diff --git a/examples/demo_search/public/demo_search_strategy.ts b/examples/demo_search/public/demo_search_strategy.ts
index d2854151e14c85..cb2480c8a5f194 100644
--- a/examples/demo_search/public/demo_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/examples/demo_search/public/demo_search_strategy.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import {
-  ISearchContext,
-  SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY,
-  ISearchGeneric,
-} from '../../../src/plugins/data/public';
+import { ISearchContext, SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY } from '../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 import { TSearchStrategyProvider, ISearchStrategy } from '../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 
 import { DEMO_SEARCH_STRATEGY, IDemoResponse } from '../common';
@@ -54,15 +50,15 @@ import { DEMO_SEARCH_STRATEGY, IDemoResponse } from '../common';
  * @param search - a search function to access other strategies that have already been registered.
  */
 export const demoClientSearchStrategyProvider: TSearchStrategyProvider<typeof DEMO_SEARCH_STRATEGY> = (
-  context: ISearchContext,
-  search: ISearchGeneric
+  context: ISearchContext
 ): ISearchStrategy<typeof DEMO_SEARCH_STRATEGY> => {
+  const syncStrategyProvider = context.getSearchStrategy(SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY);
+  const { search } = syncStrategyProvider(context);
   return {
-    search: (request, options) =>
-      search(
-        { ...request, serverStrategy: DEMO_SEARCH_STRATEGY },
-        options,
-        SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY
-      ) as Observable<IDemoResponse>,
+    search: (request, options) => {
+      return search({ ...request, serverStrategy: DEMO_SEARCH_STRATEGY }, options) as Observable<
+        IDemoResponse
+      >;
+    },
   };
 };
diff --git a/examples/demo_search/public/index.ts b/examples/demo_search/public/index.ts
index 7790c2950ac22c..0a97ac6b72ea7f 100644
--- a/examples/demo_search/public/index.ts
+++ b/examples/demo_search/public/index.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { PluginInitializer, PluginInitializerContext } from 'kibana/public';
+import { PluginInitializer } from 'kibana/public';
 
 import { DemoDataPlugin } from './plugin';
 
 export { DEMO_SEARCH_STRATEGY } from '../common';
 
-export const plugin: PluginInitializer<void, void> = (
-  initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext
-) => new DemoDataPlugin(initializerContext);
+export const plugin: PluginInitializer<void, void> = () => new DemoDataPlugin();
diff --git a/examples/demo_search/public/plugin.ts b/examples/demo_search/public/plugin.ts
index 81ba585b991902..62c912716e627c 100644
--- a/examples/demo_search/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/examples/demo_search/public/plugin.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 import { DataPublicPluginSetup } from '../../../src/plugins/data/public';
-import { Plugin, CoreSetup, PluginInitializerContext } from '../../../src/core/public';
+import { Plugin, CoreSetup } from '../../../src/core/public';
 import { DEMO_SEARCH_STRATEGY } from '../common';
 import { demoClientSearchStrategyProvider } from './demo_search_strategy';
 import { IDemoRequest, IDemoResponse } from '../common';
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ declare module '../../../src/plugins/data/public' {
 }
 
 export class DemoDataPlugin implements Plugin {
-  constructor(private initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {}
   public setup(core: CoreSetup, deps: DemoDataSearchSetupDependencies) {
     deps.data.search.registerSearchStrategyProvider(
-      this.initializerContext.opaqueId,
       DEMO_SEARCH_STRATEGY,
       demoClientSearchStrategyProvider
     );
diff --git a/examples/search_explorer/public/application.tsx b/examples/search_explorer/public/application.tsx
index 801a3c615ac613..7d921adc1d29bf 100644
--- a/examples/search_explorer/public/application.tsx
+++ b/examples/search_explorer/public/application.tsx
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ import {
   EuiSideNav,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 
-import { AppMountContext, AppMountParameters } from '../../../src/core/public';
+import { AppMountParameters, CoreStart } from '../../../src/core/public';
 import { EsSearchTest } from './es_strategy';
 import { Page } from './page';
 import { DemoStrategy } from './demo_strategy';
 import { DocumentationPage } from './documentation';
 import { SearchApiPage } from './search_api';
+import { AppPluginStartDependencies, SearchBarComponentParams } from './types';
 
 const Home = () => <DocumentationPage />;
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ interface PageDef {
 }
 
 type NavProps = RouteComponentProps & {
-  navigateToApp: AppMountContext['core']['application']['navigateToApp'];
+  navigateToApp: CoreStart['application']['navigateToApp'];
   pages: PageDef[];
 };
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ const Nav = withRouter(({ history, navigateToApp, pages }: NavProps) => {
 
 const buildPage = (page: PageDef) => <Page title={page.title}>{page.component}</Page>;
 
-const SearchApp = ({ basename, context }: { basename: string; context: AppMountContext }) => {
+const SearchApp = ({ basename, data, application }: SearchBarComponentParams) => {
   const pages: PageDef[] = [
     {
       id: 'home',
@@ -86,12 +87,12 @@ const SearchApp = ({ basename, context }: { basename: string; context: AppMountC
     {
       title: 'ES search strategy',
       id: 'esSearch',
-      component: <EsSearchTest search={context.search!.search} />,
+      component: <EsSearchTest search={data.search.search} />,
     },
     {
       title: 'Demo search strategy',
       id: 'demoSearch',
-      component: <DemoStrategy search={context.search!.search} />,
+      component: <DemoStrategy search={data.search.search} />,
     },
   ];
 
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ const SearchApp = ({ basename, context }: { basename: string; context: AppMountC
     <Router basename={basename}>
       <EuiPage>
         <EuiPageSideBar>
-          <Nav navigateToApp={context.core.application.navigateToApp} pages={pages} />
+          <Nav navigateToApp={application.navigateToApp} pages={pages} />
         </EuiPageSideBar>
         <Route path="/" exact component={Home} />
         {routes}
@@ -113,10 +114,14 @@ const SearchApp = ({ basename, context }: { basename: string; context: AppMountC
 };
 
 export const renderApp = (
-  context: AppMountContext,
+  coreStart: CoreStart,
+  deps: AppPluginStartDependencies,
   { appBasePath, element }: AppMountParameters
 ) => {
-  ReactDOM.render(<SearchApp basename={appBasePath} context={context} />, element);
+  ReactDOM.render(
+    <SearchApp basename={appBasePath} data={deps.data} application={coreStart.application} />,
+    element
+  );
 
   return () => ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(element);
 };
diff --git a/examples/search_explorer/public/es_strategy.tsx b/examples/search_explorer/public/es_strategy.tsx
index e26c11a646669d..5d2617e64a79ee 100644
--- a/examples/search_explorer/public/es_strategy.tsx
+++ b/examples/search_explorer/public/es_strategy.tsx
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import serverPlugin from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/server/search
 // @ts-ignore
 import serverStrategy from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/server/search/es_search/es_search_strategy';
 
-// @ts-ignore
-import publicPlugin from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_service';
 // @ts-ignore
 import publicStrategy from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_strategy';
 
@@ -125,10 +123,7 @@ export class EsSearchTest extends React.Component<Props, State> {
           codeSections={[
             {
               title: 'Public',
-              code: [
-                { description: 'es_search_service.ts', snippet: publicPlugin },
-                { description: 'es_search_strategy.ts', snippet: publicStrategy },
-              ],
+              code: [{ description: 'es_search_strategy.ts', snippet: publicStrategy }],
             },
             {
               title: 'Server',
diff --git a/examples/search_explorer/public/plugin.tsx b/examples/search_explorer/public/plugin.tsx
index a7a6fd11341a4b..29b236e82bf46b 100644
--- a/examples/search_explorer/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/examples/search_explorer/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -17,22 +17,18 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { Plugin, CoreSetup } from 'kibana/public';
-import { ISearchAppMountContext } from '../../../src/plugins/data/public';
+import { Plugin, CoreSetup, AppMountParameters } from 'kibana/public';
+import { AppPluginStartDependencies } from './types';
 
-declare module 'kibana/public' {
-  interface AppMountContext {
-    search?: ISearchAppMountContext;
-  }
-}
 export class SearchExplorerPlugin implements Plugin {
-  public setup(core: CoreSetup) {
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup<AppPluginStartDependencies>) {
     core.application.register({
       id: 'searchExplorer',
       title: 'Search Explorer',
-      async mount(context, params) {
+      async mount(params: AppMountParameters) {
+        const [coreStart, depsStart] = await core.getStartServices();
         const { renderApp } = await import('./application');
-        return renderApp(context, params);
+        return renderApp(coreStart, depsStart, params);
       },
     });
   }
diff --git a/examples/search_explorer/public/search_api.tsx b/examples/search_explorer/public/search_api.tsx
index fc68571e4ef68a..c77ec725c6890d 100644
--- a/examples/search_explorer/public/search_api.tsx
+++ b/examples/search_explorer/public/search_api.tsx
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { GuideSection } from './guide_section';
 
-// @ts-ignore
-import publicSetupContract from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_setup';
-// @ts-ignore
-import publicSearchStrategy from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_strategy';
 // @ts-ignore
 import publicSearch from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search';
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -31,8 +27,6 @@ import publicPlugin from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/public/search
 // @ts-ignore
 import serverSetupContract from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/server/search/i_search_setup';
 // @ts-ignore
-import serverSearchStrategy from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/server/search/i_search_strategy';
-// @ts-ignore
 import serverSearch from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/server/search/i_search';
 // @ts-ignore
 import serverPlugin from '!!raw-loader!./../../../src/plugins/data/server/search/search_service';
@@ -47,18 +41,10 @@ export const SearchApiPage = () => (
             description: 'search_service.ts',
             snippet: publicPlugin,
           },
-          {
-            description: `i_search_setup.ts`,
-            snippet: publicSetupContract,
-          },
           {
             description: 'i_search',
             snippet: publicSearch,
           },
-          {
-            description: 'i_search_strategy',
-            snippet: publicSearchStrategy,
-          },
         ],
       },
       {
@@ -76,10 +62,6 @@ export const SearchApiPage = () => (
             description: 'i_search',
             snippet: serverSearch,
           },
-          {
-            description: 'i_search_strategy',
-            snippet: serverSearchStrategy,
-          },
         ],
       },
     ]}
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_app_mount_context.ts b/examples/search_explorer/public/types.ts
similarity index 70%
rename from src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_app_mount_context.ts
rename to examples/search_explorer/public/types.ts
index 36cae0083ce56a..af520d84f82eae 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_app_mount_context.ts
+++ b/examples/search_explorer/public/types.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { ISearchGeneric } from './i_search';
+import { CoreStart } from 'kibana/public';
+import { DataPublicPluginStart } from '../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 
-export interface ISearchAppMountContext {
-  search: ISearchGeneric;
+export interface AppPluginStartDependencies {
+  data: DataPublicPluginStart;
+}
+
+export interface SearchBarComponentParams {
+  application: CoreStart['application'];
+  basename: string;
+  data: DataPublicPluginStart;
 }
diff --git a/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/plugin.tsx b/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/plugin.tsx
index 981ad97a31b46a..953bfd3f526928 100644
--- a/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/examples/ui_actions_explorer/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 import { Plugin, CoreSetup, AppMountParameters } from 'kibana/public';
 import { UiActionsStart, UiActionsSetup } from 'src/plugins/ui_actions/public';
-import { ISearchAppMountContext } from '../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 import {
   PHONE_TRIGGER,
   USER_TRIGGER,
@@ -38,12 +37,6 @@ import {
   SHOWCASE_PLUGGABILITY_ACTION,
 } from './actions/actions';
 
-declare module 'kibana/public' {
-  interface AppMountContext {
-    search?: ISearchAppMountContext;
-  }
-}
-
 interface StartDeps {
   uiActions: UiActionsStart;
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/plugin.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/plugin.ts
index 560f415eb082a5..8ce379547ead53 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/plugin.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class DataPublicPlugin implements Plugin<DataPublicPluginSetup, DataPubli
   private readonly packageInfo: PackageInfo;
 
   constructor(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
-    this.searchService = new SearchService(initializerContext);
+    this.searchService = new SearchService();
     this.queryService = new QueryService();
     this.fieldFormatsService = new FieldFormatsService();
     this.storage = new Storage(window.localStorage);
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/create_app_mount_context_search.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/create_app_mount_context_search.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fa7cdbcda3082b..00000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/create_app_mount_context_search.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { createAppMountSearchContext } from './create_app_mount_context_search';
-import { from } from 'rxjs';
-
-describe('Create app mount search context', () => {
-  it('Returns search fn when there are no strategies', () => {
-    const context = createAppMountSearchContext({});
-    expect(context.search).toBeDefined();
-  });
-
-  it(`Search throws an error when the strategy doesn't exist`, () => {
-    const context = createAppMountSearchContext({});
-    expect(() => context.search({}, {}, 'noexist').toPromise()).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(
-      `"Strategy with name noexist does not exist"`
-    );
-  });
-
-  it(`Search fn is called on appropriate strategy name`, done => {
-    const context = createAppMountSearchContext({
-      mysearch: search =>
-        Promise.resolve({
-          search: () => from(Promise.resolve({ percentComplete: 98 })),
-        }),
-      anothersearch: search =>
-        Promise.resolve({
-          search: () => from(Promise.resolve({ percentComplete: 0 })),
-        }),
-    });
-
-    context.search({}, {}, 'mysearch').subscribe(response => {
-      expect(response).toEqual({ percentComplete: 98 });
-      done();
-    });
-  });
-
-  it(`Search fn is called with the passed in request object`, done => {
-    const context = createAppMountSearchContext({
-      mysearch: search => {
-        return Promise.resolve({
-          search: request => {
-            expect(request).toEqual({ greeting: 'hi' });
-            return from(Promise.resolve({}));
-          },
-        });
-      },
-    });
-    context.search({ greeting: 'hi' } as any, {}, 'mysearch').subscribe(
-      response => {},
-      () => {},
-      done
-    );
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/create_app_mount_context_search.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/create_app_mount_context_search.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a617e0bab8376..00000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/create_app_mount_context_search.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { mergeMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { from } from 'rxjs';
-import { ISearchAppMountContext } from './i_search_app_mount_context';
-import { ISearchGeneric } from './i_search';
-import {
-  TSearchStrategiesMap,
-  ISearchStrategy,
-  TSearchStrategyProviderEnhanced,
-} from './i_search_strategy';
-import { TStrategyTypes } from './strategy_types';
-import { DEFAULT_SEARCH_STRATEGY } from '../../common/search';
-
-export const createAppMountSearchContext = (
-  searchStrategies: TSearchStrategiesMap
-): ISearchAppMountContext => {
-  const getSearchStrategy = <K extends TStrategyTypes = typeof DEFAULT_SEARCH_STRATEGY>(
-    strategyName?: K
-  ): Promise<ISearchStrategy<K>> => {
-    const strategyProvider = searchStrategies[
-      strategyName ? strategyName : DEFAULT_SEARCH_STRATEGY
-    ] as TSearchStrategyProviderEnhanced<K> | undefined;
-    if (!strategyProvider) {
-      throw new Error(`Strategy with name ${strategyName} does not exist`);
-    }
-    return strategyProvider(search);
-  };
-
-  const search: ISearchGeneric = (request, options, strategyName) => {
-    const strategyPromise = getSearchStrategy(strategyName);
-    return from(strategyPromise).pipe(mergeMap(strategy => strategy.search(request, options)));
-  };
-
-  return { search };
-};
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_service.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_service.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d756b54a5cce67..00000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_service.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { coreMock } from '../../../../../core/public/mocks';
-import { EsSearchService } from './es_search_service';
-import { CoreSetup } from '../../../../../core/public';
-import { searchSetupMock } from '../mocks';
-
-describe('ES search strategy service', () => {
-  let service: EsSearchService;
-  let mockCoreSetup: MockedKeys<CoreSetup>;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    service = new EsSearchService(coreMock.createPluginInitializerContext());
-    mockCoreSetup = coreMock.createSetup();
-  });
-
-  describe('setup()', () => {
-    it('registers the ES search strategy', async () => {
-      service.setup(mockCoreSetup, {
-        search: searchSetupMock,
-      });
-      expect(searchSetupMock.registerSearchStrategyProvider).toBeCalled();
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_service.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_service.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fe74292d9f8fa5..00000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_service.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { Plugin, CoreSetup, PluginInitializerContext } from '../../../../../core/public';
-import { ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY } from '../../../common/search/es_search';
-import { esSearchStrategyProvider } from './es_search_strategy';
-import { ISearchSetup } from '../i_search_setup';
-
-export interface IEsSearchSetupDependencies {
-  search: ISearchSetup;
-}
-
-export class EsSearchService implements Plugin {
-  constructor(private initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {}
-  public setup(core: CoreSetup, deps: IEsSearchSetupDependencies) {
-    deps.search.registerSearchStrategyProvider(
-      this.initializerContext.opaqueId,
-      ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY,
-      esSearchStrategyProvider
-    );
-  }
-
-  public start() {}
-  public stop() {}
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_strategy.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_strategy.test.ts
index 915a67412e5194..de1835f09f3bf1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_strategy.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_strategy.test.ts
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@
 
 import { coreMock } from '../../../../../core/public/mocks';
 import { esSearchStrategyProvider } from './es_search_strategy';
-import { CoreSetup } from 'kibana/public';
+import { CoreStart } from 'kibana/public';
 import { ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY } from '../../../common/search/es_search';
 
 describe('ES search strategy', () => {
-  let mockCoreSetup: MockedKeys<CoreSetup>;
+  let mockCoreStart: MockedKeys<CoreStart>;
   const mockSearch = jest.fn();
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    mockCoreSetup = coreMock.createSetup();
+    mockCoreStart = coreMock.createStart();
     mockSearch.mockClear();
   });
 
@@ -35,12 +35,16 @@ describe('ES search strategy', () => {
     const request = { params: {} };
     const options = {};
 
-    const esSearch = esSearchStrategyProvider(
-      {
-        core: mockCoreSetup,
-      },
-      mockSearch
-    );
+    const esSearch = esSearchStrategyProvider({
+      core: mockCoreStart,
+      getSearchStrategy: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
+        return () => {
+          return {
+            search: mockSearch,
+          };
+        };
+      }),
+    });
     esSearch.search(request, options);
 
     expect(mockSearch.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_strategy.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_strategy.ts
index d29f3b6882b26b..a5eab20a89f53d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/es_search_strategy.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY, IEsSearchResponse } from '../../../common/search';
 import { SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY } from '../sync_search_strategy';
 import { getEsPreference } from './get_es_preference';
-import { TSearchStrategyProvider, ISearchStrategy, ISearchGeneric, ISearchContext } from '..';
+import { ISearchContext, TSearchStrategyProvider, ISearchStrategy } from '../types';
 
 export const esSearchStrategyProvider: TSearchStrategyProvider<typeof ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY> = (
-  context: ISearchContext,
-  search: ISearchGeneric
+  context: ISearchContext
 ): ISearchStrategy<typeof ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY> => {
   return {
     search: (request, options) => {
@@ -34,10 +33,10 @@ export const esSearchStrategyProvider: TSearchStrategyProvider<typeof ES_SEARCH_
         const customPreference = context.core.uiSettings.get('courier:customRequestPreference');
         request.params.preference = getEsPreference(setPreference, customPreference);
       }
-      return search(
+      const syncStrategyProvider = context.getSearchStrategy(SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY);
+      return syncStrategyProvider(context).search(
         { ...request, serverStrategy: ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY },
-        options,
-        SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY
+        options
       ) as Observable<IEsSearchResponse>;
     },
   };
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/index.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/index.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ecceffc752e9af..00000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/index.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { coreMock } from '../../../../../../src/core/public/mocks';
-import { esSearchService } from '.';
-
-it('es search service is instantiated', () => {
-  const esSearch = esSearchService(coreMock.createPluginInitializerContext());
-  expect(esSearch).toBeDefined();
-});
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/index.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 31952f14c63c5f..00000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/es_search/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { PluginInitializer, PluginInitializerContext } from 'kibana/public';
-import { EsSearchService } from './es_search_service';
-
-export const esSearchService: PluginInitializer<void, void> = (
-  initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext
-) => new EsSearchService(initializerContext);
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_context.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_context.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index da94988027ff6a..00000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_context.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { CoreSetup } from '../../../../core/public';
-
-export interface ISearchContext {
-  core: CoreSetup;
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_setup.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_setup.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a59c62e2e0d9bb..00000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_setup.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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 { IContextProvider } from 'kibana/public';
-import { ISearchContext } from './i_search_context';
-import { TRegisterSearchStrategyProvider, TSearchStrategyProvider } from './i_search_strategy';
-
-/**
- * The setup contract exposed by the Search plugin exposes the search strategy extension
- * point.
- */
-export interface ISearchSetup {
-  registerSearchStrategyContext: <TContextName extends keyof ISearchContext>(
-    pluginId: symbol,
-    contextName: TContextName,
-    provider: IContextProvider<TSearchStrategyProvider<any>, TContextName>
-  ) => void;
-
-  /**
-   * Extension point exposed for other plugins to register their own search
-   * strategies.
-   */
-  registerSearchStrategyProvider: TRegisterSearchStrategyProvider;
-}
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/index.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/index.ts
index 9d6e5072d657f2..762c278a05640b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/index.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-export { ISearchAppMountContext } from './i_search_app_mount_context';
-
-export { ISearchSetup } from './i_search_setup';
-export { ISearchStart } from './search_service';
-
-export { ISearchContext } from './i_search_context';
+export {
+  ISearchSetup,
+  ISearchStart,
+  ISearchContext,
+  TSearchStrategyProvider,
+  ISearchStrategy,
+} from './types';
 
 export {
   ISearch,
@@ -32,8 +33,6 @@ export {
   ISearchGeneric,
 } from './i_search';
 
-export { TSearchStrategyProvider, ISearchStrategy } from './i_search_strategy';
-
 export { IEsSearchResponse, IEsSearchRequest, ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY } from '../../common/search';
 
 export { SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY } from './sync_search_strategy';
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.test.ts
index 9ed02e1d61018f..4bf027b07b8330 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('Search service', () => {
   let mockCoreSetup: MockedKeys<CoreSetup>;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    searchService = new SearchService(coreMock.createPluginInitializerContext());
+    searchService = new SearchService();
     mockCoreSetup = coreMock.createSetup();
   });
 
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ describe('Search service', () => {
       const setup = searchService.setup(mockCoreSetup, {
         version: '8',
       } as any);
-      expect(setup).toHaveProperty('registerSearchStrategyContext');
       expect(setup).toHaveProperty('registerSearchStrategyProvider');
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.ts
index dd67c04f1d7bd9..559b27a98cd64c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_service.ts
@@ -16,46 +16,15 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-import {
-  Plugin,
-  CoreSetup,
-  PluginInitializerContext,
-  CoreStart,
-  IContextContainer,
-  PluginOpaqueId,
-  PackageInfo,
-} from '../../../../core/public';
 
-import { ISearchAppMountContext } from './i_search_app_mount_context';
-import { ISearchSetup } from './i_search_setup';
-import { createAppMountSearchContext } from './create_app_mount_context_search';
+import { Plugin, CoreSetup, CoreStart, PackageInfo } from '../../../../core/public';
+
 import { SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY, syncSearchStrategyProvider } from './sync_search_strategy';
-import {
-  TSearchStrategyProvider,
-  TRegisterSearchStrategyProvider,
-  TSearchStrategiesMap,
-} from './i_search_strategy';
+import { ISearchSetup, ISearchStart, TSearchStrategyProvider, TSearchStrategiesMap } from './types';
 import { TStrategyTypes } from './strategy_types';
-import { esSearchService } from './es_search';
-import { ISearchGeneric } from './i_search';
 import { getEsClient, LegacyApiCaller } from './es_client';
-
-/**
- * Extends the AppMountContext so other plugins have access
- * to search functionality in their applications.
- */
-declare module 'kibana/public' {
-  interface AppMountContext {
-    search?: ISearchAppMountContext;
-  }
-}
-
-export interface ISearchStart {
-  search: ISearchGeneric;
-  __LEGACY: {
-    esClient: LegacyApiCaller;
-  };
-}
+import { ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY, DEFAULT_SEARCH_STRATEGY } from '../../common/search';
+import { esSearchStrategyProvider } from './es_search/es_search_strategy';
 
 /**
  * The search plugin exposes two registration methods for other plugins:
@@ -73,63 +42,43 @@ export class SearchService implements Plugin<ISearchSetup, ISearchStart> {
    */
   private searchStrategies: TSearchStrategiesMap = {};
 
-  /**
-   * Exposes context to the search strategies.
-   */
-  private contextContainer?: IContextContainer<TSearchStrategyProvider<any>>;
   private esClient?: LegacyApiCaller;
-  private search?: ISearchGeneric;
 
-  constructor(private initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {}
+  private registerSearchStrategyProvider = <T extends TStrategyTypes>(
+    name: T,
+    strategyProvider: TSearchStrategyProvider<T>
+  ) => {
+    this.searchStrategies[name] = strategyProvider;
+  };
+
+  private getSearchStrategy = <T extends TStrategyTypes>(name: T): TSearchStrategyProvider<T> => {
+    const strategyProvider = this.searchStrategies[name];
+    if (!strategyProvider) throw new Error(`Search strategy ${name} not found`);
+    return strategyProvider;
+  };
 
   public setup(core: CoreSetup, packageInfo: PackageInfo): ISearchSetup {
-    const search = (this.search = createAppMountSearchContext(this.searchStrategies).search);
-    core.application.registerMountContext<'search'>('search', () => {
-      return { search };
-    });
-
-    this.contextContainer = core.context.createContextContainer();
     this.esClient = getEsClient(core.injectedMetadata, core.http, packageInfo);
 
-    const registerSearchStrategyProvider: TRegisterSearchStrategyProvider = <
-      T extends TStrategyTypes
-    >(
-      plugin: PluginOpaqueId,
-      name: T,
-      strategyProvider: TSearchStrategyProvider<T>
-    ) => {
-      this.searchStrategies[name] = this.contextContainer!.createHandler(plugin, strategyProvider);
-    };
-
-    const api = {
-      registerSearchStrategyContext: this.contextContainer!.registerContext,
-      registerSearchStrategyProvider,
-      __LEGACY: {
-        esClient: this.esClient,
-      },
-    };
-
-    api.registerSearchStrategyContext(this.initializerContext.opaqueId, 'core', () => core);
-    api.registerSearchStrategyProvider(
-      this.initializerContext.opaqueId,
-      SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY,
-      syncSearchStrategyProvider
-    );
+    this.registerSearchStrategyProvider(SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY, syncSearchStrategyProvider);
 
-    // ES search capabilities are written in a way that it could easily be a separate plugin,
-    // however these two plugins are tightly coupled due to the default search strategy using
-    // es search types.
-    esSearchService(this.initializerContext).setup(core, { search: api });
+    this.registerSearchStrategyProvider(ES_SEARCH_STRATEGY, esSearchStrategyProvider);
 
-    return api;
+    return {
+      registerSearchStrategyProvider: this.registerSearchStrategyProvider,
+    };
   }
 
   public start(core: CoreStart): ISearchStart {
-    if (!this.search) {
-      throw new Error('Search should always be defined');
-    }
     return {
-      search: this.search,
+      search: (request, options, strategyName) => {
+        const strategyProvider = this.getSearchStrategy(strategyName || DEFAULT_SEARCH_STRATEGY);
+        const { search } = strategyProvider({
+          core,
+          getSearchStrategy: this.getSearchStrategy,
+        });
+        return search(request as any, options);
+      },
       __LEGACY: {
         esClient: this.esClient!,
       },
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/sync_search_strategy.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/sync_search_strategy.test.ts
index cd19c4d84dce14..9378e5833f8d73 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/sync_search_strategy.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/sync_search_strategy.test.ts
@@ -19,32 +19,29 @@
 
 import { coreMock } from '../../../../core/public/mocks';
 import { SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY, syncSearchStrategyProvider } from './sync_search_strategy';
-import { CoreSetup } from '../../../../core/public';
+import { CoreStart } from 'kibana/public';
 
 describe('Sync search strategy', () => {
-  let mockCoreSetup: MockedKeys<CoreSetup>;
-  const mockSearch = jest.fn();
+  let mockCoreStart: MockedKeys<CoreStart>;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    mockCoreSetup = coreMock.createSetup();
+    mockCoreStart = coreMock.createStart();
   });
 
   it('returns a strategy with `search` that calls the backend API', () => {
-    mockCoreSetup.http.fetch.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve());
+    mockCoreStart.http.fetch.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve());
 
-    const syncSearch = syncSearchStrategyProvider(
-      {
-        core: mockCoreSetup,
-      },
-      mockSearch
-    );
+    const syncSearch = syncSearchStrategyProvider({
+      core: mockCoreStart,
+      getSearchStrategy: jest.fn(),
+    });
     syncSearch.search(
       {
         serverStrategy: SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY,
       },
       {}
     );
-    expect(mockCoreSetup.http.fetch.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({
+    expect(mockCoreStart.http.fetch.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({
       path: `/internal/search/${SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY}`,
       body: JSON.stringify({
         serverStrategy: 'SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY',
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/sync_search_strategy.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/sync_search_strategy.ts
index b895a177d8608e..c2cc180af546ec 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/sync_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/sync_search_strategy.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@
 
 import { BehaviorSubject, from } from 'rxjs';
 import { IKibanaSearchRequest, IKibanaSearchResponse } from '../../common/search';
-import { ISearchContext } from './i_search_context';
 import { ISearch, ISearchOptions } from './i_search';
-import { TSearchStrategyProvider, ISearchStrategy } from './i_search_strategy';
+import { TSearchStrategyProvider, ISearchStrategy, ISearchContext } from './types';
 
 export const SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY = 'SYNC_SEARCH_STRATEGY';
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_strategy.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/types.ts
similarity index 73%
rename from src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_strategy.ts
rename to src/plugins/data/public/search/types.ts
index bd67409d5054a6..1f888d8b5b6077 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/i_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/types.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,15 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import { CoreStart } from 'kibana/public';
 import { ISearch, ISearchGeneric } from './i_search';
 import { TStrategyTypes } from './strategy_types';
-import { ISearchContext } from './i_search_context';
+import { LegacyApiCaller } from './es_client';
+
+export interface ISearchContext {
+  core: CoreStart;
+  getSearchStrategy: <T extends TStrategyTypes>(name: T) => TSearchStrategyProvider<T>;
+}
 
 /**
  * Search strategy interface contains a search method that takes in
@@ -38,14 +44,17 @@ export type TSearchStrategyProviderEnhanced<T extends TStrategyTypes> = (
   search: ISearchGeneric
 ) => Promise<ISearchStrategy<T>>;
 
+export type TSearchStrategiesMap = {
+  [K in TStrategyTypes]?: TSearchStrategyProvider<any>;
+};
+
 /**
  * Search strategy provider creates an instance of a search strategy with the request
  * handler context bound to it. This way every search strategy can use
  * whatever information they require from the request context.
  */
 export type TSearchStrategyProvider<T extends TStrategyTypes> = (
-  context: ISearchContext,
-  search: ISearchGeneric
+  context: ISearchContext
 ) => ISearchStrategy<T>;
 
 /**
@@ -53,11 +62,25 @@ export type TSearchStrategyProvider<T extends TStrategyTypes> = (
  * strategies.
  */
 export type TRegisterSearchStrategyProvider = <T extends TStrategyTypes>(
-  opaqueId: symbol,
   name: T,
   searchStrategyProvider: TSearchStrategyProvider<T>
 ) => void;
 
-export type TSearchStrategiesMap = {
-  [K in TStrategyTypes]?: TSearchStrategyProviderEnhanced<K>;
-};
+/**
+ * The setup contract exposed by the Search plugin exposes the search strategy extension
+ * point.
+ */
+export interface ISearchSetup {
+  /**
+   * Extension point exposed for other plugins to register their own search
+   * strategies.
+   */
+  registerSearchStrategyProvider: TRegisterSearchStrategyProvider;
+}
+
+export interface ISearchStart {
+  search: ISearchGeneric;
+  __LEGACY: {
+    esClient: LegacyApiCaller;
+  };
+}