diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/types.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/types.ts
index 7f7ea39f86faf..7206e9612f102 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/vis_types/types.ts
@@ -18,14 +18,12 @@
  */
 
 import { IconType } from '@elastic/eui';
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import React from 'react';
 import { Adapters } from 'src/plugins/inspector';
-import { IEditorController } from 'src/plugins/visualize/public';
+import { VisEditorConstructor } from 'src/plugins/visualize/public';
 import { ISchemas } from 'src/plugins/vis_default_editor/public';
 import { TriggerContextMapping } from '../../../ui_actions/public';
 import { Vis, VisToExpressionAst, VisualizationControllerConstructor } from '../types';
-import { VisualizeEmbeddableContract } from '..';
 
 export interface VisTypeOptions {
   showTimePicker: boolean;
@@ -35,13 +33,6 @@ export interface VisTypeOptions {
   hierarchicalData: boolean;
 }
 
-export type VisEditorConstructor = new (
-  element: HTMLElement,
-  vis: Vis,
-  eventEmitter: EventEmitter,
-  embeddableHandler: VisualizeEmbeddableContract
-) => IEditorController;
-
 /**
  * A visualization type representing one specific type of "classical"
  * visualizations (i.e. not Lens visualizations).
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualize/public/application/types.ts b/src/plugins/visualize/public/application/types.ts
index 1251daf429269..6cc8f5c26584a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualize/public/application/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualize/public/application/types.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import { SharePluginStart } from 'src/plugins/share/public';
 import { SavedObjectsStart, SavedObject } from 'src/plugins/saved_objects/public';
 import { EmbeddableStart } from 'src/plugins/embeddable/public';
 import { UrlForwardingStart } from 'src/plugins/url_forwarding/public';
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import { DashboardStart } from '../../../dashboard/public';
 
 export type PureVisState = SavedVisState;
@@ -131,6 +132,13 @@ export interface ByValueVisInstance {
 
 export type VisualizeEditorVisInstance = SavedVisInstance | ByValueVisInstance;
 
+export type VisEditorConstructor = new (
+  element: HTMLElement,
+  vis: Vis,
+  eventEmitter: EventEmitter,
+  embeddableHandler: VisualizeEmbeddableContract
+) => IEditorController;
+
 export interface IEditorController {
   render(props: EditorRenderProps): Promise<void> | void;
   destroy(): void;
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualize/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/visualize/public/index.ts
index c80efe0adbfd8..246806f300800 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualize/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualize/public/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
 import { PluginInitializerContext } from 'kibana/public';
 import { VisualizePlugin } from './plugin';
 
-export { EditorRenderProps, IEditorController } from './application/types';
+export type {
+  EditorRenderProps,
+  IEditorController,
+  VisEditorConstructor,
+} from './application/types';
 export { VisualizeConstants } from './application/visualize_constants';
 
 export const plugin = (context: PluginInitializerContext) => {