diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/index.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/index.js
index 989583742acd0..6255275b6e89b 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/index.js
@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ export default function(kibana) {
       },
 
       savedObjectSchemas: {
-        'sample-data-telemetry': {
-          isNamespaceAgnostic: true,
-        },
         'kql-telemetry': {
           isNamespaceAgnostic: true,
         },
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/mappings.json b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/mappings.json
index af3f79588552b..fb8ee9876ed73 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/mappings.json
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/mappings.json
@@ -91,15 +91,5 @@
         "type": "long"
       }
     }
-  },
-  "sample-data-telemetry": {
-    "properties": {
-      "installCount": {
-        "type": "long"
-      },
-      "unInstallCount": {
-        "type": "long"
-      }
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/home/server/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/home/server/plugin.ts
index d2f2d7041024e..6ea6784cd5adb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/home/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/home/server/plugin.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   SampleDataRegistryStart,
 } from './services';
 import { UsageCollectionSetup } from '../../usage_collection/server';
+import { sampleDataTelemetry } from './saved_objects';
 
 interface HomeServerPluginSetupDependencies {
   usage_collection?: UsageCollectionSetup;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export class HomeServerPlugin implements Plugin<HomeServerPluginSetup, HomeServe
   private readonly sampleDataRegistry = new SampleDataRegistry(this.initContext);
 
   public setup(core: CoreSetup, plugins: HomeServerPluginSetupDependencies): HomeServerPluginSetup {
+    core.savedObjects.registerType(sampleDataTelemetry);
     return {
       tutorials: { ...this.tutorialsRegistry.setup(core) },
       sampleData: { ...this.sampleDataRegistry.setup(core, plugins.usage_collection) },
diff --git a/src/plugins/home/server/saved_objects/index.ts b/src/plugins/home/server/saved_objects/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..52468a0cf410e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/home/server/saved_objects/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+export { sampleDataTelemetry } from './sample_data_telemetry';
diff --git a/src/plugins/home/server/saved_objects/sample_data_telemetry.ts b/src/plugins/home/server/saved_objects/sample_data_telemetry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..553456cbc0b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/home/server/saved_objects/sample_data_telemetry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+import { SavedObjectsType } from 'kibana/server';
+
+export const sampleDataTelemetry: SavedObjectsType = {
+  name: 'sample-data-telemetry',
+  namespaceType: 'agnostic',
+  hidden: false,
+  mappings: {
+    properties: {
+      installCount: {
+        type: 'long',
+      },
+      unInstallCount: {
+        type: 'long',
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};