableStartContract)
     telemetryData: Record<string, string | number | boolean> = {}
   ) => {
     const enhancements = state.enhancements || {};
-    const factory = embeddables.getEmbeddableFactory(state.type);
+    const factory = embeddables.getEmbeddableFactory?.(state.type);
 
     let outputTelemetryData = telemetryBaseEmbeddableInput(state, telemetryData);
     if (factory) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/common/types.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/common/types.ts
index 951ecd9026ded..85bf9b59bfbe6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/common/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/common/types.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export interface EmbeddableRegistryDefinition<
 export type EmbeddablePersistableStateService = PersistableStateService<EmbeddableStateWithType>;
 
 export interface CommonEmbeddableStartContract {
-  getEmbeddableFactory: (
+  getEmbeddableFactory?: (
     embeddableFactoryId: string
   ) => PersistableState & { isContainerType: boolean };
   getEnhancement: (enhancementId: string) => PersistableState;
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/__snapshots__/plugin.test.ts.snap b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/__snapshots__/plugin.test.ts.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ef25188283e5..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/__snapshots__/plugin.test.ts.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
-
-exports[`embeddable factory migrateToLatest returns list of all migrations 1`] = `
-Object {
-  "7.11.0": [Function],
-  "7.12.0": [Function],
-}
-`;
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/add_from_library/add_from_library_flyout.tsx b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/add_from_library/add_from_library_flyout.tsx
index 3f68e5c2c08ab..eed7226a029ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/add_from_library/add_from_library_flyout.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/add_from_library/add_from_library_flyout.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import {
   contentManagement,
   usageCollection,
 } from '../kibana_services';
-import { EmbeddableFactoryNotFoundError } from '../lib';
 import { getAddFromLibraryType, useAddFromLibraryTypes } from './registry';
 
 const runAddTelemetry = (
@@ -61,7 +60,12 @@ export const AddFromLibraryFlyout = ({
     ) => {
       const libraryType = getAddFromLibraryType(type);
       if (!libraryType) {
-        core.notifications.toasts.addWarning(new EmbeddableFactoryNotFoundError(type).message);
+        core.notifications.toasts.addWarning(
+          i18n.translate('embeddableApi.addPanel.typeNotFound', {
+            defaultMessage: 'Unable to load type: {type}',
+            values: { type },
+          })
+        );
         return;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/enhancements/registry.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/enhancements/registry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8fbd155e5c57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/enhancements/registry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * 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", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+import { identity } from 'lodash';
+import { SerializableRecord } from '@kbn/utility-types';
+import { EnhancementRegistryDefinition, EnhancementRegistryItem } from './types';
+
+export class EnhancementsRegistry {
+  private registry: Map<string, EnhancementRegistryItem> = new Map();
+
+  public registerEnhancement = (enhancement: EnhancementRegistryDefinition) => {
+    if (this.registry.has(enhancement.id)) {
+      throw new Error(`enhancement with id ${enhancement.id} already exists in the registry`);
+    }
+    this.registry.set(enhancement.id, {
+      id: enhancement.id,
+      telemetry: enhancement.telemetry || ((state, stats) => stats),
+      inject: enhancement.inject || identity,
+      extract:
+        enhancement.extract ||
+        ((state: SerializableRecord) => {
+          return { state, references: [] };
+        }),
+      migrations: enhancement.migrations || {},
+    });
+  };
+
+  public getEnhancements = (): EnhancementRegistryItem[] => {
+    return Array.from(this.registry.values());
+  };
+
+  public getEnhancement = (id: string): EnhancementRegistryItem => {
+    return (
+      this.registry.get(id) || {
+        id: 'unknown',
+        telemetry: (state, stats) => stats,
+        inject: identity,
+        extract: (state: SerializableRecord) => {
+          return { state, references: [] };
+        },
+        migrations: {},
+      }
+    );
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/enhancements/types.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/enhancements/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..289772bef9cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/enhancements/types.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
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+import type { SerializableRecord } from '@kbn/utility-types';
+import { PersistableState, PersistableStateDefinition } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common';
+
+export interface EnhancementRegistryDefinition<P extends SerializableRecord = SerializableRecord>
+  extends PersistableStateDefinition<P> {
+  id: string;
+}
+
+export interface EnhancementRegistryItem<P extends SerializableRecord = SerializableRecord>
+  extends PersistableState<P> {
+  id: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/index.ts
index 2cc322940a77b..4ec1c43df2dbb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/index.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@ export {
   CELL_VALUE_TRIGGER,
   contextMenuTrigger,
   CONTEXT_MENU_TRIGGER,
-  defaultEmbeddableFactoryProvider,
   Embeddable,
-  EmbeddableFactoryNotFoundError,
   EmbeddableStateTransfer,
   ErrorEmbeddable,
   isContextMenuTriggerContext,
-  isExplicitInputWithAttributes,
   isMultiValueClickTriggerContext,
   isRangeSelectTriggerContext,
   isRowClickTriggerContext,
@@ -37,7 +34,6 @@ export {
   PANEL_BADGE_TRIGGER,
   PANEL_HOVER_TRIGGER,
   PANEL_NOTIFICATION_TRIGGER,
-  runEmbeddableFactoryMigrations,
   SELECT_RANGE_TRIGGER,
   VALUE_CLICK_TRIGGER,
   ViewMode,
@@ -47,26 +43,17 @@ export type {
   ChartActionContext,
   EmbeddableContext,
   EmbeddableEditorState,
-  EmbeddableFactory,
-  EmbeddableFactoryDefinition,
   EmbeddableInput,
-  EmbeddableInstanceConfiguration,
   EmbeddableOutput,
   EmbeddablePackageState,
   IEmbeddable,
   MultiValueClickContext,
-  OutputSpec,
   PropertySpec,
   RangeSelectContext,
   ValueClickContext,
 } from './lib';
-export type {
-  EmbeddableSetup,
-  EmbeddableSetupDependencies,
-  EmbeddableStart,
-  EmbeddableStartDependencies,
-} from './plugin';
-export type { EnhancementRegistryDefinition } from './types';
+export type { EmbeddableSetup, EmbeddableStart } from './types';
+export type { EnhancementRegistryDefinition } from './enhancements/types';
 
 export {
   ReactEmbeddableRenderer,
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/kibana_services.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/kibana_services.ts
index c7fe839c1dd0e..51dc61599d7a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/kibana_services.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/kibana_services.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { CoreStart } from '@kbn/core/public';
 
-import { EmbeddableStart, EmbeddableStartDependencies } from '.';
+import { EmbeddableStart, EmbeddableStartDependencies } from './types';
 
 export let core: CoreStart;
 export let embeddableStart: EmbeddableStart;
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/default_embeddable_factory_provider.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/default_embeddable_factory_provider.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 13baf96962a3a..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/default_embeddable_factory_provider.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +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", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
- * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
- * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
- * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
- */
-
-import { SavedObjectAttributes } from '@kbn/core/public';
-import type { FinderAttributes } from '@kbn/saved-objects-finder-plugin/common';
-import { EmbeddableFactory } from './embeddable_factory';
-import { EmbeddableStateWithType } from '../../../common/types';
-import { EmbeddableFactoryDefinition } from './embeddable_factory_definition';
-import { EmbeddableInput, EmbeddableOutput, IEmbeddable } from './i_embeddable';
-import { runEmbeddableFactoryMigrations } from '../factory_migrations/run_factory_migrations';
-
-export const defaultEmbeddableFactoryProvider = <
-  I extends EmbeddableInput = EmbeddableInput,
-  O extends EmbeddableOutput = EmbeddableOutput,
-  E extends IEmbeddable<I, O> = IEmbeddable<I, O>,
-  T extends FinderAttributes = SavedObjectAttributes
->(
-  def: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition<I, O, E, T>
-): EmbeddableFactory<I, O, E, T> => {
-  if (def.migrations && !def.latestVersion) {
-    throw new Error(
-      'To run clientside Embeddable migrations a latest version key is required on the factory'
-    );
-  }
-
-  const factory: EmbeddableFactory<I, O, E, T> = {
-    ...def,
-    latestVersion: def.latestVersion,
-    isContainerType: def.isContainerType ?? false,
-    canCreateNew: def.canCreateNew ? def.canCreateNew.bind(def) : () => true,
-    getDefaultInput: def.getDefaultInput ? def.getDefaultInput.bind(def) : () => ({}),
-    getExplicitInput: def.getExplicitInput
-      ? def.getExplicitInput.bind(def)
-      : () => Promise.resolve({}),
-    createFromSavedObject: def.createFromSavedObject
-      ? def.createFromSavedObject.bind(def)
-      : (savedObjectId: string, input: Partial<I>, parent?: unknown) => {
-          throw new Error(`Creation from saved object not supported by type ${def.type}`);
-        },
-    create: (...args) => {
-      const [initialInput, ...otherArgs] = args;
-      const { input } = runEmbeddableFactoryMigrations(initialInput, def);
-      const createdEmbeddable = def.create.bind(def)(input as I, ...otherArgs);
-      return createdEmbeddable;
-    },
-    type: def.type,
-    isEditable: def.isEditable.bind(def),
-    getDisplayName: def.getDisplayName.bind(def),
-    getDescription: def.getDescription ? def.getDescription.bind(def) : () => '',
-    getIconType: def.getIconType ? def.getIconType.bind(def) : () => 'empty',
-    savedObjectMetaData: def.savedObjectMetaData,
-    telemetry: def.telemetry || ((state, stats) => stats),
-    inject: def.inject || ((state: EmbeddableStateWithType) => state),
-    extract: def.extract || ((state: EmbeddableStateWithType) => ({ state, references: [] })),
-    migrations: def.migrations || {},
-    grouping: def.grouping,
-  };
-  return factory;
-};
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/embeddable_factory.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/embeddable_factory.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e363af639e252..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/embeddable_factory.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,153 +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", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
- * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
- * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
- * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
- */
-
-import type { SavedObjectMetaData } from '@kbn/saved-objects-finder-plugin/public';
-import { PersistableState } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common';
-import type { FinderAttributes } from '@kbn/saved-objects-finder-plugin/common';
-import { UiActionsPresentableGrouping } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public';
-import { EmbeddableInput, EmbeddableOutput, IEmbeddable } from './i_embeddable';
-import { ErrorEmbeddable } from './error_embeddable';
-import { PropertySpec } from '../types';
-import { EmbeddableStateWithType } from '../../../common/types';
-
-export interface EmbeddableInstanceConfiguration {
-  id: string;
-  savedObjectId?: string;
-}
-
-export interface OutputSpec {
-  [key: string]: PropertySpec;
-}
-
-export interface ExplicitInputWithAttributes {
-  newInput: Partial<EmbeddableInput>;
-  attributes?: unknown;
-}
-
-export const isExplicitInputWithAttributes = (
-  value: ExplicitInputWithAttributes | Partial<EmbeddableInput>
-): value is ExplicitInputWithAttributes => {
-  return Boolean((value as ExplicitInputWithAttributes).newInput);
-};
-
-/**
- * EmbeddableFactories create and initialize an embeddable instance
- */
-export interface EmbeddableFactory<
-  TEmbeddableInput extends EmbeddableInput = EmbeddableInput,
-  TEmbeddableOutput extends EmbeddableOutput = EmbeddableOutput,
-  TEmbeddable extends IEmbeddable<TEmbeddableInput, TEmbeddableOutput> = IEmbeddable<
-    TEmbeddableInput,
-    TEmbeddableOutput
-  >,
-  TSavedObjectAttributes extends FinderAttributes = FinderAttributes
-> extends PersistableState<EmbeddableStateWithType> {
-  /**
-   * The version of this Embeddable factory. This will be used in the client side migration system
-   * to ensure that input from any source is compatible with the latest version of this embeddable.
-   * If the latest version is not defined, all clientside migrations will be skipped. If migrations
-   * are added to this factory but a latestVersion is not set, an error will be thrown on server start
-   */
-  readonly latestVersion?: string;
-
-  // A unique identified for this factory, which will be used to map an embeddable spec to
-  // a factory that can generate an instance of it.
-  readonly type: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Returns whether the current user should be allowed to edit this type of
-   * embeddable. Most of the time this should be based off the capabilities service, hence it's async.
-   */
-  readonly isEditable: () => Promise<boolean>;
-
-  readonly savedObjectMetaData?: SavedObjectMetaData<TSavedObjectAttributes>;
-
-  /**
-   * Indicates the grouping this factory should appear in a sub-menu. Example, this is used for grouping
-   * options in the editors menu in Dashboard for creating new embeddables
-   */
-  readonly grouping?: UiActionsPresentableGrouping;
-
-  /**
-   * True if is this factory create embeddables that are Containers. Used in the add panel to
-   * conditionally show whether these can be added to another container. It's just not
-   * supported right now, but once nested containers are officially supported we can probably get
-   * rid of this interface.
-   */
-  readonly isContainerType: boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Returns a display name for this type of embeddable. Used in "Create new... " options
-   * in the add panel for containers.
-   */
-  getDisplayName(): string;
-
-  /**
-   * Returns an EUI Icon type to be displayed in a menu.
-   */
-  getIconType(): string;
-
-  /**
-   * Returns a description about the embeddable.
-   */
-  getDescription(): string;
-
-  /**
-   * If false, this type of embeddable can't be created with the "createNew" functionality. Instead,
-   * use createFromSavedObject, where an existing saved object must first exist.
-   */
-  canCreateNew(): boolean;
-
-  /**
-   * Can be used to get the default input, to be passed in to during the creation process. Default
-   * input will not be stored in a parent container, so all inherited input from a container will trump
-   * default input parameters.
-   * @param partial
-   */
-  getDefaultInput(partial: Partial<TEmbeddableInput>): Partial<TEmbeddableInput>;
-
-  /**
-   * Can be used to request explicit input from the user, to be passed in to `EmbeddableFactory:create`.
-   * Explicit input is stored on the parent container for this embeddable. It overrides all inherited
-   * input passed down from the parent container.
-   *
-   * Can be used to edit an embeddable by re-requesting explicit input. Initial input can be provided to allow the editor to show the current state.
-   *
-   * If saved object information is needed for creation use-cases, getExplicitInput can also return an unknown typed attributes object which will be passed
-   * into the container's addNewEmbeddable function.
-   */
-  getExplicitInput(
-    initialInput?: Partial<TEmbeddableInput>,
-    parent?: unknown
-  ): Promise<Partial<TEmbeddableInput> | ExplicitInputWithAttributes>;
-
-  /**
-   * Creates a new embeddable instance based off the saved object id.
-   * @param savedObjectId
-   * @param input - some input may come from a parent, or user, if it's not stored with the saved object. For example, the time
-   * range of the parent container.
-   * @param parent
-   */
-  createFromSavedObject(
-    savedObjectId: string,
-    input: Partial<TEmbeddableInput>,
-    parent?: unknown
-  ): Promise<TEmbeddable | ErrorEmbeddable>;
-
-  /**
-   * Creates an Embeddable instance, running the inital input through all registered migrations. Resolves to undefined if a new Embeddable
-   * cannot be directly created and the user will instead be redirected elsewhere.
-   */
-  create(
-    initialInput: TEmbeddableInput,
-    parent?: unknown
-  ): Promise<TEmbeddable | ErrorEmbeddable | undefined>;
-
-  order?: number;
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/embeddable_factory_definition.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/embeddable_factory_definition.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e718bd4de9288..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/embeddable_factory_definition.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +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", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
- * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
- * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
- * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
- */
-
-import type { FinderAttributes } from '@kbn/saved-objects-finder-plugin/common';
-import { IEmbeddable } from './i_embeddable';
-import { EmbeddableFactory } from './embeddable_factory';
-import { EmbeddableInput, EmbeddableOutput } from '..';
-
-export type EmbeddableFactoryDefinition<
-  I extends EmbeddableInput = EmbeddableInput,
-  O extends EmbeddableOutput = EmbeddableOutput,
-  E extends IEmbeddable<I, O> = IEmbeddable<I, O>,
-  T extends FinderAttributes = FinderAttributes
-> =
-  // Required parameters
-  Pick<
-    EmbeddableFactory<I, O, E, T>,
-    'create' | 'type' | 'latestVersion' | 'isEditable' | 'getDisplayName'
-  > &
-    // Optional parameters
-    Partial<
-      Pick<
-        EmbeddableFactory<I, O, E, T>,
-        | 'createFromSavedObject'
-        | 'isContainerType'
-        | 'getExplicitInput'
-        | 'savedObjectMetaData'
-        | 'canCreateNew'
-        | 'getDefaultInput'
-        | 'telemetry'
-        | 'extract'
-        | 'inject'
-        | 'migrations'
-        | 'grouping'
-        | 'getIconType'
-        | 'getDescription'
-      >
-    >;
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/index.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/index.ts
index 16b4fb7413769..029a653a9f1c6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/index.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 export * from '../../../common/lib/saved_object_embeddable';
-export * from './default_embeddable_factory_provider';
 export { Embeddable } from './embeddable';
 export { EmbeddableErrorHandler } from './embeddable_error_handler';
-export * from './embeddable_factory';
-export * from './embeddable_factory_definition';
 export { ErrorEmbeddable } from './error_embeddable';
 export type { EmbeddableInput, EmbeddableOutput, IEmbeddable } from './i_embeddable';
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/errors.test.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/errors.test.ts
index 48c38b25c2621..ebac7371acd51 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/errors.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/errors.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 import { IncompatibleActionError } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public';
-import { PanelNotFoundError, EmbeddableFactoryNotFoundError } from './errors';
+import { PanelNotFoundError } from './errors';
 
 describe('IncompatibleActionError', () => {
   test('is instance of error', () => {
@@ -33,15 +33,3 @@ describe('PanelNotFoundError', () => {
     expect(error.code).toBe('PANEL_NOT_FOUND');
   });
 });
-
-describe('EmbeddableFactoryNotFoundError', () => {
-  test('is instance of error', () => {
-    const error = new EmbeddableFactoryNotFoundError('type1');
-    expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
-  });
-
-  test('has EMBEDDABLE_FACTORY_NOT_FOUND code', () => {
-    const error = new EmbeddableFactoryNotFoundError('type1');
-    expect(error.code).toBe('EMBEDDABLE_FACTORY_NOT_FOUND');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/errors.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/errors.ts
index 0ee0cbc2868bb..79f61f7fbe471 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/errors.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/errors.ts
@@ -33,18 +33,3 @@ export class PanelIncompatibleError extends Error {
     );
   }
 }
-
-export class EmbeddableFactoryNotFoundError extends Error {
-  code = 'EMBEDDABLE_FACTORY_NOT_FOUND';
-
-  constructor(type: string) {
-    super(
-      i18n.translate('embeddableApi.errors.embeddableFactoryNotFound', {
-        defaultMessage: `{type} can't be loaded. Please upgrade to the default distribution of Elasticsearch and Kibana with the appropriate license.`,
-        values: {
-          type,
-        },
-      })
-    );
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/factory_migrations/run_factory_migrations.test.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/factory_migrations/run_factory_migrations.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index aa94bc1695284..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/factory_migrations/run_factory_migrations.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +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", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
- * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
- * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
- * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
- */
-
-import { EmbeddableInput } from '../embeddables';
-import { runEmbeddableFactoryMigrations } from './run_factory_migrations';
-
-describe('Run embeddable factory migrations', () => {
-  interface TestInputTypeVersion009 extends EmbeddableInput {
-    version: '0.0.9';
-    keyThatAlwaysExists: string;
-    keyThatGetsRemoved: string;
-  }
-  interface TestInputTypeVersion100 extends EmbeddableInput {
-    version: '1.0.0';
-    id: string;
-    keyThatAlwaysExists: string;
-    keyThatGetsAdded: string;
-  }
-
-  const migrations = {
-    '1.0.0': (input: TestInputTypeVersion009): TestInputTypeVersion100 => {
-      const newInput: TestInputTypeVersion100 = {
-        id: input.id,
-        version: '1.0.0',
-        keyThatAlwaysExists: input.keyThatAlwaysExists,
-        keyThatGetsAdded: 'I just got born',
-      };
-      return newInput;
-    },
-  };
-
-  it('should return the initial input and migrationRun=false if the current version is the latest', () => {
-    const initialInput: TestInputTypeVersion100 = {
-      id: 'superId',
-      version: '1.0.0',
-      keyThatAlwaysExists: 'Inside Problems',
-      keyThatGetsAdded: 'Oh my - I just got born',
-    };
-
-    const factory = {
-      latestVersion: '1.0.0',
-      migrations,
-    };
-
-    const result = runEmbeddableFactoryMigrations<TestInputTypeVersion100>(initialInput, factory);
-
-    expect(result.input).toBe(initialInput);
-    expect(result.migrationRun).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('should return migrated input and migrationRun=true if version does not match latestVersion', () => {
-    const initialInput: TestInputTypeVersion009 = {
-      id: 'superId',
-      version: '0.0.9',
-      keyThatAlwaysExists: 'Inside Problems',
-      keyThatGetsRemoved: 'juvenile plumage',
-    };
-
-    const factory = {
-      latestVersion: '1.0.0',
-      migrations,
-    };
-
-    const result = runEmbeddableFactoryMigrations<TestInputTypeVersion100>(initialInput, factory);
-
-    expect(result.migrationRun).toBe(true);
-    expect(result.input.version).toBe('1.0.0');
-    expect((result.input as unknown as TestInputTypeVersion009).keyThatGetsRemoved).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(result.input.keyThatGetsAdded).toEqual('I just got born');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/factory_migrations/run_factory_migrations.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/factory_migrations/run_factory_migrations.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 45350dec95306..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/factory_migrations/run_factory_migrations.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +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", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
- * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
- * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
- * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
- */
-
-import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
-import compare from 'semver/functions/compare';
-
-import { migrateToLatest } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common';
-import { EmbeddableFactory, EmbeddableInput } from '../embeddables';
-
-/**
- * A helper function that migrates an Embeddable Input to its latest version. Note that this function
- * only runs the embeddable factory's migrations.
- */
-export const runEmbeddableFactoryMigrations = <ToType extends EmbeddableInput>(
-  initialInput: { version?: string },
-  factory: { migrations?: EmbeddableFactory['migrations']; latestVersion?: string }
-): { input: ToType; migrationRun: boolean } => {
-  if (!factory.latestVersion) {
-    return { input: initialInput as unknown as ToType, migrationRun: false };
-  }
-
-  // any embeddable with no version set is considered to require all clientside migrations so we default to 0.0.0
-  const inputVersion = initialInput.version ?? '0.0.0';
-  const migrationRun = compare(inputVersion, factory.latestVersion, true) !== 0;
-
-  // return early to avoid extra operations when there are no migrations to run.
-  if (!migrationRun) return { input: initialInput as unknown as ToType, migrationRun };
-
-  const factoryMigrations =
-    typeof factory?.migrations === 'function' ? factory?.migrations() : factory?.migrations || {};
-  const migratedInput = migrateToLatest(
-    factoryMigrations ?? {},
-    {
-      state: cloneDeep(initialInput),
-      version: inputVersion,
-    },
-    true
-  );
-  migratedInput.version = factory.latestVersion;
-  return { input: migratedInput as ToType, migrationRun };
-};
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/index.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/index.ts
index 642af73713dc4..60f8a3638816d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/index.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ export * from './embeddables';
 export * from './types';
 export * from './triggers';
 export * from './state_transfer';
-export * from './factory_migrations/run_factory_migrations';
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/mocks.tsx b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/mocks.tsx
index 2208abd97e5d6..4adab25eea345 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/mocks.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/mocks.tsx
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ import { savedObjectsManagementPluginMock } from '@kbn/saved-objects-management-
 import { SavedObjectsTaggingApi } from '@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-oss-plugin/public';
 import { uiActionsPluginMock } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public/mocks';
 
+import { EmbeddableStateTransfer } from '.';
+import { setKibanaServices } from './kibana_services';
+import { EmbeddablePublicPlugin } from './plugin';
+import { registerReactEmbeddableFactory } from './react_embeddable_system';
+import { registerAddFromLibraryType } from './add_from_library/registry';
 import {
   EmbeddableSetup,
   EmbeddableSetupDependencies,
   EmbeddableStart,
   EmbeddableStartDependencies,
-  EmbeddableStateTransfer,
-} from '.';
-import { setKibanaServices } from './kibana_services';
-import { EmbeddablePublicPlugin } from './plugin';
-import { registerReactEmbeddableFactory } from './react_embeddable_system';
-import { registerAddFromLibraryType } from './add_from_library/registry';
+} from './types';
 
 export type Setup = jest.Mocked<EmbeddableSetup>;
 export type Start = jest.Mocked<EmbeddableStart>;
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ const createSetupContract = (): Setup => {
   const setupContract: Setup = {
     registerAddFromLibraryType: jest.fn().mockImplementation(registerAddFromLibraryType),
     registerReactEmbeddableFactory: jest.fn().mockImplementation(registerReactEmbeddableFactory),
-    registerEmbeddableFactory: jest.fn(),
     registerEnhancement: jest.fn(),
   };
   return setupContract;
@@ -56,8 +55,6 @@ const createSetupContract = (): Setup => {
 
 const createStartContract = (): Start => {
   const startContract: Start = {
-    getEmbeddableFactories: jest.fn(),
-    getEmbeddableFactory: jest.fn(),
     telemetry: jest.fn(),
     extract: jest.fn(),
     inject: jest.fn(),
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/plugin.test.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/plugin.test.ts
index 00a19f8e9f561..0b15d4afd034b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/plugin.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/plugin.test.ts
@@ -10,104 +10,6 @@
 import { coreMock } from '@kbn/core/public/mocks';
 import { testPlugin } from './tests/test_plugin';
 
-describe('embeddable factory', () => {
-  const coreSetup = coreMock.createSetup();
-  const coreStart = coreMock.createStart();
-  const { setup, doStart } = testPlugin(coreSetup, coreStart);
-  const start = doStart();
-  const embeddableFactoryId = 'ID';
-  const embeddableFactory = {
-    type: embeddableFactoryId,
-    create: jest.fn(),
-    getDisplayName: () => 'Test',
-    isEditable: () => Promise.resolve(true),
-    extract: jest.fn().mockImplementation((state) => ({ state, references: [] })),
-    inject: jest.fn().mockImplementation((state) => state),
-    telemetry: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
-    latestVersion: '7.11.0',
-    migrations: { '7.11.0': jest.fn().mockImplementation((state) => state) },
-  } as any;
-  const embeddableState = {
-    id: embeddableFactoryId,
-    type: embeddableFactoryId,
-    my: 'state',
-  } as any;
-
-  const containerEmbeddableFactoryId = 'CONTAINER';
-  const containerEmbeddableFactory = {
-    type: containerEmbeddableFactoryId,
-    latestVersion: '1.0.0',
-    create: jest.fn(),
-    getDisplayName: () => 'Container',
-    isContainer: true,
-    isEditable: () => Promise.resolve(true),
-    extract: jest.fn().mockImplementation((state) => ({ state, references: [] })),
-    inject: jest.fn().mockImplementation((state) => state),
-    telemetry: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
-    migrations: { '7.12.0': jest.fn().mockImplementation((state) => state) },
-  };
-
-  const containerState = {
-    id: containerEmbeddableFactoryId,
-    type: containerEmbeddableFactoryId,
-    some: 'state',
-    panels: [
-      {
-        ...embeddableState,
-      },
-    ],
-  } as any;
-
-  setup.registerEmbeddableFactory(embeddableFactoryId, embeddableFactory);
-  setup.registerEmbeddableFactory(containerEmbeddableFactoryId, containerEmbeddableFactory);
-
-  test('cannot register embeddable factory with the same ID', async () => {
-    expect(() =>
-      setup.registerEmbeddableFactory(embeddableFactoryId, embeddableFactory)
-    ).toThrowError(
-      'Embeddable factory [embeddableFactoryId = ID] already registered in Embeddables API.'
-    );
-  });
-
-  test('embeddableFactory extract function gets called when calling embeddable extract', () => {
-    start.extract(embeddableState);
-    expect(embeddableFactory.extract).toBeCalledWith(embeddableState);
-  });
-
-  test('embeddableFactory inject function gets called when calling embeddable inject', () => {
-    start.inject(embeddableState, []);
-    expect(embeddableFactory.extract).toBeCalledWith(embeddableState);
-  });
-
-  test('embeddableFactory telemetry function gets called when calling embeddable telemetry', () => {
-    start.telemetry(embeddableState, {});
-    expect(embeddableFactory.telemetry).toBeCalledWith(embeddableState, {});
-  });
-
-  test('embeddableFactory migrate function gets called when calling embeddable migrate', () => {
-    start.getAllMigrations!()['7.11.0']!(embeddableState);
-    expect(embeddableFactory.migrations['7.11.0']).toBeCalledWith(embeddableState);
-  });
-
-  test('panels inside container get automatically migrated when migrating conta1iner', () => {
-    start.getAllMigrations!()['7.11.0']!(containerState);
-    expect(embeddableFactory.migrations['7.11.0']).toBeCalledWith(embeddableState);
-  });
-
-  test('migrateToLatest returns list of all migrations', () => {
-    const migrations = start.getAllMigrations();
-    expect(migrations).toMatchSnapshot();
-  });
-
-  test('migrateToLatest calls correct migrate functions', () => {
-    start.migrateToLatest!({
-      state: embeddableState,
-      version: '7.11.0',
-    });
-    expect(embeddableFactory.migrations['7.11.0']).toBeCalledWith(embeddableState);
-  });
-});
-
 describe('embeddable enhancements', () => {
   const coreSetup = coreMock.createSetup();
   const coreStart = coreMock.createStart();
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/plugin.tsx b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/plugin.tsx
index ef339e5bacc2c..84ea1676dd018 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
-import { identity } from 'lodash';
-import type { SerializableRecord } from '@kbn/utility-types';
-import { UiActionsSetup, UiActionsStart } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public';
-import { Start as InspectorStart } from '@kbn/inspector-plugin/public';
 import {
   PluginInitializerContext,
   CoreSetup,
@@ -20,26 +16,8 @@ import {
   PublicAppInfo,
 } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import { Storage } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/public';
-import { UsageCollectionStart } from '@kbn/usage-collection-plugin/public';
-import { migrateToLatest, PersistableStateService } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common';
-import { SavedObjectsManagementPluginStart } from '@kbn/saved-objects-management-plugin/public';
-import type { ContentManagementPublicStart } from '@kbn/content-management-plugin/public';
-import type { SavedObjectTaggingOssPluginStart } from '@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-oss-plugin/public';
-import {
-  EmbeddableFactoryRegistry,
-  EnhancementsRegistry,
-  EnhancementRegistryDefinition,
-  EnhancementRegistryItem,
-} from './types';
+import { migrateToLatest } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common';
 import { bootstrap } from './bootstrap';
-import {
-  EmbeddableFactory,
-  EmbeddableInput,
-  EmbeddableOutput,
-  defaultEmbeddableFactoryProvider,
-  IEmbeddable,
-} from './lib';
-import { EmbeddableFactoryDefinition } from './lib/embeddables/embeddable_factory_definition';
 import { EmbeddableStateTransfer } from './lib/state_transfer';
 import { EmbeddableStateWithType, CommonEmbeddableStartContract } from '../common/types';
 import {
@@ -52,90 +30,19 @@ import { getAllMigrations } from '../common/lib/get_all_migrations';
 import { setKibanaServices } from './kibana_services';
 import { registerReactEmbeddableFactory } from './react_embeddable_system';
 import { registerAddFromLibraryType } from './add_from_library/registry';
+import { EnhancementsRegistry } from './enhancements/registry';
+import {
+  EmbeddableSetup,
+  EmbeddableSetupDependencies,
+  EmbeddableStart,
+  EmbeddableStartDependencies,
+} from './types';
 
-export interface EmbeddableSetupDependencies {
-  uiActions: UiActionsSetup;
-}
-
-export interface EmbeddableStartDependencies {
-  uiActions: UiActionsStart;
-  inspector: InspectorStart;
-  usageCollection: UsageCollectionStart;
-  contentManagement: ContentManagementPublicStart;
-  savedObjectsManagement: SavedObjectsManagementPluginStart;
-  savedObjectsTaggingOss?: SavedObjectTaggingOssPluginStart;
-}
-
-export interface EmbeddableSetup {
-  /**
-   * Register a saved object type with the "Add from library" flyout.
-   *
-   * @example
-   *  registerAddFromLibraryType({
-   *    onAdd: (container, savedObject) => {
-   *      container.addNewPanel({
-   *        panelType: CONTENT_ID,
-   *        initialState: savedObject.attributes,
-   *      });
-   *    },
-   *    savedObjectType: MAP_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-   *    savedObjectName: i18n.translate('xpack.maps.mapSavedObjectLabel', {
-   *      defaultMessage: 'Map',
-   *    }),
-   *    getIconForSavedObject: () => APP_ICON,
-   *  });
-   */
-  registerAddFromLibraryType: typeof registerAddFromLibraryType;
-
-  /**
-   * Registers an async {@link ReactEmbeddableFactory} getter.
-   */
-  registerReactEmbeddableFactory: typeof registerReactEmbeddableFactory;
-
-  /**
-   * @deprecated use {@link registerReactEmbeddableFactory} instead.
-   */
-  registerEmbeddableFactory: <
-    I extends EmbeddableInput,
-    O extends EmbeddableOutput,
-    E extends IEmbeddable<I, O> = IEmbeddable<I, O>
-  >(
-    id: string,
-    factory: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition<I, O, E>
-  ) => () => EmbeddableFactory<I, O, E>;
-  /**
-   * @deprecated
-   */
-  registerEnhancement: (enhancement: EnhancementRegistryDefinition) => void;
-}
-
-export interface EmbeddableStart extends PersistableStateService<EmbeddableStateWithType> {
-  /**
-   * @deprecated use {@link registerReactEmbeddableFactory} instead.
-   */
-  getEmbeddableFactory: <
-    I extends EmbeddableInput = EmbeddableInput,
-    O extends EmbeddableOutput = EmbeddableOutput,
-    E extends IEmbeddable<I, O> = IEmbeddable<I, O>
-  >(
-    embeddableFactoryId: string
-  ) => EmbeddableFactory<I, O, E> | undefined;
-
-  /**
-   * @deprecated
-   */
-  getEmbeddableFactories: () => IterableIterator<EmbeddableFactory>;
-  getStateTransfer: (storage?: Storage) => EmbeddableStateTransfer;
-}
 export class EmbeddablePublicPlugin implements Plugin<EmbeddableSetup, EmbeddableStart> {
-  private readonly embeddableFactoryDefinitions: Map<string, EmbeddableFactoryDefinition> =
-    new Map();
-  private readonly embeddableFactories: EmbeddableFactoryRegistry = new Map();
-  private readonly enhancements: EnhancementsRegistry = new Map();
   private stateTransferService: EmbeddableStateTransfer = {} as EmbeddableStateTransfer;
-  private isRegistryReady = false;
   private appList?: ReadonlyMap<string, PublicAppInfo>;
   private appListSubscription?: Subscription;
+  private enhancementsRegistry = new EnhancementsRegistry();
 
   constructor(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {}
 
@@ -145,17 +52,11 @@ export class EmbeddablePublicPlugin implements Plugin<EmbeddableSetup, Embeddabl
     return {
       registerReactEmbeddableFactory,
       registerAddFromLibraryType,
-
-      registerEmbeddableFactory: this.registerEmbeddableFactory,
-      registerEnhancement: this.registerEnhancement,
+      registerEnhancement: this.enhancementsRegistry.registerEnhancement,
     };
   }
 
   public start(core: CoreStart, deps: EmbeddableStartDependencies): EmbeddableStart {
-    this.embeddableFactoryDefinitions.forEach((def) => {
-      this.embeddableFactories.set(def.type, defaultEmbeddableFactoryProvider(def));
-    });
-
     this.appListSubscription = core.application.applications$.subscribe((appList) => {
       this.appList = appList;
     });
@@ -165,24 +66,19 @@ export class EmbeddablePublicPlugin implements Plugin<EmbeddableSetup, Embeddabl
       core.application.currentAppId$,
       this.appList
     );
-    this.isRegistryReady = true;
 
     const commonContract: CommonEmbeddableStartContract = {
-      getEmbeddableFactory: this
-        .getEmbeddableFactory as unknown as CommonEmbeddableStartContract['getEmbeddableFactory'],
-      getEnhancement: this.getEnhancement,
+      getEnhancement: this.enhancementsRegistry.getEnhancement,
     };
 
     const getAllMigrationsFn = () =>
       getAllMigrations(
-        Array.from(this.embeddableFactories.values()),
-        Array.from(this.enhancements.values()),
+        [],
+        this.enhancementsRegistry.getEnhancements(),
         getMigrateFunction(commonContract)
       );
 
     const embeddableStart: EmbeddableStart = {
-      getEmbeddableFactory: this.getEmbeddableFactory,
-      getEmbeddableFactories: this.getEmbeddableFactories,
       getStateTransfer: (storage?: Storage) =>
         storage
           ? new EmbeddableStateTransfer(
@@ -210,89 +106,4 @@ export class EmbeddablePublicPlugin implements Plugin<EmbeddableSetup, Embeddabl
       this.appListSubscription.unsubscribe();
     }
   }
-
-  private registerEnhancement = (enhancement: EnhancementRegistryDefinition) => {
-    if (this.enhancements.has(enhancement.id)) {
-      throw new Error(`enhancement with id ${enhancement.id} already exists in the registry`);
-    }
-    this.enhancements.set(enhancement.id, {
-      id: enhancement.id,
-      telemetry: enhancement.telemetry || ((state, stats) => stats),
-      inject: enhancement.inject || identity,
-      extract:
-        enhancement.extract ||
-        ((state: SerializableRecord) => {
-          return { state, references: [] };
-        }),
-      migrations: enhancement.migrations || {},
-    });
-  };
-
-  private getEnhancement = (id: string): EnhancementRegistryItem => {
-    return (
-      this.enhancements.get(id) || {
-        id: 'unknown',
-        telemetry: (state, stats) => stats,
-        inject: identity,
-        extract: (state: SerializableRecord) => {
-          return { state, references: [] };
-        },
-        migrations: {},
-      }
-    );
-  };
-
-  private getEmbeddableFactories = () => {
-    this.ensureFactoriesExist();
-    return this.embeddableFactories.values();
-  };
-
-  private registerEmbeddableFactory = <
-    I extends EmbeddableInput = EmbeddableInput,
-    O extends EmbeddableOutput = EmbeddableOutput,
-    E extends IEmbeddable<I, O> = IEmbeddable<I, O>
-  >(
-    embeddableFactoryId: string,
-    factory: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition<I, O, E>
-  ): (() => EmbeddableFactory<I, O, E>) => {
-    if (this.embeddableFactoryDefinitions.has(embeddableFactoryId)) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Embeddable factory [embeddableFactoryId = ${embeddableFactoryId}] already registered in Embeddables API.`
-      );
-    }
-    this.embeddableFactoryDefinitions.set(embeddableFactoryId, factory);
-
-    return () => {
-      return this.getEmbeddableFactory(embeddableFactoryId);
-    };
-  };
-
-  private getEmbeddableFactory = <
-    I extends EmbeddableInput = EmbeddableInput,
-    O extends EmbeddableOutput = EmbeddableOutput,
-    E extends IEmbeddable<I, O> = IEmbeddable<I, O>
-  >(
-    embeddableFactoryId: string
-  ): EmbeddableFactory<I, O, E> => {
-    if (!this.isRegistryReady) {
-      throw new Error('Embeddable factories can only be retrieved after setup lifecycle.');
-    }
-    this.ensureFactoryExists(embeddableFactoryId);
-    const factory = this.embeddableFactories.get(embeddableFactoryId);
-
-    return factory as EmbeddableFactory<I, O, E>;
-  };
-
-  // These two functions are only to support legacy plugins registering factories after the start lifecycle.
-  private ensureFactoriesExist = () => {
-    this.embeddableFactoryDefinitions.forEach((def) => this.ensureFactoryExists(def.type));
-  };
-
-  private ensureFactoryExists = (type: string) => {
-    if (!this.embeddableFactories.get(type)) {
-      const def = this.embeddableFactoryDefinitions.get(type);
-      if (!def) return;
-      this.embeddableFactories.set(type, defaultEmbeddableFactoryProvider(def));
-    }
-  };
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/tests/test_plugin.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/tests/test_plugin.ts
index 4cd20c4863b2b..ffb7d73b9bed6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/tests/test_plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/tests/test_plugin.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import {
 import { Query } from '@kbn/es-query';
 import { SavedObjectsTaggingApi } from '@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-oss-plugin/public';
 import { contentManagementMock } from '@kbn/content-management-plugin/public/mocks';
-import { EmbeddablePublicPlugin, EmbeddableSetup, EmbeddableStart } from '../plugin';
+import { EmbeddablePublicPlugin } from '../plugin';
+import type { EmbeddableSetup, EmbeddableStart } from '../types';
 export interface TestPluginReturn {
   plugin: EmbeddablePublicPlugin;
   coreSetup: CoreSetup;
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/types.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/types.ts
index 72d8052706254..2d97adfc2b8e0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/types.ts
@@ -7,36 +7,65 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-import type { SerializableRecord } from '@kbn/utility-types';
-import { SavedObjectAttributes } from '@kbn/core/public';
-import type { FinderAttributes } from '@kbn/saved-objects-finder-plugin/common';
-import { PersistableState, PersistableStateDefinition } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common';
-import {
-  EmbeddableFactory,
-  EmbeddableInput,
-  EmbeddableOutput,
-  IEmbeddable,
-  EmbeddableFactoryDefinition,
-} from './lib/embeddables';
+import type { UiActionsSetup, UiActionsStart } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public';
+import type { Start as InspectorStart } from '@kbn/inspector-plugin/public';
+import type { UsageCollectionStart } from '@kbn/usage-collection-plugin/public';
+import type { SavedObjectsManagementPluginStart } from '@kbn/saved-objects-management-plugin/public';
+import type { ContentManagementPublicStart } from '@kbn/content-management-plugin/public';
+import type { SavedObjectTaggingOssPluginStart } from '@kbn/saved-objects-tagging-oss-plugin/public';
+import type { Storage } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/public';
+import type { PersistableStateService } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/common';
+import type { registerAddFromLibraryType } from './add_from_library/registry';
+import type { registerReactEmbeddableFactory } from './react_embeddable_system';
+import type { EmbeddableStateTransfer } from './lib';
+import type { EmbeddableStateWithType } from '../common';
+import { EnhancementRegistryDefinition } from './enhancements/types';
 
-export type EmbeddableFactoryRegistry = Map<string, EmbeddableFactory>;
-export type EnhancementsRegistry = Map<string, EnhancementRegistryItem>;
+export interface EmbeddableSetupDependencies {
+  uiActions: UiActionsSetup;
+}
 
-export interface EnhancementRegistryDefinition<P extends SerializableRecord = SerializableRecord>
-  extends PersistableStateDefinition<P> {
-  id: string;
+export interface EmbeddableStartDependencies {
+  uiActions: UiActionsStart;
+  inspector: InspectorStart;
+  usageCollection: UsageCollectionStart;
+  contentManagement: ContentManagementPublicStart;
+  savedObjectsManagement: SavedObjectsManagementPluginStart;
+  savedObjectsTaggingOss?: SavedObjectTaggingOssPluginStart;
 }
 
-export interface EnhancementRegistryItem<P extends SerializableRecord = SerializableRecord>
-  extends PersistableState<P> {
-  id: string;
+export interface EmbeddableSetup {
+  /**
+   * Register a saved object type with the "Add from library" flyout.
+   *
+   * @example
+   *  registerAddFromLibraryType({
+   *    onAdd: (container, savedObject) => {
+   *      container.addNewPanel({
+   *        panelType: CONTENT_ID,
+   *        initialState: savedObject.attributes,
+   *      });
+   *    },
+   *    savedObjectType: MAP_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
+   *    savedObjectName: i18n.translate('xpack.maps.mapSavedObjectLabel', {
+   *      defaultMessage: 'Map',
+   *    }),
+   *    getIconForSavedObject: () => APP_ICON,
+   *  });
+   */
+  registerAddFromLibraryType: typeof registerAddFromLibraryType;
+
+  /**
+   * Registers an async {@link ReactEmbeddableFactory} getter.
+   */
+  registerReactEmbeddableFactory: typeof registerReactEmbeddableFactory;
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated
+   */
+  registerEnhancement: (enhancement: EnhancementRegistryDefinition) => void;
 }
 
-export type EmbeddableFactoryProvider = <
-  I extends EmbeddableInput = EmbeddableInput,
-  O extends EmbeddableOutput = EmbeddableOutput,
-  E extends IEmbeddable<I, O> = IEmbeddable<I, O>,
-  T extends FinderAttributes = SavedObjectAttributes
->(
-  def: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition<I, O, E, T>
-) => EmbeddableFactory<I, O, E, T>;
+export interface EmbeddableStart extends PersistableStateService<EmbeddableStateWithType> {
+  getStateTransfer: (storage?: Storage) => EmbeddableStateTransfer;
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/fr-FR.json b/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/fr-FR.json
index 731044f9f61ca..b794f947c0fa1 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/fr-FR.json
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/fr-FR.json
@@ -2774,7 +2774,6 @@
     "embeddableApi.common.constants.grouping.other": "Autre",
     "embeddableApi.contextMenuTrigger.description": "Une nouvelle action sera ajoutée au menu contextuel du panneau",
     "embeddableApi.contextMenuTrigger.title": "Menu contextuel",
-    "embeddableApi.errors.embeddableFactoryNotFound": "Impossible de charger {type}. Veuillez effectuer une mise à niveau vers la distribution par défaut d'Elasticsearch et de Kibana avec la licence appropriée.",
     "embeddableApi.errors.paneldoesNotExist": "Panneau introuvable",
     "embeddableApi.errors.panelIncompatibleError": "L'API du panneau n'est pas compatible",
     "embeddableApi.multiValueClickTrigger.description": "Sélection de plusieurs valeurs d'une même dimension dans la visualisation",
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index e262a4bb35a41..eda56781402ff 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -2769,7 +2769,6 @@
     "embeddableApi.common.constants.grouping.other": "Other",
     "embeddableApi.contextMenuTrigger.description": "新しいアクションがパネルのコンテキストメニューに追加されます",
     "embeddableApi.contextMenuTrigger.title": "コンテキストメニュー",
-    "embeddableApi.errors.embeddableFactoryNotFound": "{type} を読み込めません。Elasticsearch と Kibanaのデフォルトのディストリビューションを適切なライセンスでアップグレードしてください。",
     "embeddableApi.errors.paneldoesNotExist": "パネルが見つかりません",
     "embeddableApi.errors.panelIncompatibleError": "パネルAPIに互換性がありません",
     "embeddableApi.multiValueClickTrigger.description": "ビジュアライゼーションの1つのディメンションの複数値を選択しています",
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index f63f6602f7257..db29389b8a0eb 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/private/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -2761,7 +2761,6 @@
     "embeddableApi.common.constants.grouping.other": "其他",
     "embeddableApi.contextMenuTrigger.description": "会将一个新操作添加到该面板的上下文菜单",
     "embeddableApi.contextMenuTrigger.title": "上下文菜单",
-    "embeddableApi.errors.embeddableFactoryNotFound": "{type} 无法加载。请升级到具有适当许可的默认 Elasticsearch 和 Kibana 分发。",
     "embeddableApi.errors.paneldoesNotExist": "未找到面板",
     "embeddableApi.errors.panelIncompatibleError": "面板 API 不兼容",
     "embeddableApi.multiValueClickTrigger.description": "在可视化上选择多个单一维度的值",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/common/lib/embeddable_dataurl.ts b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/common/lib/embeddable_dataurl.ts
index 96e77a54e5398..7cadd254ca3ed 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/common/lib/embeddable_dataurl.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/common/lib/embeddable_dataurl.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { type ExplicitInputWithAttributes } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public/lib';
-import { EmbeddableInput } from '../../types';
-
-export const encode = (
-  input: ExplicitInputWithAttributes | Partial<EmbeddableInput> | Readonly<EmbeddableInput>
-) => Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(input)).toString('base64');
+export const encode = (input: object) => Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(input)).toString('base64');
 export const decode = (serializedInput: string) =>
   JSON.parse(Buffer.from(serializedInput, 'base64').toString());
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/__stories__/editor_menu.stories.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/__stories__/editor_menu.stories.tsx
index dc638adb979ed..22eb31d1a9086 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/__stories__/editor_menu.stories.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/__stories__/editor_menu.stories.tsx
@@ -8,54 +8,9 @@
 import { storiesOf } from '@storybook/react';
 import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
 import React from 'react';
-import { EmbeddableFactoryDefinition, IEmbeddable } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import { BaseVisType, VisTypeAlias } from '@kbn/visualizations-plugin/public';
 import { EditorMenu } from '../editor_menu.component';
 
-const testFactories: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition[] = [
-  {
-    type: 'ml_anomaly_swimlane',
-    getDisplayName: () => 'Anomaly swimlane',
-    getIconType: () => '',
-    getDescription: () => 'Description for anomaly swimlane',
-    isEditable: () => Promise.resolve(true),
-    latestVersion: '1.0.0',
-    create: () => Promise.resolve({ id: 'swimlane_embeddable' } as IEmbeddable),
-    grouping: [
-      {
-        id: 'ml',
-        getDisplayName: () => 'machine learning',
-        getIconType: () => 'machineLearningApp',
-      },
-    ],
-  },
-  {
-    type: 'ml_anomaly_chart',
-    getDisplayName: () => 'Anomaly chart',
-    getIconType: () => '',
-    getDescription: () => 'Description for anomaly chart',
-    isEditable: () => Promise.resolve(true),
-    create: () => Promise.resolve({ id: 'anomaly_chart_embeddable' } as IEmbeddable),
-    latestVersion: '1.0.0',
-    grouping: [
-      {
-        id: 'ml',
-        getDisplayName: () => 'machine learning',
-        getIconType: () => 'machineLearningApp',
-      },
-    ],
-  },
-  {
-    type: 'log_stream',
-    getDisplayName: () => 'Log stream',
-    getIconType: () => '',
-    getDescription: () => 'Description for log stream',
-    latestVersion: '1.0.0',
-    isEditable: () => Promise.resolve(true),
-    create: () => Promise.resolve({ id: 'anomaly_chart_embeddable' } as IEmbeddable),
-  },
-];
-
 const testVisTypes: BaseVisType[] = [
   { title: 'TSVB', icon: '', description: 'Description of TSVB', name: 'tsvb' } as BaseVisType,
   {
@@ -95,11 +50,9 @@ const testVisTypeAliases: VisTypeAlias[] = [
 storiesOf('components/WorkpadHeader/EditorMenu', module).add('default', () => (
   <EditorMenu
     addPanelActions={[]}
-    factories={testFactories}
     promotedVisTypes={testVisTypes}
     visTypeAliases={testVisTypeAliases}
     createNewVisType={() => action('createNewVisType')}
-    createNewEmbeddableFromFactory={() => action('createNewEmbeddableFromFactory')}
     createNewEmbeddableFromAction={() => action('createNewEmbeddableFromAction')}
   />
 ));
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.component.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.component.tsx
index 5c424961d7f50..188898798dd7a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.component.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.component.tsx
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@
 
 import React, { FC, useCallback } from 'react';
 
-import {
-  EuiContextMenu,
-  EuiContextMenuItemIcon,
-  EuiContextMenuPanelItemDescriptor,
-} from '@elastic/eui';
-import { EmbeddableFactoryDefinition } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
+import { EuiContextMenu, EuiContextMenuPanelItemDescriptor } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { ToolbarPopover } from '@kbn/shared-ux-button-toolbar';
 import { Action, ActionExecutionContext } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public/actions';
@@ -28,21 +23,11 @@ const strings = {
     }),
 };
 
-interface FactoryGroup {
-  id: string;
-  appName: string;
-  icon: EuiContextMenuItemIcon;
-  panelId: number;
-  factories: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition[];
-}
-
 interface Props {
-  factories: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition[];
   addPanelActions: Action[];
   promotedVisTypes: BaseVisType[];
   visTypeAliases: VisTypeAlias[];
   createNewVisType: (visType?: BaseVisType | VisTypeAlias) => () => void;
-  createNewEmbeddableFromFactory: (factory: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition) => () => void;
   createNewEmbeddableFromAction: (
     action: Action,
     context: ActionExecutionContext<object>,
@@ -51,46 +36,14 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 export const EditorMenu: FC<Props> = ({
-  factories,
   addPanelActions,
   promotedVisTypes,
   visTypeAliases,
   createNewVisType,
   createNewEmbeddableFromAction,
-  createNewEmbeddableFromFactory,
 }: Props) => {
-  const factoryGroupMap: Record<string, FactoryGroup> = {};
-  const ungroupedFactories: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition[] = [];
   const canvasApi = useCanvasApi();
 
-  let panelCount = 1;
-
-  // Maps factories with a group to create nested context menus for each group type
-  // and pushes ungrouped factories into a separate array
-  factories.forEach((factory: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition, index) => {
-    const { grouping } = factory;
-
-    if (grouping) {
-      grouping.forEach((group) => {
-        if (factoryGroupMap[group.id]) {
-          factoryGroupMap[group.id].factories.push(factory);
-        } else {
-          factoryGroupMap[group.id] = {
-            id: group.id,
-            appName: group.getDisplayName ? group.getDisplayName({}) : group.id,
-            icon: (group.getIconType ? group.getIconType({}) : 'empty') as EuiContextMenuItemIcon,
-            factories: [factory],
-            panelId: panelCount,
-          };
-
-          panelCount++;
-        }
-      });
-    } else {
-      ungroupedFactories.push(factory);
-    }
-  });
-
   const getVisTypeMenuItem = (visType: BaseVisType): EuiContextMenuPanelItemDescriptor => {
     const { name, title, titleInWizard, description, icon = 'empty' } = visType;
     return {
@@ -116,22 +69,6 @@ export const EditorMenu: FC<Props> = ({
     };
   };
 
-  const getEmbeddableFactoryMenuItem = (
-    factory: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition
-  ): EuiContextMenuPanelItemDescriptor => {
-    const icon = factory?.getIconType ? factory.getIconType() : 'empty';
-
-    const toolTipContent = factory?.getDescription ? factory.getDescription() : undefined;
-
-    return {
-      name: factory.getDisplayName(),
-      icon,
-      toolTipContent,
-      onClick: createNewEmbeddableFromFactory(factory),
-      'data-test-subj': `createNew-${factory.type}`,
-    };
-  };
-
   const getAddPanelActionMenuItems = useCallback(
     (closePopover: () => void) => {
       return addPanelActions.map((item) => {
@@ -158,23 +95,9 @@ export const EditorMenu: FC<Props> = ({
       items: [
         ...visTypeAliases.map(getVisTypeAliasMenuItem),
         ...getAddPanelActionMenuItems(closePopover),
-        ...ungroupedFactories.map(getEmbeddableFactoryMenuItem),
         ...promotedVisTypes.map(getVisTypeMenuItem),
-        ...Object.values(factoryGroupMap).map(({ id, appName, icon, panelId }) => ({
-          name: appName,
-          icon,
-          panel: panelId,
-          'data-test-subj': `canvasEditorMenu-${id}Group`,
-        })),
       ],
     },
-    ...Object.values(factoryGroupMap).map(
-      ({ appName, panelId, factories: groupFactories }: FactoryGroup) => ({
-        id: panelId,
-        title: appName,
-        items: groupFactories.map(getEmbeddableFactoryMenuItem),
-      })
-    ),
   ];
 
   return (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.tsx
index 06d20e919dcbe..60933dd4d121b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/components/workpad_header/editor_menu/editor_menu.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import React, { FC, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { FC, useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import {
   VisGroups,
@@ -13,19 +13,12 @@ import {
   type VisTypeAlias,
   type VisParams,
 } from '@kbn/visualizations-plugin/public';
-import {
-  EmbeddableFactory,
-  EmbeddableFactoryDefinition,
-  EmbeddableInput,
-} from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import { Action, ActionExecutionContext } from '@kbn/ui-actions-plugin/public/actions';
 
 import { trackCanvasUiMetric, METRIC_TYPE } from '../../../lib/ui_metric';
 import { CANVAS_APP } from '../../../../common/lib';
 import { ElementSpec } from '../../../../types';
 import { EditorMenu as Component } from './editor_menu.component';
-import { embeddableInputToExpression } from '../../../../canvas_plugin_src/renderers/embeddable/embeddable_input_to_expression';
-import { EmbeddableInput as CanvasEmbeddableInput } from '../../../../canvas_plugin_src/expression_types';
 import { useCanvasApi } from '../../hooks/use_canvas_api';
 import { ADD_CANVAS_ELEMENT_TRIGGER } from '../../../state/triggers/add_canvas_element_trigger';
 import {
@@ -41,11 +34,6 @@ interface Props {
   addElement: (element: Partial<ElementSpec>) => void;
 }
 
-interface UnwrappedEmbeddableFactory {
-  factory: EmbeddableFactory;
-  isEditable: boolean;
-}
-
 export const EditorMenu: FC<Props> = ({ addElement }) => {
   const { pathname, search, hash } = useLocation();
   const stateTransferService = embeddableService.getStateTransfer();
@@ -53,26 +41,6 @@ export const EditorMenu: FC<Props> = ({ addElement }) => {
 
   const [addPanelActions, setAddPanelActions] = useState<Array<Action<object>>>([]);
 
-  const embeddableFactories = useMemo(
-    () => (embeddableService ? Array.from(embeddableService.getEmbeddableFactories()) : []),
-    []
-  );
-
-  const [unwrappedEmbeddableFactories, setUnwrappedEmbeddableFactories] = useState<
-    UnwrappedEmbeddableFactory[]
-  >([]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    Promise.all(
-      embeddableFactories.map<Promise<UnwrappedEmbeddableFactory>>(async (factory) => ({
-        factory,
-        isEditable: await factory.isEditable(),
-      }))
-    ).then((factories) => {
-      setUnwrappedEmbeddableFactories(factories);
-    });
-  }, [embeddableFactories]);
-
   useEffect(() => {
     let mounted = true;
     async function loadPanelActions() {
@@ -123,33 +91,6 @@ export const EditorMenu: FC<Props> = ({ addElement }) => {
     [stateTransferService, pathname, search, hash]
   );
 
-  const createNewEmbeddableFromFactory = useCallback(
-    (factory: EmbeddableFactoryDefinition) => async () => {
-      if (trackCanvasUiMetric) {
-        trackCanvasUiMetric(METRIC_TYPE.CLICK, factory.type);
-      }
-
-      let embeddableInput;
-      if (factory.getExplicitInput) {
-        embeddableInput = await factory.getExplicitInput();
-      } else {
-        const newEmbeddable = await factory.create({} as EmbeddableInput);
-        embeddableInput = newEmbeddable?.getInput();
-      }
-
-      if (embeddableInput) {
-        const expression = embeddableInputToExpression(
-          embeddableInput as CanvasEmbeddableInput,
-          factory.type,
-          undefined,
-          true
-        );
-        addElement({ expression });
-      }
-    },
-    [addElement]
-  );
-
   const createNewEmbeddableFromAction = useCallback(
     (action: Action, context: ActionExecutionContext<object>, closePopover: () => void) =>
       (event: React.MouseEvent) => {
@@ -190,31 +131,17 @@ export const EditorMenu: FC<Props> = ({ addElement }) => {
     )
     .filter(({ disableCreate }: VisTypeAlias) => !disableCreate);
 
-  const factories = unwrappedEmbeddableFactories
-    .filter(
-      ({ isEditable, factory: { type, canCreateNew, isContainerType } }) =>
-        isEditable &&
-        !isContainerType &&
-        canCreateNew() &&
-        !['visualization', 'ml', 'links'].some((factoryType) => {
-          return type.includes(factoryType);
-        })
-    )
-    .map(({ factory }) => factory);
-
   const promotedVisTypes = getVisTypesByGroup(VisGroups.PROMOTED);
   const legacyVisTypes = getVisTypesByGroup(VisGroups.LEGACY);
 
   return (
     <Component
       createNewVisType={createNewVisType}
-      createNewEmbeddableFromFactory={createNewEmbeddableFromFactory}
       createNewEmbeddableFromAction={createNewEmbeddableFromAction}
       promotedVisTypes={([] as Array<BaseVisType<VisParams>>).concat(
         promotedVisTypes,
         legacyVisTypes
       )}
-      factories={factories}
       addPanelActions={addPanelActions}
       visTypeAliases={visTypeAliases}
     />
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/services/kibana_services.ts b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/services/kibana_services.ts
index 92980d712fb4f..b820ca1396ffc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/services/kibana_services.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/canvas/public/services/kibana_services.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { ContentManagementPublicStart } from '@kbn/content-management-plugi
 import type { CoreStart, PluginInitializerContext } from '@kbn/core/public';
 import type { DataPublicPluginStart } from '@kbn/data-plugin/public';
 import type { DataViewsPublicPluginStart } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/public';
-import type { EmbeddableStart } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public/plugin';
+import type { EmbeddableStart } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import type { ExpressionsStart } from '@kbn/expressions-plugin/public';
 import type { PresentationUtilPluginStart } from '@kbn/presentation-util-plugin/public';
 import type { ReportingStart } from '@kbn/reporting-plugin/public';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_shared/public/components/profiling/embeddables/profiling_embeddable.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_shared/public/components/profiling/embeddables/profiling_embeddable.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 989b446ca3b21..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability_shared/public/components/profiling/embeddables/profiling_embeddable.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +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 { css } from '@emotion/react';
-import { useKibana } from '@kbn/kibana-react-plugin/public';
-import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { ObservabilitySharedStart } from '../../../plugin';
-
-export function ProfilingEmbeddable<T>({
-  embeddableFactoryId,
-  height,
-  ...props
-}: T & { embeddableFactoryId: string; height?: string }) {
-  const { embeddable: embeddablePlugin } = useKibana<ObservabilitySharedStart>().services;
-  const [embeddable, setEmbeddable] = useState<any>();
-  const embeddableRoot: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement> = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    async function createEmbeddable() {
-      const factory = embeddablePlugin?.getEmbeddableFactory(embeddableFactoryId);
-      const input = { ...props, id: 'embeddable_profiling' };
-      const embeddableObject = await factory?.create(input);
-      setEmbeddable(embeddableObject);
-    }
-    createEmbeddable();
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, []);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (embeddableRoot.current && embeddable) {
-      embeddable.render(embeddableRoot.current);
-    }
-  }, [embeddable, embeddableRoot]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (embeddable) {
-      embeddable.updateInput(props);
-      embeddable.reload();
-    }
-  }, [embeddable, props]);
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      css={css`
-        width: 100%;
-        height: ${height};
-        display: flex;
-        flex: 1 1 100%;
-        z-index: 1;
-        min-height: 0;
-      `}
-      ref={embeddableRoot}
-    />
-  );
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/ux/public/application/application.test.tsx b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/ux/public/application/application.test.tsx
index 2b9dd676eac17..5414ed2963ed5 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/ux/public/application/application.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/ux/public/application/application.test.tsx
@@ -51,18 +51,8 @@ const mockPlugin = {
   observabilityAIAssistant: mockAIAssistantPlugin,
 };
 
-const mockEmbeddable = embeddablePluginMock.createStartContract();
-
-mockEmbeddable.getEmbeddableFactory = jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
-  create: () => ({
-    reload: jest.fn(),
-    setRenderTooltipContent: jest.fn(),
-    setLayerList: jest.fn(),
-  }),
-}));
-
 const mockCorePlugins = {
-  embeddable: mockEmbeddable,
+  embeddable: embeddablePluginMock.createStartContract(),
   inspector: {},
   maps: {},
   observabilityShared: {