diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.ts
index 5b43550a45893d..933e2d90b1c24c 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.ts
@@ -183,9 +183,5 @@ export async function getMapsTelemetry(
   const settings: SavedObjectAttribute = {
     showMapVisualizationTypes: config().get('xpack.maps.showMapVisualizationTypes'),
   };
-  const mapsTelemetry = buildMapsTelemetry({ mapSavedObjects, indexPatternSavedObjects, settings });
-  return await savedObjectsClient.create(TELEMETRY_TYPE, mapsTelemetry, {
-    id: TELEMETRY_TYPE,
-    overwrite: true,
-  });
+  return buildMapsTelemetry({ mapSavedObjects, indexPatternSavedObjects, settings });
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e29eca2446422..00000000000000
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/maps_telemetry/maps_telemetry.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,185 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
- */
-
-import _ from 'lodash';
-import {
-  SavedObjectsClientContract,
-  SavedObjectAttributes,
-  SavedObjectAttribute,
-} from 'kibana/server';
-import { IFieldType, IIndexPattern } from 'src/plugins/data/public';
-import { SOURCE_TYPES, ES_GEO_FIELD_TYPE, MAP_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE } from '../../common/constants';
-import { LayerDescriptor } from '../../common/descriptor_types';
-import { MapSavedObject } from '../../common/map_saved_object_type';
-// @ts-ignore
-import { getInternalRepository } from '../kibana_server_services';
-import { MapsConfigType } from '../../config';
-
-interface IStats {
-  [key: string]: {
-    min: number;
-    max: number;
-    avg: number;
-  };
-}
-
-interface ILayerTypeCount {
-  [key: string]: number;
-}
-
-function getUniqueLayerCounts(layerCountsList: ILayerTypeCount[], mapsCount: number) {
-  const uniqueLayerTypes = _.uniq(_.flatten(layerCountsList.map((lTypes) => Object.keys(lTypes))));
-
-  return uniqueLayerTypes.reduce((accu: IStats, type: string) => {
-    const typeCounts = layerCountsList.reduce(
-      (tCountsAccu: number[], tCounts: ILayerTypeCount): number[] => {
-        if (tCounts[type]) {
-          tCountsAccu.push(tCounts[type]);
-        }
-        return tCountsAccu;
-      },
-      []
-    );
-    const typeCountsSum = _.sum(typeCounts);
-    accu[type] = {
-      min: typeCounts.length ? _.min(typeCounts) : 0,
-      max: typeCounts.length ? _.max(typeCounts) : 0,
-      avg: typeCountsSum ? typeCountsSum / mapsCount : 0,
-    };
-    return accu;
-  }, {});
-}
-
-function getIndexPatternsWithGeoFieldCount(indexPatterns: IIndexPattern[]) {
-  const fieldLists = indexPatterns.map((indexPattern) =>
-    indexPattern.attributes && indexPattern.attributes.fields
-      ? JSON.parse(indexPattern.attributes.fields)
-      : []
-  );
-
-  const fieldListsWithGeoFields = fieldLists.filter((fields) =>
-    fields.some(
-      (field: IFieldType) =>
-        field.type === ES_GEO_FIELD_TYPE.GEO_POINT || field.type === ES_GEO_FIELD_TYPE.GEO_SHAPE
-    )
-  );
-
-  const fieldListsWithGeoPointFields = fieldLists.filter((fields) =>
-    fields.some((field: IFieldType) => field.type === ES_GEO_FIELD_TYPE.GEO_POINT)
-  );
-
-  const fieldListsWithGeoShapeFields = fieldLists.filter((fields) =>
-    fields.some((field: IFieldType) => field.type === ES_GEO_FIELD_TYPE.GEO_SHAPE)
-  );
-
-  return {
-    indexPatternsWithGeoFieldCount: fieldListsWithGeoFields.length,
-    indexPatternsWithGeoPointFieldCount: fieldListsWithGeoPointFields.length,
-    indexPatternsWithGeoShapeFieldCount: fieldListsWithGeoShapeFields.length,
-  };
-}
-
-export function buildMapsTelemetry({
-  mapSavedObjects,
-  indexPatternSavedObjects,
-  settings,
-}: {
-  mapSavedObjects: MapSavedObject[];
-  indexPatternSavedObjects: IIndexPattern[];
-  settings: SavedObjectAttribute;
-}): SavedObjectAttributes {
-  const layerLists = mapSavedObjects.map((savedMapObject) =>
-    savedMapObject.attributes && savedMapObject.attributes.layerListJSON
-      ? JSON.parse(savedMapObject.attributes.layerListJSON)
-      : []
-  );
-  const mapsCount = layerLists.length;
-
-  const dataSourcesCount = layerLists.map((lList) => {
-    // todo: not every source-descriptor has an id
-    // @ts-ignore
-    const sourceIdList = lList.map((layer: LayerDescriptor) => layer.sourceDescriptor.id);
-    return _.uniq(sourceIdList).length;
-  });
-
-  const layersCount = layerLists.map((lList) => lList.length);
-  const layerTypesCount = layerLists.map((lList) => _.countBy(lList, 'type'));
-
-  // Count of EMS Vector layers used
-  const emsLayersCount = layerLists.map((lList) =>
-    _(lList)
-      .countBy((layer: LayerDescriptor) => {
-        const isEmsFile = _.get(layer, 'sourceDescriptor.type') === SOURCE_TYPES.EMS_FILE;
-        return isEmsFile && _.get(layer, 'sourceDescriptor.id');
-      })
-      .pick((val, key) => key !== 'false')
-      .value()
-  );
-
-  const dataSourcesCountSum = _.sum(dataSourcesCount);
-  const layersCountSum = _.sum(layersCount);
-
-  const {
-    indexPatternsWithGeoFieldCount,
-    indexPatternsWithGeoPointFieldCount,
-    indexPatternsWithGeoShapeFieldCount,
-  } = getIndexPatternsWithGeoFieldCount(indexPatternSavedObjects);
-  return {
-    settings,
-    indexPatternsWithGeoFieldCount,
-    indexPatternsWithGeoPointFieldCount,
-    indexPatternsWithGeoShapeFieldCount,
-    // Total count of maps
-    mapsTotalCount: mapsCount,
-    // Time of capture
-    timeCaptured: new Date().toISOString(),
-    attributesPerMap: {
-      // Count of data sources per map
-      dataSourcesCount: {
-        min: dataSourcesCount.length ? _.min(dataSourcesCount) : 0,
-        max: dataSourcesCount.length ? _.max(dataSourcesCount) : 0,
-        avg: dataSourcesCountSum ? layersCountSum / mapsCount : 0,
-      },
-      // Total count of layers per map
-      layersCount: {
-        min: layersCount.length ? _.min(layersCount) : 0,
-        max: layersCount.length ? _.max(layersCount) : 0,
-        avg: layersCountSum ? layersCountSum / mapsCount : 0,
-      },
-      // Count of layers by type
-      layerTypesCount: {
-        ...getUniqueLayerCounts(layerTypesCount, mapsCount),
-      },
-      // Count of layer by EMS region
-      emsVectorLayersCount: {
-        ...getUniqueLayerCounts(emsLayersCount, mapsCount),
-      },
-    },
-  };
-}
-async function getMapSavedObjects(savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract) {
-  const mapsSavedObjects = await savedObjectsClient.find({ type: MAP_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE });
-  return _.get(mapsSavedObjects, 'saved_objects', []);
-}
-
-async function getIndexPatternSavedObjects(savedObjectsClient: SavedObjectsClientContract) {
-  const indexPatternSavedObjects = await savedObjectsClient.find({ type: 'index-pattern' });
-  return _.get(indexPatternSavedObjects, 'saved_objects', []);
-}
-
-export async function getMapsTelemetry(config: MapsConfigType) {
-  const savedObjectsClient = getInternalRepository();
-  // @ts-ignore
-  const mapSavedObjects: MapSavedObject[] = await getMapSavedObjects(savedObjectsClient);
-  const indexPatternSavedObjects: IIndexPattern[] = await getIndexPatternSavedObjects(
-    // @ts-ignore
-    savedObjectsClient
-  );
-  const settings: SavedObjectAttribute = {
-    showMapVisualizationTypes: config.showMapVisualizationTypes,
-  };
-  return buildMapsTelemetry({ mapSavedObjects, indexPatternSavedObjects, settings });
-}