diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/canvas_plugin_src/functions/common/saved_lens.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/canvas_plugin_src/functions/common/saved_lens.ts
index 653278117eb77..a307408442fad 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/canvas_plugin_src/functions/common/saved_lens.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/canvas_plugin_src/functions/common/saved_lens.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   EmbeddableExpression,
 } from '../../expression_types';
 import { getFunctionHelp } from '../../../i18n';
+import { Filter as DataFilter } from '../../../../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 
 interface Arguments {
   id: string;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export type SavedLensInput = EmbeddableInput & {
     interval: number;
   };
   hideFilterActions: true;
-  filters: Filter[];
+  filters: DataFilter[];
 };
 
 const defaultTimeRange = {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/canvas_plugin_src/renderers/embeddable/embeddable_input_to_expression.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/canvas_plugin_src/renderers/embeddable/embeddable_input_to_expression.ts
index 30fb6fc4d3169..6428507b16a0c 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/canvas_plugin_src/renderers/embeddable/embeddable_input_to_expression.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/canvas/canvas_plugin_src/renderers/embeddable/embeddable_input_to_expression.ts
@@ -63,12 +63,6 @@ export function embeddableInputToExpression(
         `timerange={timerange from="${lensInput.timeRange.from}" to="${lensInput.timeRange.to}"}`
       );
     }
-
-    if (lensInput.hiddenLayers && lensInput.hiddenLayers.length) {
-      for (const layerId of lensInput.hiddenLayers) {
-        expressionParts.push(`hideLayer="${layerId}"`);
-      }
-    }
   }
 
   return expressionParts.join(' ');