diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/public/autocomplete/autocomplete_service.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/public/autocomplete/autocomplete_service.ts
index 97d128df5a782c..93effe9d24d576 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/public/autocomplete/autocomplete_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/public/autocomplete/autocomplete_service.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from './providers/value_suggestion_provider';
 import type { ValueSuggestionsGetFn } from './providers/value_suggestion_provider';
 
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../../config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '../../server/config';
 import { createUsageCollector } from './collectors';
 import {
   KUERY_LANGUAGE_NAME,
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/public/index.ts
index fb689eb3e2d3b6..2103a20fb7b831 100755
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/public/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { PluginInitializerContext } from '@kbn/core/public';
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '../server/config';
 export type { IndexPatternSelectProps } from './index_pattern_select';
 export type { QueryStringInputProps } from './query_string_input';
 export { QueryStringInput } from './query_string_input';
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/public/plugin.ts
index 0e1b2569470b49..ed4c8cebca82d8 100755
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/public/plugin.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { UsageCollectionSetup } from '@kbn/usage-collection-plugin/public';
 import { APPLY_FILTER_TRIGGER } from '@kbn/data-plugin/public';
 import { createQueryStringInput } from './query_string_input/get_query_string_input';
 import { UPDATE_FILTER_REFERENCES_TRIGGER, updateFilterReferencesTrigger } from './triggers';
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '../server/config';
 import { setIndexPatterns, setTheme, setOverlays, setAnalytics, setI18n } from './services';
 import { AutocompleteService } from './autocomplete/autocomplete_service';
 import { createSearchBar } from './search_bar/create_search_bar';
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/autocomplete_service.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/autocomplete_service.ts
index d1969c381a7ce1..2ef0469ae91ed4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/autocomplete_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/autocomplete_service.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import moment from 'moment';
 import { clone } from 'lodash';
 import { CoreSetup, Plugin, PluginInitializerContext } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { registerRoutes } from './routes';
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../../config';
+import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
 
 export class AutocompleteService implements Plugin<void> {
   private valueSuggestionsEnabled: boolean = true;
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/routes.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/routes.ts
index 4b4321fdf9b8a7..24f1384142367b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/routes.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/routes.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { CoreSetup } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { registerValueSuggestionsRoute } from './value_suggestions_route';
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../../config';
+import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
 
 export function registerRoutes({ http }: CoreSetup, config$: Observable<ConfigSchema>): void {
   const router = http.createRouter();
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_agg.test.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_agg.test.ts
index dbc1dc0608d77a..6ac7ac55af8c1d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_agg.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_agg.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import { coreMock } from '@kbn/core/server/mocks';
 import { ElasticsearchClient, SavedObjectsClientContract } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../../config';
+import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
 import type { DeeplyMockedKeys } from '@kbn/utility-types-jest';
 import type { DataViewField, FieldSpec } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
 import { termsAggSuggestions } from './terms_agg';
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_agg.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_agg.ts
index d87b5696de19fa..3b526b6aa536a0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_agg.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_agg.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { ElasticsearchClient, SavedObjectsClientContract } from '@kbn/core/serve
 import type * as estypes from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/typesWithBodyKey';
 import { getFieldSubtypeNested } from '@kbn/data-plugin/common';
 import type { FieldSpec } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../../config';
+import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
 import { findIndexPatternById, getFieldByName } from '../data_views';
 
 export async function termsAggSuggestions(
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_enum.test.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_enum.test.ts
index d434c6472cce78..8d0dd846426ec9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_enum.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_enum.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import { termsEnumSuggestions } from './terms_enum';
 import { coreMock } from '@kbn/core/server/mocks';
 import { ElasticsearchClient, SavedObjectsClientContract } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../../config';
+import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
 import type { DeeplyMockedKeys } from '@kbn/utility-types-jest';
 import { TermsEnumResponse } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/typesWithBodyKey';
 import type { DataViewField } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_enum.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_enum.ts
index ee46785582ca15..b567bea17a352c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_enum.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/terms_enum.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { ElasticsearchClient, SavedObjectsClientContract } from '@kbn/core/serve
 import type * as estypes from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/typesWithBodyKey';
 import type { FieldSpec } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
 import { findIndexPatternById, getFieldByName } from '../data_views';
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../../config';
+import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
 
 export async function termsEnumSuggestions(
   config: ConfigSchema,
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/value_suggestions_route.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/value_suggestions_route.ts
index 00a5d3eba3a13f..4f2146ec18dbbe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/value_suggestions_route.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/autocomplete/value_suggestions_route.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { IRouter } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { firstValueFrom, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { getRequestAbortedSignal } from '@kbn/data-plugin/server';
 import { getKbnServerError, reportServerError } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/server';
-import type { ConfigSchema } from '../../config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
 import { termsEnumSuggestions } from './terms_enum';
 import { termsAggSuggestions } from './terms_agg';
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/config.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/config.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/unified_search/config.ts
rename to src/plugins/unified_search/server/config.ts
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/index.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/index.ts
index 8f786e0ed10771..e0ca8f39c661f7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { PluginConfigDescriptor, PluginInitializerContext } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import { ConfigSchema, configSchema } from '../config';
+import { ConfigSchema, configSchema } from './config';
 import type {
   UnifiedSearchServerPlugin,
   UnifiedSearchServerPluginSetup,
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/mocks.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/mocks.ts
index 48708e5f2955ef..33d68a57ea9db6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/mocks.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/mocks.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import moment from 'moment';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
+import { ConfigSchema } from './config';
 import { AutocompleteSetup } from './autocomplete';
 
 const autocompleteSetupMock: jest.Mocked<AutocompleteSetup> = {
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/plugin.ts
index 6328eeba2f416a..498c960e05fea5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/server/plugin.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin, PluginInitializerContext } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import { ConfigSchema } from '../config';
+import { ConfigSchema } from './config';
 import { AutocompleteService } from './autocomplete';
 import { AutocompleteSetup } from './autocomplete/autocomplete_service';
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_search/tsconfig.json b/src/plugins/unified_search/tsconfig.json
index fc830033a69b76..909c0031b5a318 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_search/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_search/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
   },
   "include": [
     "public/**/*",
-    "config.ts",
     "public/**/*.json",
     "server/**/*",
-    "config.ts",
   ],
   "kbn_references": [
     "@kbn/core",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/index.ts
index c1fd477922fb92..cf32ddf503ad43 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import { IRouter } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { UsageCounter } from '@kbn/usage-collection-plugin/server';
 import { EncryptedSavedObjectsPluginSetup } from '@kbn/encrypted-saved-objects-plugin/server';
-import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/config';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { GetAlertIndicesAlias, ILicenseState } from '../lib';
 import { defineLegacyRoutes } from './legacy';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_alerts.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_alerts.test.ts
index fd6c0146641211..205e90c5e84253 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_alerts.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_alerts.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import { httpServerMock, httpServiceMock } from '@kbn/core-http-server-mocks';
-import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/config';
 import { dataPluginMock } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/mocks';
 import { termsAggSuggestions } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/autocomplete/terms_agg';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_alerts.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_alerts.ts
index 47a603014a1195..e2feb464ea6d27 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_alerts.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_alerts.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { IRouter } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { firstValueFrom, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { getRequestAbortedSignal } from '@kbn/data-plugin/server';
 import { termsAggSuggestions } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/autocomplete/terms_agg';
-import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/config';
 import { UsageCounter } from '@kbn/usage-collection-plugin/server';
 import { getKbnServerError, reportServerError } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/server';
 import type * as estypes from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/typesWithBodyKey';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_rules.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_rules.test.ts
index e29f15bafa08a6..42211d3a0f6e5f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_rules.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_rules.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import { httpServerMock, httpServiceMock } from '@kbn/core-http-server-mocks';
-import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/config';
 import { dataPluginMock } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/mocks';
 import { termsAggSuggestions } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/autocomplete/terms_agg';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_rules.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_rules.ts
index 6c34efb214c34e..06e98b168f937f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_rules.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/routes/suggestions/values_suggestion_rules.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { IRouter } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import { firstValueFrom, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { getRequestAbortedSignal } from '@kbn/data-plugin/server';
 import { termsAggSuggestions } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/autocomplete/terms_agg';
-import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/config';
 import { UsageCounter } from '@kbn/usage-collection-plugin/server';
 import { getKbnServerError, reportServerError } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/server';
 import { ALERTING_CASES_SAVED_OBJECT_INDEX } from '@kbn/core-saved-objects-server/src/saved_objects_index_pattern';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/endpoint/routes/suggestions/index.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/endpoint/routes/suggestions/index.test.ts
index 0b354e4aaed332..d8df4fc7131e06 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/endpoint/routes/suggestions/index.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/endpoint/routes/suggestions/index.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import type {
   RequestHandlerContext,
   SavedObjectsClientContract,
 } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/config';
 import type { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { dataPluginMock } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/mocks';
 import { termsEnumSuggestions } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/autocomplete/terms_enum';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/endpoint/routes/suggestions/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/endpoint/routes/suggestions/index.ts
index ab5d0f99650e66..6e84e101d25062 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/endpoint/routes/suggestions/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/server/endpoint/routes/suggestions/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { firstValueFrom } from 'rxjs';
 import type { RequestHandler, Logger } from '@kbn/core/server';
 import type { TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import { getRequestAbortedSignal } from '@kbn/data-plugin/server';
-import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/config';
+import type { ConfigSchema } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/config';
 import { termsEnumSuggestions } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/server/autocomplete/terms_enum';
 import {
   type EndpointSuggestionsBody,