diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/kibana.json b/x-pack/plugins/ml/kibana.json
index 92bac61f3fab3e..f06319b3496f38 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/kibana.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/kibana.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "management",
     "licenseManagement",
     "maps",
-    "lens",
     "usageCollection"
   ],
   "server": true,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/__mocks__/ml_start_deps.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/__mocks__/ml_start_deps.ts
index 0907cce832bf85..f16ba275246704 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/__mocks__/ml_start_deps.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/__mocks__/ml_start_deps.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { uiActionsPluginMock } from '../../../../../src/plugins/ui_actions/publi
 import { dataPluginMock } from '../../../../../src/plugins/data/public/mocks';
 import { kibanaLegacyPluginMock } from '../../../../../src/plugins/kibana_legacy/public/mocks';
 import { embeddablePluginMock } from '../../../../../src/plugins/embeddable/public/mocks';
-import { lensPluginMock } from '../../../lens/public/mocks';
 import { triggersActionsUiMock } from '../../../triggers_actions_ui/public/mocks';
 
 export const createMlStartDepsMock = () => ({
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ export const createMlStartDepsMock = () => ({
   spaces: jest.fn(),
   embeddable: embeddablePluginMock.createStartContract(),
   maps: jest.fn(),
-  lens: lensPluginMock.createStartContract(),
   triggersActionsUi: triggersActionsUiMock.createStart(),
   dataVisualizer: jest.fn(),
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/app.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/app.tsx
index f16a7c561ac5d6..40845302a32a07 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/app.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/app.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ const App: FC<AppProps> = ({ coreStart, deps, appMountParams }) => {
     data: deps.data,
     security: deps.security,
     licenseManagement: deps.licenseManagement,
-    lens: deps.lens,
     storage: localStorage,
     embeddable: deps.embeddable,
     maps: deps.maps,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/kibana_context.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/kibana_context.ts
index 841f0d03fa21c4..1ade617fa60a52 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/kibana_context.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/kibana_context.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { IStorageWrapper } from '../../../../../../../src/plugins/kibana_utils/p
 import type { EmbeddableStart } from '../../../../../../../src/plugins/embeddable/public';
 import type { MapsStartApi } from '../../../../../maps/public';
 import type { DataVisualizerPluginStart } from '../../../../../data_visualizer/public';
-import type { LensPublicStart } from '../../../../../lens/public';
 import { TriggersAndActionsUIPublicPluginStart } from '../../../../../triggers_actions_ui/public';
 
 interface StartPlugins {
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ interface StartPlugins {
   share: SharePluginStart;
   embeddable: EmbeddableStart;
   maps?: MapsStartApi;
-  lens?: LensPublicStart;
   triggersActionsUi?: TriggersAndActionsUIPublicPluginStart;
   dataVisualizer?: DataVisualizerPluginStart;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/plugin.ts
index 42440883408ae5..99b09eda208fc7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/plugin.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ import { registerFeature } from './register_feature';
 // Not importing from `ml_url_generator/index` here to avoid importing unnecessary code
 import { registerUrlGenerator } from './ml_url_generator/ml_url_generator';
 import type { MapsStartApi } from '../../maps/public';
-import { LensPublicStart } from '../../lens/public';
 import {
   TriggersAndActionsUIPublicPluginSetup,
   TriggersAndActionsUIPublicPluginStart,
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ export interface MlStartDependencies {
   spaces?: SpacesPluginStart;
   embeddable: EmbeddableStart;
   maps?: MapsStartApi;
-  lens?: LensPublicStart;
   triggersActionsUi?: TriggersAndActionsUIPublicPluginStart;
   dataVisualizer: DataVisualizerPluginStart;
 }
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@ export class MlPlugin implements Plugin<MlPluginSetup, MlPluginStart> {
             embeddable: { ...pluginsSetup.embeddable, ...pluginsStart.embeddable },
             maps: pluginsStart.maps,
             uiActions: pluginsStart.uiActions,
-            lens: pluginsStart.lens,
             kibanaVersion,
             triggersActionsUi: pluginsStart.triggersActionsUi,
             dataVisualizer: pluginsStart.dataVisualizer,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/ml/tsconfig.json
index 221718d4233833..8e859c35e3f853 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/tsconfig.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "../../../typings/**/*",
     // have to declare *.json explicitly due to https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/25636
     "public/**/*.json",
-    "server/**/*.json",
+    "server/**/*.json"
   ],
   "references": [
     { "path": "../../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     { "path": "../license_management/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../licensing/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../maps/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../lens/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../security/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../spaces/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../alerting/tsconfig.json" },