diff --git a/public/components/common/search/sql_search.tsx b/public/components/common/search/sql_search.tsx
index 69e1f26109..59768dae73 100644
--- a/public/components/common/search/sql_search.tsx
+++ b/public/components/common/search/sql_search.tsx
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ export const DirectSearch = (props: any) => {
       dispatch(
         changeQuery({ tabId, query: { [RAW_QUERY]: tempQuery.replaceAll(PPL_NEWLINE_REGEX, '') } })
       );
-      dispatch(updateSearchMetaData({ tabId, data: { isPolling: true, lang } }));
     });
+    dispatch(updateSearchMetaData({ tabId, data: { isPolling: true, lang } }));
     const sessionId = getAsyncSessionId();
     const requestPayload = {
       lang: lang.toLowerCase(),
diff --git a/public/services/saved_objects/saved_object_loaders/explorer_saved_object_loader.ts b/public/services/saved_objects/saved_object_loaders/explorer_saved_object_loader.ts
index 1e65d045be..395aacbd14 100644
--- a/public/services/saved_objects/saved_object_loaders/explorer_saved_object_loader.ts
+++ b/public/services/saved_objects/saved_object_loaders/explorer_saved_object_loader.ts
@@ -46,11 +46,7 @@ import { coreRefs } from '../../../framework/core_refs';
 import { UsePolling } from '../../../components/hooks/use_polling';
 import { getAsyncSessionId, setAsyncSessionId } from '../../../../common/utils/query_session_utils';
 import { get as getObjValue } from '../../../../common/utils/shared';
-import {
-  ASYNC_POLLING_INTERVAL,
-  DEFAULT_DATA_SOURCE_NAME,
-  DEFAULT_DATA_SOURCE_TYPE,
-} from '../../../../common/constants/data_sources';
+import { ASYNC_POLLING_INTERVAL } from '../../../../common/constants/data_sources';
 
 enum DIRECT_DATA_SOURCE_TYPES {
   DEFAULT_INDEX_PATTERNS = 'DEFAULT_INDEX_PATTERNS',
@@ -322,31 +318,6 @@ export class ExplorerSavedObjectLoader extends SavedObjectLoaderBase implements
     return true;
   };
 
-  loadWODataSource = ({ tabId }: { tabId: string }) => {
-    const { dispatch, batch } = this.dispatchers;
-    const { fetchData } = this.loadContext;
-
-    // default datasource
-    batch(() => {
-      dispatch(
-        updateSearchMetaData({
-          tabId,
-          data: {
-            datasources: [
-              {
-                name: DEFAULT_DATA_SOURCE_NAME,
-                type: DEFAULT_DATA_SOURCE_TYPE,
-                label: DEFAULT_DATA_SOURCE_NAME,
-                value: DEFAULT_DATA_SOURCE_NAME,
-              },
-            ],
-          },
-        })
-      );
-      fetchData();
-    });
-  };
-
   loadDefaultIndexPattern = () => {
     const { fetchData } = this.loadContext;
     fetchData();
@@ -409,15 +380,7 @@ export class ExplorerSavedObjectLoader extends SavedObjectLoaderBase implements
 
   async loadDataFromSavedObject(objectData, tabId: string) {
     const dataSources = parseStringDataSource(objectData.data_sources, this.notifications);
-
-    // backward compatibility for saved object that doesn't contain datasource
-    if (dataSources.length === 0) {
-      this.loadWODataSource({ tabId });
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // saved object contains data source information
-    if (dataSources[0].type) {
+    if (dataSources.length > 0 && dataSources[0].type) {
       switch (dataSources[0].type) {
         case DIRECT_DATA_SOURCE_TYPES.DEFAULT_INDEX_PATTERNS:
           this.loadDefaultIndexPattern();