diff --git a/public/components/integrations/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/added_integration.test.tsx.snap b/public/components/integrations/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/added_integration.test.tsx.snap
index bbbaeb6cf..5340e2d02 100644
--- a/public/components/integrations/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/added_integration.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/components/integrations/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/added_integration.test.tsx.snap
@@ -531,11 +531,11 @@ exports[`Added Integration View Test Renders added integration view using dummy
                   >
                     <EuiFlexGroup
                       alignItems="center"
-                      gutterSize="m"
+                      gutterSize="s"
                       wrap={true}
                     >
                       <div
-                        className="euiFlexGroup euiFlexGroup--gutterMedium euiFlexGroup--alignItemsCenter euiFlexGroup--directionRow euiFlexGroup--responsive euiFlexGroup--wrap"
+                        className="euiFlexGroup euiFlexGroup--gutterSmall euiFlexGroup--alignItemsCenter euiFlexGroup--directionRow euiFlexGroup--responsive euiFlexGroup--wrap"
                       >
                         <EuiFlexItem
                           className="euiSearchBar__searchHolder"
diff --git a/public/plugin.tsx b/public/plugin.tsx
index 57c5e4669..708415513 100644
--- a/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -200,17 +200,47 @@ export class ObservabilityPlugin
       window.location.assign(convertLegacyTraceAnalyticsUrl(window.location));
     }
 
-    const BASE_URL = core.http.basePath.prepend('/app/observability-dashboards#');
-    setupDeps.dashboard.registerDashboardProvider({
-      appId: 'observability-panel',
-      savedObjectsType: 'observability-panel',
-      savedObjectsName: 'Observability',
-      editUrlPathFn: (obj: SavedObject) => `${BASE_URL}/${obj.id}/edit`,
-      viewUrlPathFn: (obj: SavedObject) => `${BASE_URL}/${obj.id}`,
-      createLinkText: 'Observability Dashboard',
-      createSortText: 'Observability Dashboard',
-      createUrl: `${BASE_URL}/create`,
-    });
+    // if MDS is not enabled register observability dashboards & PPL visualizations in core
+    if (!setupDeps.dataSource) {
+      const BASE_URL = core.http.basePath.prepend('/app/observability-dashboards#');
+      setupDeps.dashboard.registerDashboardProvider({
+        appId: 'observability-panel',
+        savedObjectsType: 'observability-panel',
+        savedObjectsName: 'Observability',
+        editUrlPathFn: (obj: SavedObject) => `${BASE_URL}/${obj.id}/edit`,
+        viewUrlPathFn: (obj: SavedObject) => `${BASE_URL}/${obj.id}`,
+        createLinkText: 'Observability Dashboard',
+        createSortText: 'Observability Dashboard',
+        createUrl: `${BASE_URL}/create`,
+      });
+
+      setupDeps.visualizations.registerAlias({
+        name: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_ID,
+        title: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_DISPLAY_NAME,
+        description: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_DESCRIPTION,
+        icon: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_ICON,
+        aliasApp: observabilityLogsID,
+        aliasPath: `#/explorer/?${CREATE_TAB_PARAM_KEY}=${CREATE_TAB_PARAM[TAB_CHART_ID]}`,
+        stage: 'production',
+        appExtensions: {
+          visualizations: {
+            docTypes: [VISUALIZATION_SAVED_OBJECT],
+            toListItem: ({ id, attributes, updated_at: updatedAt }) => ({
+              description: attributes?.description,
+              editApp: observabilityLogsID,
+              editUrl: `#/explorer/${VISUALIZATION_SAVED_OBJECT}:${id}`,
+              icon: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_ICON,
+              id,
+              savedObjectType: VISUALIZATION_SAVED_OBJECT,
+              title: attributes?.title,
+              typeTitle: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_DISPLAY_NAME,
+              stage: 'production',
+              updated_at: updatedAt,
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+      });
+    }
 
     const OBSERVABILITY_APP_CATEGORIES: Record<string, AppCategory> = Object.freeze({
       observability: {
@@ -401,34 +431,6 @@ export class ObservabilityPlugin
     }));
     setupDeps.embeddable.registerEmbeddableFactory(OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE, embeddableFactory);
 
-    if (!setupDeps.dataSource)
-      setupDeps.visualizations.registerAlias({
-        name: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_ID,
-        title: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_DISPLAY_NAME,
-        description: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_DESCRIPTION,
-        icon: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_ICON,
-        aliasApp: observabilityLogsID,
-        aliasPath: `#/explorer/?${CREATE_TAB_PARAM_KEY}=${CREATE_TAB_PARAM[TAB_CHART_ID]}`,
-        stage: 'production',
-        appExtensions: {
-          visualizations: {
-            docTypes: [VISUALIZATION_SAVED_OBJECT],
-            toListItem: ({ id, attributes, updated_at: updatedAt }) => ({
-              description: attributes?.description,
-              editApp: observabilityLogsID,
-              editUrl: `#/explorer/${VISUALIZATION_SAVED_OBJECT}:${id}`,
-              icon: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_ICON,
-              id,
-              savedObjectType: VISUALIZATION_SAVED_OBJECT,
-              title: attributes?.title,
-              typeTitle: OBSERVABILITY_EMBEDDABLE_DISPLAY_NAME,
-              stage: 'production',
-              updated_at: updatedAt,
-            }),
-          },
-        },
-      });
-
     registerAsssitantDependencies(setupDeps.assistantDashboards);
 
     // Return methods that should be available to other plugins