diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/index.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/index.js
index 2d36d546e7163..69c1a3258216a 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/index.js
@@ -118,16 +118,6 @@ export default function(kibana) {
         },
       ],
 
-      savedObjectsManagement: {
-        url: {
-          defaultSearchField: 'url',
-          isImportableAndExportable: true,
-          getTitle(obj) {
-            return `/goto/${encodeURIComponent(obj.id)}`;
-          },
-        },
-      },
-
       injectDefaultVars(server, options) {
         const mapConfig = server.config().get('map');
         const tilemap = mapConfig.tilemap;
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/mappings.json b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/mappings.json
index 81b46878f6c1a..e2cbd584dbe1f 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/mappings.json
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/mappings.json
@@ -1,26 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "url": {
-    "properties": {
-      "accessCount": {
-        "type": "long"
-      },
-      "accessDate": {
-        "type": "date"
-      },
-      "createDate": {
-        "type": "date"
-      },
-      "url": {
-        "type": "text",
-        "fields": {
-          "keyword": {
-            "type": "keyword",
-            "ignore_above": 2048
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  },
   "server": {
     "properties": {
       "uuid": {
diff --git a/src/plugins/share/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/share/server/plugin.ts
index bcb681a50652a..0d9f183d13404 100644
--- a/src/plugins/share/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/share/server/plugin.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@
 
 import { CoreSetup, Plugin, PluginInitializerContext } from 'kibana/server';
 import { createRoutes } from './routes/create_routes';
+import { url } from './saved_objects';
 
 export class SharePlugin implements Plugin {
   constructor(private readonly initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {}
 
   public async setup(core: CoreSetup) {
     createRoutes(core, this.initializerContext.logger.get());
+    core.savedObjects.registerType(url);
   }
 
   public start() {
diff --git a/src/plugins/share/server/saved_objects/index.ts b/src/plugins/share/server/saved_objects/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..956f031d2f1a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/share/server/saved_objects/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+export { url } from './url';
diff --git a/src/plugins/share/server/saved_objects/url.ts b/src/plugins/share/server/saved_objects/url.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c76c21993a13f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/share/server/saved_objects/url.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+import { SavedObjectsType } from 'kibana/server';
+
+export const url: SavedObjectsType = {
+  name: 'url',
+  namespaceType: 'single',
+  hidden: false,
+  management: {
+    icon: 'link',
+    defaultSearchField: 'url',
+    importableAndExportable: true,
+    getTitle(obj) {
+      return `/goto/${encodeURIComponent(obj.id)}`;
+    },
+  },
+  mappings: {
+    properties: {
+      accessCount: {
+        type: 'long',
+      },
+      accessDate: {
+        type: 'date',
+      },
+      createDate: {
+        type: 'date',
+      },
+      url: {
+        type: 'text',
+        fields: {
+          keyword: {
+            type: 'keyword',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};