diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/inventory/public/plugin.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/inventory/public/plugin.tsx
index 355309939ea6c..0cb7df9552c74 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/inventory/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/inventory/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
+import { from, map } from 'rxjs';
 import {
   AppMountParameters,
   APP_WRAPPER_CLASS,
@@ -49,6 +50,31 @@ export class InventoryPlugin
   ): InventoryPublicSetup {
     const inventoryAPIClient = createCallInventoryAPI(coreSetup);
 
+    pluginsSetup.observabilityShared.navigation.registerSections(
+      from(coreSetup.getStartServices()).pipe(
+        map(([coreStart, pluginsStart]) => {
+          return [
+            {
+              label: '',
+              sortKey: 101,
+              entries: [
+                {
+                  label: i18n.translate('xpack.inventory.inventoryLinkTitle', {
+                    defaultMessage: 'Inventory',
+                  }),
+                  app: INVENTORY_APP_ID,
+                  path: '/',
+                  matchPath(currentPath: string) {
+                    return ['/', ''].some((testPath) => currentPath.startsWith(testPath));
+                  },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ];
+        })
+      )
+    );
+
     coreSetup.application.register({
       id: INVENTORY_APP_ID,
       title: i18n.translate('xpack.inventory.appTitle', {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/kibana.jsonc b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/kibana.jsonc
index 3697fa0ff628a..859e7340a799d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/kibana.jsonc
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
     "id": "observability",
     "server": true,
     "browser": true,
-    "configPath": [
-      "xpack",
-      "observability"
-    ],
+    "configPath": ["xpack", "observability"],
     "requiredPlugins": [
       "aiops",
       "alerting",
@@ -52,8 +49,7 @@
       "serverless",
       "guidedOnboarding",
       "observabilityAIAssistant",
-      "investigate",
-      "inventory"
+      "investigate"
     ],
     "requiredBundles": [
       "data",
@@ -61,10 +57,8 @@
       "kibanaUtils",
       "unifiedSearch",
       "stackAlerts",
-      "spaces",
+      "spaces"
     ],
-    "extraPublicDirs": [
-      "common"
-    ]
+    "extraPublicDirs": ["common"]
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/navigation_tree.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/navigation_tree.ts
index 67062d2230235..6d63c9c89eaf1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/navigation_tree.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/navigation_tree.ts
@@ -49,22 +49,6 @@ export function createNavTree(pluginsStart: ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart) {
               return pathNameSerialized.startsWith(prepend('/app/dashboards'));
             },
           },
-          ...(pluginsStart.inventory
-            ? [
-                {
-                  link: 'inventory' as const,
-                  getIsActive: ({
-                    pathNameSerialized,
-                    prepend,
-                  }: {
-                    pathNameSerialized: string;
-                    prepend: (path: string) => string;
-                  }) => {
-                    return pathNameSerialized.startsWith(prepend('/app/observability/inventory'));
-                  },
-                },
-              ]
-            : []),
           {
             link: 'observability-overview:alerts',
           },
@@ -83,6 +67,9 @@ export function createNavTree(pluginsStart: ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart) {
           {
             link: 'slo',
           },
+          {
+            link: 'inventory',
+          },
           {
             id: 'aiMl',
             title: i18n.translate('xpack.observability.obltNav.ml.aiAndMlGroupTitle', {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/plugin.ts
index a22638213adbf..a4b0d8e57ce4b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/public/plugin.ts
@@ -48,11 +48,9 @@ import { BehaviorSubject, from, map, mergeMap } from 'rxjs';
 
 import type { AiopsPluginStart } from '@kbn/aiops-plugin/public/types';
 import type { DataViewFieldEditorStart } from '@kbn/data-view-field-editor-plugin/public';
-import { INVENTORY_APP_ID } from '@kbn/deeplinks-observability/constants';
 import type { EmbeddableSetup } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import type { ExploratoryViewPublicStart } from '@kbn/exploratory-view-plugin/public';
 import type { GuidedOnboardingPluginStart } from '@kbn/guided-onboarding-plugin/public';
-import type { InventoryPublicSetup, InventoryPublicStart } from '@kbn/inventory-plugin/public';
 import type { InvestigatePublicStart } from '@kbn/investigate-plugin/public';
 import type { LicenseManagementUIPluginSetup } from '@kbn/license-management-plugin/public';
 import type { LicensingPluginStart } from '@kbn/licensing-plugin/public';
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ export interface ObservabilityPublicPluginsSetup {
   licensing: LicensingPluginSetup;
   serverless?: ServerlessPluginSetup;
   presentationUtil?: PresentationUtilPluginStart;
-  inventory?: InventoryPublicSetup;
 }
 export interface ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart {
   actionTypeRegistry: ActionTypeRegistryContract;
@@ -165,7 +162,6 @@ export interface ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart {
   dataViewFieldEditor: DataViewFieldEditorStart;
   toastNotifications: ToastsStart;
   investigate?: InvestigatePublicStart;
-  inventory?: InventoryPublicStart;
 }
 export type ObservabilityPublicStart = ReturnType<Plugin['start']>;
 
@@ -361,18 +357,6 @@ export class Plugin
                   ]
                 : [];
 
-              const inventoryLink = pluginsSetup.inventory
-                ? [
-                    {
-                      label: i18n.translate('xpack.observability.inventoryLinkTitle', {
-                        defaultMessage: 'Inventory',
-                      }),
-                      app: INVENTORY_APP_ID,
-                      path: '',
-                    },
-                  ]
-                : [];
-
               const isAiAssistantEnabled =
                 pluginsStart.observabilityAIAssistant?.service.isEnabled();
 
@@ -436,7 +420,6 @@ export class Plugin
                   sortKey: 100,
                   entries: [
                     ...overviewLink,
-                    ...inventoryLink,
                     ...alertsLink,
                     ...sloLink,
                     ...casesLink,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/tsconfig.json
index 873a87c11d1a4..d7a33cb6492cb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/observability/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "public/**/*.json",
     "server/**/*",
     "typings/**/*",
-    "../../../../typings/**/*",
+    "../../../../typings/**/*"
   ],
   "kbn_references": [
     "@kbn/rule-data-utils",
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
     "@kbn/home-plugin",
     "@kbn/data-view-field-editor-plugin",
     "@kbn/guided-onboarding-plugin",
-    "@kbn/inventory-plugin",
     "@kbn/investigate-plugin",
     "@kbn/license-management-plugin",
     "@kbn/presentation-util-plugin",
@@ -114,9 +113,7 @@
     "@kbn/io-ts-utils",
     "@kbn/core-ui-settings-server-mocks",
     "@kbn/es-types",
-    "@kbn/logging-mocks",
+    "@kbn/logging-mocks"
   ],
-  "exclude": [
-    "target/**/*"
-  ]
+  "exclude": ["target/**/*"]
 }