diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/jest_setup.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/jest_setup.ts
index c6318bc3c4df6..68be9b5227e49 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/jest_setup.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/jest_setup.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { setStubDashboardServices } from './public/mocks';
+import { setStubDashboardServices } from './public/services/mocks';
 
+/**
+ * CAUTION: Be very mindful of the things you import in to this `jest_setup` file - anything that is imported
+ * here (either directly or implicitly through dependencies) will be **unable** to be mocked elsewhere!
+ *
+ * Refer to the "Caution" section here:
+ *   https://jestjs.io/docs/jest-object#jestmockmodulename-factory-options
+ */
 setStubDashboardServices();
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/mocks.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/mocks.tsx
index 43436a42044b2..1426fa1ac14fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/mocks.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/mocks.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import { mockedReduxEmbeddablePackage } from '@kbn/presentation-util-plugin/publ
 import { DashboardStart } from './plugin';
 import { DashboardContainerInput, DashboardPanelState } from '../common';
 import { DashboardContainer } from './dashboard_container/embeddable/dashboard_container';
-import { pluginServices } from './services/plugin_services';
-import { registry } from './services/plugin_services.stub';
 
 export type Start = jest.Mocked<DashboardStart>;
 
@@ -136,7 +134,3 @@ export function getSampleDashboardPanel<TEmbeddableInput extends EmbeddableInput
     ...overrides,
   };
 }
-
-export function setStubDashboardServices() {
-  pluginServices.setRegistry(registry.start({}));
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/mocks.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/mocks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d695722102edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/services/mocks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * 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 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 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { pluginServices } from './plugin_services';
+import { registry } from './plugin_services.stub';
+
+export function setStubDashboardServices() {
+  pluginServices.setRegistry(registry.start({}));
+}
+
+setStubDashboardServices();
diff --git a/src/plugins/navigation_embeddable/jest_setup.ts b/src/plugins/navigation_embeddable/jest_setup.ts
index 5ea91dfb399f4..32ed14af1efcc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/navigation_embeddable/jest_setup.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/navigation_embeddable/jest_setup.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
-import { setStubDashboardServices } from '@kbn/dashboard-plugin/public/mocks';
+import { setStubDashboardServices } from '@kbn/dashboard-plugin/public/services/mocks';
 import { setStubKibanaServices } from './public/mocks';
 
 setStubKibanaServices();