diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.md
index 5450e84417f89..b8cffb36b821a 100644
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.md
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.md
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ The plugin integrates with the core system via lifecycle events: `setup`<!-- -->
 |  [SavedObjectAttributeSingle](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectattributesingle.md) | Don't use this type, it's simply a helper type for [SavedObjectAttribute](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectattribute.md) |
 |  [SavedObjectMigrationFn](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectmigrationfn.md) | A migration function for a [saved object type](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectstype.md) used to migrate it to a given version |
 |  [SavedObjectSanitizedDoc](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsanitizeddoc.md) |  |
-|  [SavedObjectsClientContract](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclientcontract.md) | Saved Objects is Kibana's data persisentence mechanism allowing plugins to use Elasticsearch for storing plugin state.<!-- -->\#\# SavedObjectsClient errors<!-- -->Since the SavedObjectsClient has its hands in everything we are a little paranoid about the way we present errors back to to application code. Ideally, all errors will be either:<!-- -->1. Caused by bad implementation (ie. undefined is not a function) and as such unpredictable 2. An error that has been classified and decorated appropriately by the decorators in [SavedObjectsErrorHelpers](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md)<!-- -->Type 1 errors are inevitable, but since all expected/handle-able errors should be Type 2 the <code>isXYZError()</code> helpers exposed at <code>SavedObjectsErrorHelpers</code> should be used to understand and manage error responses from the <code>SavedObjectsClient</code>.<!-- -->Type 2 errors are decorated versions of the source error, so if the elasticsearch client threw an error it will be decorated based on its type. That means that rather than looking for <code>error.body.error.type</code> or doing substring checks on <code>error.body.error.reason</code>, just use the helpers to understand the meaning of the error:<!-- -->\`\`\`<!-- -->js if (SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.isNotFoundError(error)) { // handle 404 }<!-- -->if (SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.isNotAuthorizedError(error)) { // 401 handling should be automatic, but in case you wanted to know }<!-- -->// always rethrow the error unless you handle it throw error; \`\`\`<!-- -->\#\#\# 404s from missing index<!-- -->From the perspective of application code and APIs the SavedObjectsClient is a black box that persists objects. One of the internal details that users have no control over is that we use an elasticsearch index for persistance and that index might be missing.<!-- -->At the time of writing we are in the process of transitioning away from the operating assumption that the SavedObjects index is always available. Part of this transition is handling errors resulting from an index missing. These used to trigger a 500 error in most cases, and in others cause 404s with different error messages.<!-- -->From my (Spencer) perspective, a 404 from the SavedObjectsApi is a 404; The object the request/call was targeting could not be found. This is why \#14141 takes special care to ensure that 404 errors are generic and don't distinguish between index missing or document missing.<!-- -->\#\#\# 503s from missing index<!-- -->Unlike all other methods, create requests are supposed to succeed even when the Kibana index does not exist because it will be automatically created by elasticsearch. When that is not the case it is because Elasticsearch's <code>action.auto_create_index</code> setting prevents it from being created automatically so we throw a special 503 with the intention of informing the user that their Elasticsearch settings need to be updated.<!-- -->See [SavedObjectsClient](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclient.md) See [SavedObjectsErrorHelpers](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md) |
+|  [SavedObjectsClientContract](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclientcontract.md) | Saved Objects is Kibana's data persisentence mechanism allowing plugins to use Elasticsearch for storing plugin state.<!-- -->\#\# SavedObjectsClient errors<!-- -->Since the SavedObjectsClient has its hands in everything we are a little paranoid about the way we present errors back to to application code. Ideally, all errors will be either:<!-- -->1. Caused by bad implementation (ie. undefined is not a function) and as such unpredictable 2. An error that has been classified and decorated appropriately by the decorators in [SavedObjectsErrorHelpers](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md)<!-- -->Type 1 errors are inevitable, but since all expected/handle-able errors should be Type 2 the <code>isXYZError()</code> helpers exposed at <code>SavedObjectsErrorHelpers</code> should be used to understand and manage error responses from the <code>SavedObjectsClient</code>.<!-- -->Type 2 errors are decorated versions of the source error, so if the elasticsearch client threw an error it will be decorated based on its type. That means that rather than looking for <code>error.body.error.type</code> or doing substring checks on <code>error.body.error.reason</code>, just use the helpers to understand the meaning of the error:<!-- -->\`\`\`<!-- -->js if (SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.isNotFoundError(error)) { // handle 404 }<!-- -->if (SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.isNotAuthorizedError(error)) { // 401 handling should be automatic, but in case you wanted to know }<!-- -->// always rethrow the error unless you handle it throw error; \`\`\`<!-- -->\#\#\# 404s from missing index<!-- -->From the perspective of application code and APIs the SavedObjectsClient is a black box that persists objects. One of the internal details that users have no control over is that we use an elasticsearch index for persistance and that index might be missing.<!-- -->At the time of writing we are in the process of transitioning away from the operating assumption that the SavedObjects index is always available. Part of this transition is handling errors resulting from an index missing. These used to trigger a 500 error in most cases, and in others cause 404s with different error messages.<!-- -->From my (Spencer) perspective, a 404 from the SavedObjectsApi is a 404; The object the request/call was targeting could not be found. This is why \#14141 takes special care to ensure that 404 errors are generic and don't distinguish between index missing or document missing.<!-- -->See [SavedObjectsClient](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclient.md) See [SavedObjectsErrorHelpers](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md) |
 |  [SavedObjectsClientFactory](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclientfactory.md) | Describes the factory used to create instances of the Saved Objects Client. |
 |  [SavedObjectsClientFactoryProvider](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclientfactoryprovider.md) | Provider to invoke to retrieve a [SavedObjectsClientFactory](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclientfactory.md)<!-- -->. |
 |  [SavedObjectsClientWrapperFactory](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclientwrapperfactory.md) | Describes the factory used to create instances of Saved Objects Client Wrappers. |
diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclientcontract.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclientcontract.md
index c39df0655f1d4..610356a733126 100644
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclientcontract.md
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclientcontract.md
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ At the time of writing we are in the process of transitioning away from the oper
 
 From my (Spencer) perspective, a 404 from the SavedObjectsApi is a 404; The object the request/call was targeting could not be found. This is why \#14141 takes special care to ensure that 404 errors are generic and don't distinguish between index missing or document missing.
 
-\#\#\# 503s from missing index
-
-Unlike all other methods, create requests are supposed to succeed even when the Kibana index does not exist because it will be automatically created by elasticsearch. When that is not the case it is because Elasticsearch's `action.auto_create_index` setting prevents it from being created automatically so we throw a special 503 with the intention of informing the user that their Elasticsearch settings need to be updated.
-
 See [SavedObjectsClient](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectsclient.md) See [SavedObjectsErrorHelpers](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md)
 
 <b>Signature:</b>
diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.createesautocreateindexerror.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.createesautocreateindexerror.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6350afacee2ba..0000000000000
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.createesautocreateindexerror.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
-
-[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-core-server](./kibana-plugin-core-server.md) &gt; [SavedObjectsErrorHelpers](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md) &gt; [createEsAutoCreateIndexError](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.createesautocreateindexerror.md)
-
-## SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.createEsAutoCreateIndexError() method
-
-<b>Signature:</b>
-
-```typescript
-static createEsAutoCreateIndexError(): DecoratedError;
-```
-<b>Returns:</b>
-
-`DecoratedError`
-
diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.isesautocreateindexerror.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.isesautocreateindexerror.md
deleted file mode 100644
index bdffff5c1365b..0000000000000
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.isesautocreateindexerror.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<!-- Do not edit this file. It is automatically generated by API Documenter. -->
-
-[Home](./index.md) &gt; [kibana-plugin-core-server](./kibana-plugin-core-server.md) &gt; [SavedObjectsErrorHelpers](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md) &gt; [isEsAutoCreateIndexError](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.isesautocreateindexerror.md)
-
-## SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.isEsAutoCreateIndexError() method
-
-<b>Signature:</b>
-
-```typescript
-static isEsAutoCreateIndexError(error: Error | DecoratedError): boolean;
-```
-
-## Parameters
-
-|  Parameter | Type | Description |
-|  --- | --- | --- |
-|  error | <code>Error &#124; DecoratedError</code> |  |
-
-<b>Returns:</b>
-
-`boolean`
-
diff --git a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md
index 250b9d3899670..7874be311d52c 100644
--- a/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md
+++ b/docs/development/core/server/kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.md
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export declare class SavedObjectsErrorHelpers
 |  --- | --- | --- |
 |  [createBadRequestError(reason)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.createbadrequesterror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
 |  [createConflictError(type, id)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.createconflicterror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
-|  [createEsAutoCreateIndexError()](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.createesautocreateindexerror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
 |  [createGenericNotFoundError(type, id)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.creategenericnotfounderror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
 |  [createInvalidVersionError(versionInput)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.createinvalidversionerror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
 |  [createUnsupportedTypeError(type)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.createunsupportedtypeerror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ export declare class SavedObjectsErrorHelpers
 |  [decorateRequestEntityTooLargeError(error, reason)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.decoraterequestentitytoolargeerror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
 |  [isBadRequestError(error)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.isbadrequesterror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
 |  [isConflictError(error)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.isconflicterror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
-|  [isEsAutoCreateIndexError(error)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.isesautocreateindexerror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
 |  [isEsCannotExecuteScriptError(error)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.isescannotexecutescripterror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
 |  [isEsUnavailableError(error)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.isesunavailableerror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
 |  [isForbiddenError(error)](./kibana-plugin-core-server.savedobjectserrorhelpers.isforbiddenerror.md) | <code>static</code> |  |
diff --git a/src/core/public/saved_objects/saved_objects_client.ts b/src/core/public/saved_objects/saved_objects_client.ts
index d26cadecb184a..7958a4f8134d3 100644
--- a/src/core/public/saved_objects/saved_objects_client.ts
+++ b/src/core/public/saved_objects/saved_objects_client.ts
@@ -216,17 +216,7 @@ export class SavedObjectsClient {
       }),
     });
 
-    return createRequest
-      .then(resp => this.createSavedObject(resp))
-      .catch((error: object) => {
-        if (isAutoCreateIndexError(error)) {
-          window.location.assign(
-            this.http.basePath.prepend('/app/kibana#/error/action.auto_create_index')
-          );
-        }
-
-        throw error;
-      });
+    return createRequest.then(resp => this.createSavedObject(resp));
   };
 
   /**
@@ -468,9 +458,3 @@ const renameKeys = <T extends Record<string, any>, U extends Record<string, any>
       ...{ [keysMap[key] || key]: obj[key] },
     };
   }, {});
-
-const isAutoCreateIndexError = (error: any) => {
-  return (
-    error?.res?.status === 503 && error?.body?.attributes?.code === 'ES_AUTO_CREATE_INDEX_ERROR'
-  );
-};
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/errors.test.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/errors.test.ts
index 4a43835d795d1..324d19e279212 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/errors.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/errors.test.ts
@@ -403,43 +403,4 @@ describe('savedObjectsClient/errorTypes', () => {
       });
     });
   });
-
-  describe('EsAutoCreateIndex error', () => {
-    describe('createEsAutoCreateIndexError', () => {
-      it('does not take an error argument', () => {
-        const error = new Error();
-        // @ts-ignore
-        expect(SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.createEsAutoCreateIndexError(error)).not.toBe(error);
-      });
-
-      it('returns a new Error', () => {
-        expect(SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.createEsAutoCreateIndexError()).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
-      });
-
-      it('makes errors identifiable as EsAutoCreateIndex errors', () => {
-        expect(
-          SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.isEsAutoCreateIndexError(
-            SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.createEsAutoCreateIndexError()
-          )
-        ).toBe(true);
-      });
-
-      it('returns a boom error', () => {
-        const error = SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.createEsAutoCreateIndexError();
-        expect(error).toHaveProperty('isBoom', true);
-      });
-
-      describe('error.output', () => {
-        it('uses "Automatic index creation failed" message', () => {
-          const error = SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.createEsAutoCreateIndexError();
-          expect(error.output.payload).toHaveProperty('message', 'Automatic index creation failed');
-        });
-
-        it('sets statusCode to 503', () => {
-          const error = SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.createEsAutoCreateIndexError();
-          expect(error.output).toHaveProperty('statusCode', 503);
-        });
-      });
-    });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/errors.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/errors.ts
index 478c6b6d26d53..9614d692741e0 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/errors.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/errors.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ const CODE_CONFLICT = 'SavedObjectsClient/conflict';
 const CODE_ES_CANNOT_EXECUTE_SCRIPT = 'SavedObjectsClient/esCannotExecuteScript';
 // 503 - Es Unavailable
 const CODE_ES_UNAVAILABLE = 'SavedObjectsClient/esUnavailable';
-// 503 - Unable to automatically create index because of action.auto_create_index setting
-const CODE_ES_AUTO_CREATE_INDEX_ERROR = 'SavedObjectsClient/autoCreateIndex';
 // 500 - General Error
 const CODE_GENERAL_ERROR = 'SavedObjectsClient/generalError';
 
@@ -180,18 +178,6 @@ export class SavedObjectsErrorHelpers {
     return isSavedObjectsClientError(error) && error[code] === CODE_ES_UNAVAILABLE;
   }
 
-  public static createEsAutoCreateIndexError() {
-    const error = Boom.serverUnavailable('Automatic index creation failed');
-    error.output.payload.attributes = error.output.payload.attributes || {};
-    error.output.payload.attributes.code = 'ES_AUTO_CREATE_INDEX_ERROR';
-
-    return decorate(error, CODE_ES_AUTO_CREATE_INDEX_ERROR, 503);
-  }
-
-  public static isEsAutoCreateIndexError(error: Error | DecoratedError) {
-    return isSavedObjectsClientError(error) && error[code] === CODE_ES_AUTO_CREATE_INDEX_ERROR;
-  }
-
   public static decorateGeneralError(error: Error, reason?: string) {
     return decorate(error, CODE_GENERAL_ERROR, 500, reason);
   }
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.ts
index 5f17c11792763..bc8ad2cdb0058 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/service/lib/repository.ts
@@ -239,40 +239,31 @@ export class SavedObjectsRepository {
       }
     }
 
-    try {
-      const migrated = this._migrator.migrateDocument({
-        id,
-        type,
-        ...(savedObjectNamespace && { namespace: savedObjectNamespace }),
-        ...(savedObjectNamespaces && { namespaces: savedObjectNamespaces }),
-        attributes,
-        migrationVersion,
-        updated_at: time,
-        ...(Array.isArray(references) && { references }),
-      });
-
-      const raw = this._serializer.savedObjectToRaw(migrated as SavedObjectSanitizedDoc);
+    const migrated = this._migrator.migrateDocument({
+      id,
+      type,
+      ...(savedObjectNamespace && { namespace: savedObjectNamespace }),
+      ...(savedObjectNamespaces && { namespaces: savedObjectNamespaces }),
+      attributes,
+      migrationVersion,
+      updated_at: time,
+      ...(Array.isArray(references) && { references }),
+    });
 
-      const method = id && overwrite ? 'index' : 'create';
-      const response = await this._writeToCluster(method, {
-        id: raw._id,
-        index: this.getIndexForType(type),
-        refresh,
-        body: raw._source,
-      });
+    const raw = this._serializer.savedObjectToRaw(migrated as SavedObjectSanitizedDoc);
 
-      return this._rawToSavedObject<T>({
-        ...raw,
-        ...response,
-      });
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.isNotFoundError(error)) {
-        // See "503s from missing index" above
-        throw SavedObjectsErrorHelpers.createEsAutoCreateIndexError();
-      }
+    const method = id && overwrite ? 'index' : 'create';
+    const response = await this._writeToCluster(method, {
+      id: raw._id,
+      index: this.getIndexForType(type),
+      refresh,
+      body: raw._source,
+    });
 
-      throw error;
-    }
+    return this._rawToSavedObject<T>({
+      ...raw,
+      ...response,
+    });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/core/server/saved_objects/types.ts b/src/core/server/saved_objects/types.ts
index b50c6dc9a1abf..43b7663491711 100644
--- a/src/core/server/saved_objects/types.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/saved_objects/types.ts
@@ -156,15 +156,6 @@ export type MutatingOperationRefreshSetting = boolean | 'wait_for';
  * takes special care to ensure that 404 errors are generic and don't distinguish
  * between index missing or document missing.
  *
- * ### 503s from missing index
- *
- * Unlike all other methods, create requests are supposed to succeed even when
- * the Kibana index does not exist because it will be automatically created by
- * elasticsearch. When that is not the case it is because Elasticsearch's
- * `action.auto_create_index` setting prevents it from being created automatically
- * so we throw a special 503 with the intention of informing the user that their
- * Elasticsearch settings need to be updated.
- *
  * See {@link SavedObjectsClient}
  * See {@link SavedObjectsErrorHelpers}
  *
diff --git a/src/core/server/server.api.md b/src/core/server/server.api.md
index 6369720ada2c3..2efa7dac393b4 100644
--- a/src/core/server/server.api.md
+++ b/src/core/server/server.api.md
@@ -1875,8 +1875,6 @@ export class SavedObjectsErrorHelpers {
     // (undocumented)
     static createConflictError(type: string, id: string): DecoratedError;
     // (undocumented)
-    static createEsAutoCreateIndexError(): DecoratedError;
-    // (undocumented)
     static createGenericNotFoundError(type?: string | null, id?: string | null): DecoratedError;
     // (undocumented)
     static createInvalidVersionError(versionInput?: string): DecoratedError;
@@ -1903,8 +1901,6 @@ export class SavedObjectsErrorHelpers {
     // (undocumented)
     static isConflictError(error: Error | DecoratedError): boolean;
     // (undocumented)
-    static isEsAutoCreateIndexError(error: Error | DecoratedError): boolean;
-    // (undocumented)
     static isEsCannotExecuteScriptError(error: Error | DecoratedError): boolean;
     // (undocumented)
     static isEsUnavailableError(error: Error | DecoratedError): boolean;
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/_index.scss b/src/legacy/ui/public/_index.scss
index b36e62297cc23..f10718ba58c2c 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/_index.scss
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/public/_index.scss
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 @import './accessibility/index';
 @import './directives/index';
-@import './error_auto_create_index/index';
 @import './error_url_overflow/index';
 @import './exit_full_screen/index';
 @import './field_editor/index';
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/_error_auto_create_index.scss b/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/_error_auto_create_index.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index ad31aabfc66cd..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/_error_auto_create_index.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-.kbnError--auto-create-index {
-  padding: $euiSizeL;
-}
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/_index.scss b/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/_index.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 42e672ab322dc..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/_index.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import './error_auto_create_index'
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.html b/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 2af31dda6c345..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-<div class="app-container kbnError--auto-create-index euiText">
-  <h3><icon aria-hidden="true" type="'alert'" color="'danger'"></icon>
-    <span
-      i18n-id="common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.errorTitle"
-      i18n-default-message="Oh no!">
-    </span>
-  </h3>
-
-  <p
-    i18n-id="common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.errorDescription"
-    i18n-default-message="It looks like your Elasticsearch cluster's {autoCreateIndexActionConfig} setting is
-    preventing Kibana from automatically creating an index to store saved objects. Kibana uses this
-    Elasticsearch feature because it is the best way to make sure that the saved object index uses
-    the correct mappings/schema, and it allows Kibana to poll Elasticsearch less often."
-    i18n-values="{ html_autoCreateIndexActionConfig: '<code>action.auto_create_index</code>' }"
-  ></p>
-
-  <p
-    i18n-id="common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.errorDisclaimer"
-    i18n-default-message="Unfortunately, until this issue is fixed you won't be able to save anything in Kibana."
-  ></p>
-
-  <h3
-    i18n-id="common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixErrorTitle"
-    i18n-default-message="Ok, how do I fix this?"
-  ></h3>
-  <ol>
-    <li
-      i18n-id="common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixError.removeConfigText"
-      i18n-default-message="Remove {autoCreateIndexActionConfig} from your Elasticsearch configuration file"
-      i18n-values="{ html_autoCreateIndexActionConfig: '<code>action.auto_create_index: false</code>' }"
-    ></li>
-    <li
-      i18n-id="common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixError.restartText"
-      i18n-default-message="Restart elasticsearch."
-    ></li>
-    <li 
-      i18n-id="common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixError.goBackText"
-      i18n-default-message="Use the browser's back button to return to what you were doing."
-    ></li>
-  </ol>
-
-  <div class="kuiInfoPanel kuiInfoPanel--info kuiVerticalRhythm">
-    <div class="kuiInfoPanelHeader">
-      <span
-        class="kuiInfoPanelHeader__icon kuiIcon kuiIcon--info fa-info"
-        aria-label="{{ ::'common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.noteImageAriaLabel' | i18n: {defaultMessage: 'Info'} }}"
-        role="img"
-      ></span>
-      <span
-        class="kuiInfoPanelHeader__title"
-        i18n-id="common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.noteTitle"
-        i18n-default-message="Note:"
-      ></span>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="kuiInfoPanelBody">
-      <div
-        class="kuiInfoPanelBody__message"
-        i18n-id="common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.noteMessage"
-        i18n-default-message="The {autoCreateIndexActionConfig} can also define a whitelist of patterns where this
-        feature should be enabled. We don't discuss how to use the setting that way here because it
-        requires knowing all of the other plugins/interactions that rely on the feature for the same
-        reasons that Kibana does."
-        i18n-values="{ html_autoCreateIndexActionConfig: '<code>action.auto_create_index</code>' }"
-      ></div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.test.js b/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a8f6318090b1d..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-
-// @ts-ignore
-import './error_auto_create_index.test.mocks';
-import fetchMock from 'fetch-mock/es5/client';
-import { kfetch } from '../kfetch';
-
-import { isAutoCreateIndexError } from './error_auto_create_index';
-
-describe('isAutoCreateIndexError correctly handles KFetchError thrown by kfetch', () => {
-  describe('404', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      fetchMock.post({
-        matcher: '*',
-        response: {
-          status: 404,
-        },
-      });
-    });
-    afterEach(() => fetchMock.restore());
-
-    test('should return false', async () => {
-      expect.assertions(1);
-      try {
-        await kfetch({ method: 'POST', pathname: '/my/path' });
-      } catch (kfetchError) {
-        expect(isAutoCreateIndexError(kfetchError)).toBe(false);
-      }
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('503 error that is not ES_AUTO_CREATE_INDEX_ERROR', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      fetchMock.post({
-        matcher: '*',
-        response: {
-          status: 503,
-        },
-      });
-    });
-    afterEach(() => fetchMock.restore());
-
-    test('should return false', async () => {
-      expect.assertions(1);
-      try {
-        await kfetch({ method: 'POST', pathname: '/my/path' });
-      } catch (kfetchError) {
-        expect(isAutoCreateIndexError(kfetchError)).toBe(false);
-      }
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('503 error that is ES_AUTO_CREATE_INDEX_ERROR', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      fetchMock.post({
-        matcher: '*',
-        response: {
-          body: {
-            attributes: {
-              code: 'ES_AUTO_CREATE_INDEX_ERROR',
-            },
-          },
-          status: 503,
-        },
-      });
-    });
-    afterEach(() => fetchMock.restore());
-
-    test('should return true', async () => {
-      expect.assertions(1);
-      try {
-        await kfetch({ method: 'POST', pathname: '/my/path' });
-      } catch (kfetchError) {
-        expect(isAutoCreateIndexError(kfetchError)).toBe(true);
-      }
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.test.mocks.js b/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.test.mocks.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ac30b85c5a85..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.test.mocks.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { setup } from '../../../../test_utils/public/http_test_setup';
-
-jest.doMock('ui/new_platform', () => ({ npSetup: { core: setup() } }));
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.ts b/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 09c6bfd93148f..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/error_auto_create_index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import { get } from 'lodash';
-
-import uiRoutes from '../routes';
-
-import template from './error_auto_create_index.html';
-
-uiRoutes.when('/error/action.auto_create_index', {
-  template,
-  k7Breadcrumbs: () => [
-    {
-      text: i18n.translate('common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.breadcrumbs.errorText', {
-        defaultMessage: 'Error',
-      }),
-    },
-  ],
-});
-
-export function isAutoCreateIndexError(error: object) {
-  return (
-    get(error, 'res.status') === 503 &&
-    get(error, 'body.attributes.code') === 'ES_AUTO_CREATE_INDEX_ERROR'
-  );
-}
-
-export function showAutoCreateIndexErrorPage() {
-  window.location.hash = '/error/action.auto_create_index';
-}
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/index.ts b/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d290e0334b3d6..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/ui/public/error_auto_create_index/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { isAutoCreateIndexError, showAutoCreateIndexErrorPage } from './error_auto_create_index';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index 712ceffaef6ed..785a58baa24a8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -138,17 +138,6 @@
     "charts.controls.rangeErrorMessage": "値は {min} と {max} の間でなければなりません",
     "charts.controls.vislibBasicOptions.legendPositionLabel": "凡例位置",
     "charts.controls.vislibBasicOptions.showTooltipLabel": "ツールヒントを表示",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.breadcrumbs.errorText": "エラー",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.errorDescription": "Elasticsearch クラスターの {autoCreateIndexActionConfig} 設定が原因で、Kibana が保存されたオブジェクトを格納するインデックスを自動的に作成できないようです。Kibana は、保存されたオブジェクトインデックスが適切なマッピング/スキーマを使用し Kibana から Elasticsearch へのポーリングの回数を減らすための最適な手段であるため、この Elasticsearch の機能を使用します。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.errorDisclaimer": "申し訳ございませんが、この問題が解決されるまで Kibana で何も保存することができません。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.errorTitle": "おっと！",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixError.goBackText": "ブラウザの戻るボタンで前の画面に戻ります。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixError.removeConfigText": "Elasticsearch 構成ファイルから {autoCreateIndexActionConfig} を削除します。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixError.restartText": "Elasticsearch を再起動します。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixErrorTitle": "どうすれば良いのでしょう？",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.noteImageAriaLabel": "情報",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.noteMessage": "{autoCreateIndexActionConfig} は、機能を有効にするパターンのホワイトリストを定義することもできます。Kibana と同じ理由でこの機能を使用する他のプラグイン/操作をすべて把握する必要があるため、この設定のこのような使い方はここでは説明しません。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.noteTitle": "注：",
     "common.ui.errorUrlOverflow.breadcrumbs.errorText": "エラー",
     "common.ui.errorUrlOverflow.errorDescription": "とても長い URL ですね。残念なお知らせがあります。ご使用のブラウザは Kibana の超巨大 URL に対応していません。問題を避けるため、Kibana はご使用のブラウザでの URL を {urlCharacterLimit} 文字に制限します。",
     "common.ui.errorUrlOverflow.errorTitle": "おっと！",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index 7358b381ca7a2..ccee034773fef 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -138,17 +138,6 @@
     "charts.controls.rangeErrorMessage": "值必须是在 {min} 到 {max} 的范围内",
     "charts.controls.vislibBasicOptions.legendPositionLabel": "图例位置",
     "charts.controls.vislibBasicOptions.showTooltipLabel": "显示工具提示",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.breadcrumbs.errorText": "错误",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.errorDescription": "似乎 Elasticsearch 集群的 {autoCreateIndexActionConfig} 设置使 Kibana 无法自动创建用于存储已保存对象的索引。Kibana 将使用此 Elasticsearch 功能，因为这是确保已保存对象索引使用正确映射/架构的最好方式，而且其允许 Kibana 较少地轮询 Elasticsearch。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.errorDisclaimer": "但是，只有解决了此问题后，您才能在 Kibana 保存内容。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.errorTitle": "糟糕！",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixError.goBackText": "使用浏览器的后退按钮返回您之前正做的工作。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixError.removeConfigText": "从 Elasticsearch 配置文件中删除 {autoCreateIndexActionConfig}",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixError.restartText": "重新启动 Elasticsearch。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.howToFixErrorTitle": "那么，我如何解决此问题？",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.noteImageAriaLabel": "信息",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.noteMessage": "{autoCreateIndexActionConfig} 还可以定义应启用此功能的模式白名单。我们在这里不讨论如何以那种方式使用该设置，因为这和 Kibana 一样需要您了解依赖该功能的所有其他插件/交互。",
-    "common.ui.errorAutoCreateIndex.noteTitle": "注意：",
     "common.ui.errorUrlOverflow.breadcrumbs.errorText": "错误",
     "common.ui.errorUrlOverflow.errorDescription": "您的 URL 真不小。我有一些不幸的消息：您的浏览器与 Kibana 的超长 URL 不太兼容。为了避免您遇到问题，Kibana 在您的浏览器中将 URL 长度限制在 {urlCharacterLimit} 个字符。",
     "common.ui.errorUrlOverflow.errorTitle": "喔哦！",