diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/helpers/get_sharing_data.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/helpers/get_sharing_data.ts
index f77480a421642..47be4b8037152 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/helpers/get_sharing_data.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/helpers/get_sharing_data.ts
@@ -7,17 +7,12 @@
  */
 
 import type { Capabilities, IUiSettingsClient } from 'kibana/public';
-import { ISearchSource, SearchSourceFields } from '../../../../data/common';
+import { ISearchSource } from '../../../../data/common';
 import { DOC_HIDE_TIME_COLUMN_SETTING, SORT_DEFAULT_ORDER_SETTING } from '../../../common';
 import type { SavedSearch, SortOrder } from '../../saved_searches/types';
 import { AppState } from '../angular/discover_state';
 import { getSortForSearchSource } from '../angular/doc_table';
 
-export interface ISharingData {
-  columns: string[];
-  searchSource: SearchSourceFields;
-}
-
 /**
  * Preparing data to share the current state as link or CSV/Report
  */
@@ -25,7 +20,7 @@ export async function getSharingData(
   currentSearchSource: ISearchSource,
   state: AppState | SavedSearch,
   config: IUiSettingsClient
-): Promise<ISharingData> {
+) {
   const searchSource = currentSearchSource.createCopy();
   const index = searchSource.getField('index')!;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/index.ts
index 4ca9d2330adc4..fbe853ec6deb5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/index.ts
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ export function plugin(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
 
 export { SavedSearch, SavedSearchLoader, createSavedSearchesLoader } from './saved_searches';
 export { ISearchEmbeddable, SEARCH_EMBEDDABLE_TYPE, SearchInput } from './application/embeddable';
-export { ISharingData, loadSharingDataHelpers } from './shared';
+export { loadSharingDataHelpers } from './shared';
 export { DISCOVER_APP_URL_GENERATOR, DiscoverUrlGeneratorState } from './url_generator';
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/shared/index.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/shared/index.ts
index 57fd62ce8dfc9..b1e4d9d87000e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/shared/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/shared/index.ts
@@ -12,5 +12,3 @@
 export async function loadSharingDataHelpers() {
   return await import('../application/helpers/get_sharing_data');
 }
-
-export { ISharingData } from '../application/helpers/get_sharing_data';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.tsx
index 658ff5afaf7f8..95d193880975c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/reporting/public/panel_actions/get_csv_panel_action.tsx
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import moment from 'moment-timezone';
 import type { CoreSetup } from 'src/core/public';
-import type {
-  ISearchEmbeddable,
-  ISharingData,
-  SavedSearch,
-} from '../../../../../src/plugins/discover/public';
+import type { ISearchEmbeddable, SavedSearch } from '../../../../../src/plugins/discover/public';
 import {
   loadSharingDataHelpers,
   SEARCH_EMBEDDABLE_TYPE,
@@ -64,10 +60,7 @@ export class GetCsvReportPanelAction implements ActionDefinition<ActionContext>
     });
   }
 
-  public async getSearchSource(
-    savedSearch: SavedSearch,
-    embeddable: ISearchEmbeddable
-  ): Promise<ISharingData> {
+  public async getSearchSource(savedSearch: SavedSearch, embeddable: ISearchEmbeddable) {
     const { getSharingData } = await loadSharingDataHelpers();
     return await getSharingData(
       savedSearch.searchSource,