diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/worker/webpack.config.ts b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/worker/webpack.config.ts
index ecb16ff1c8899..0ec6483a08283 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/worker/webpack.config.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/worker/webpack.config.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ const BABEL_PRESET_PATH = require.resolve('@kbn/babel-preset/webpack_preset');
 const STATIC_BUNDLE_PLUGINS = [
   { id: 'data', dirname: 'data' },
   { id: 'kibanaReact', dirname: 'kibana_react' },
-  { id: 'kibanaUtils', dirname: 'kibana_utils' },
   { id: 'esUiShared', dirname: 'es_ui_shared' },
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/template.js.hbs b/src/legacy/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/template.js.hbs
index ba38851921a98..f0be821b52754 100644
--- a/src/legacy/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/template.js.hbs
+++ b/src/legacy/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/template.js.hbs
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ if (window.__kbnStrictCsp__ && window.__kbnCspNotEnforced__) {
         {{/each}}
         '{{regularBundlePath}}/commons.bundle.js',
         '{{regularBundlePath}}/plugin/data/data.plugin.js',
-        '{{regularBundlePath}}/plugin/kibanaUtils/kibanaUtils.plugin.js',
         '{{regularBundlePath}}/plugin/esUiShared/esUiShared.plugin.js',
         '{{regularBundlePath}}/plugin/kibanaReact/kibanaReact.plugin.js'
     ], function () {
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/kibana.json b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/kibana.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fa39d82d1021..0000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/kibana.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "id": "kibanaUtils",
-  "version": "kibana",
-  "ui": true
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/index.ts
index 2f139050e994a..13f8fe75d17b6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana_utils/public/index.ts
@@ -76,11 +76,3 @@ export {
 } from './state_sync';
 export { removeQueryParam, redirectWhenMissing, ensureDefaultIndexPattern } from './history';
 export { applyDiff } from './state_management/utils/diff_object';
-
-/** dummy plugin, we just want kibanaUtils to have its own bundle */
-export function plugin() {
-  return new (class KibanaUtilsPlugin {
-    setup() {}
-    start() {}
-  })();
-}