diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/i_embeddable.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/i_embeddable.ts
index abb98f55a1e48..58fc7327232b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/i_embeddable.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/i_embeddable.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import { UiActionsDynamicActionManager } from '../../../../../plugins/ui_actions
 import { Adapters } from '../types';
 import { IContainer } from '../containers/i_container';
 import { ViewMode } from '../types';
-import { EmbeddableActionStorage } from './embeddable_action_storage';
 
 export interface EmbeddableInput {
   viewMode?: ViewMode;
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ export interface IEmbeddable<
   I extends EmbeddableInput = EmbeddableInput,
   O extends EmbeddableOutput = EmbeddableOutput
 > {
-  actionStorage: EmbeddableActionStorage;
   /**
    * Is this embeddable an instance of a Container class, can it contain
    * nested embeddables?
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/panel/embeddable_panel.tsx b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/panel/embeddable_panel.tsx
index 98ea706182ddf..980b17ff17f1c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/panel/embeddable_panel.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/panel/embeddable_panel.tsx
@@ -207,11 +207,15 @@ export class EmbeddablePanel extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     if (this.embeddableRoot.current) {
       this.props.embeddable.render(this.embeddableRoot.current);
     }
-    this.props.embeddable.actionStorage.count().then(drilldownCount => {
-      if (this.mounted) {
-        this.setState({ drilldownCount });
-      }
-    });
+
+    const dynamicActions = this.props.embeddable.dynamicActions;
+    if (dynamicActions) {
+      dynamicActions.count().then(drilldownCount => {
+        if (this.mounted) {
+          this.setState({ drilldownCount });
+        }
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   closeMyContextMenuPanel = () => {