diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/alerts_client/alerts_client.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/alerts_client/alerts_client.ts
index e21fee4ce3d61..7d33a50c906a2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/alerts_client/alerts_client.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/alerts_client/alerts_client.ts
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ import {
   InvalidateAPIKeyResult as SecurityPluginInvalidateAPIKeyResult,
 } from '../../../security/server';
 import { EncryptedSavedObjectsClient } from '../../../encrypted_saved_objects/server';
-import { TaskManagerStartContract } from '../../../task_manager/server';
+import { TaskManagerStartContract, deleteTaskIfItExists } from '../../../task_manager/server';
 import { taskInstanceToAlertTaskInstance } from '../task_runner/alert_task_instance';
-import { deleteTaskIfItExists } from '../lib/delete_task_if_it_exists';
 import { RegistryAlertType, UntypedNormalizedAlertType } from '../alert_type_registry';
 import { AlertsAuthorization, WriteOperations, ReadOperations } from '../authorization';
 import { IEventLogClient } from '../../../../plugins/event_log/server';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/session/monitoring_task.ts b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/session/monitoring_task.ts
index f5e0218f9c0a2..e3c8d06c0c671 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/session/monitoring_task.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/data_enhanced/server/search/session/monitoring_task.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   TaskManagerSetupContract,
   TaskManagerStartContract,
   RunContext,
+  deleteTaskIfItExists,
 } from '../../../../task_manager/server';
 import { checkRunningSessions } from './check_running_sessions';
 import { CoreSetup, SavedObjectsClient, Logger } from '../../../../../../src/core/server';
@@ -56,10 +57,7 @@ export async function scheduleSearchSessionsTasks(
   taskManager: TaskManagerStartContract,
   logger: Logger
 ) {
-  try {
-    // delete previous task
-    await taskManager.remove(SEARCH_SESSIONS_TASK_ID);
-  } catch (e) {} // eslint-disable-line no-empty
+  await deleteTaskIfItExists(taskManager, SEARCH_SESSIONS_TASK_ID);
 
   try {
     await taskManager.ensureScheduled({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/index.ts
index 1696a3ec69c05..5eb1f1e19f877 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export {
 } from './task';
 
 export { isUnrecoverableError, throwUnrecoverableError } from './task_running';
+export { deleteTaskIfItExists } from './lib/delete_task_if_it_exists';
 
 export {
   TaskManagerPlugin as TaskManager,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/lib/delete_task_if_it_exists.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/delete_task_if_it_exists.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/lib/delete_task_if_it_exists.test.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/delete_task_if_it_exists.test.ts
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/lib/delete_task_if_it_exists.ts b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/delete_task_if_it_exists.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/lib/delete_task_if_it_exists.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/delete_task_if_it_exists.ts
index 53bb1b5cb5d53..08d93f63c083a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerts/server/lib/delete_task_if_it_exists.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/task_manager/server/lib/delete_task_if_it_exists.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
-import { TaskManagerStartContract } from '../../../task_manager/server';
+import { TaskManagerStartContract } from '../';
 import { SavedObjectsErrorHelpers } from '../../../../../src/core/server';
 
 export async function deleteTaskIfItExists(taskManager: TaskManagerStartContract, taskId: string) {