diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/translations.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/translations.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 589565a46e98e5..00000000000000
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/translations.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +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.
- */
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line @elastic/kibana-custom/no-default-export
-export default function (chrome, internals) {
-  /**
-   * ui/chrome Translations API
-   *
-   *   Translations
-   *     Returns the translations which have been loaded by the Kibana server instance
-   */
-
-  /**
-   * @return {Object} - Translations
-   */
-  chrome.getTranslations = function () {
-    return internals.translations || [];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
index 257224e08baed2..cfae977feb0f19 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/chrome.js
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import controlsApi from './api/controls';
 import { initChromeNavApi } from './api/nav';
 import templateApi from './api/template';
 import themeApi from './api/theme';
-import translationsApi from './api/translations';
 import { initChromeXsrfApi } from './api/xsrf';
 import { initUiSettingsApi } from './api/ui_settings';
 import { initLoadingCountApi } from './api/loading_count';
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ initAngularApi(chrome, internals);
 controlsApi(chrome, internals);
 templateApi(chrome, internals);
 themeApi(chrome, internals);
-translationsApi(chrome, internals);
 
 const waitForBootstrap = new Promise(resolve => {
   chrome.bootstrap = function (targetDomElement) {
diff --git a/src/ui/public/i18n/index.js b/src/ui/public/i18n/index.js
index d23ff00230b9a3..5def86410e3477 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/i18n/index.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/i18n/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  */
 
 import { uiModules } from 'ui/modules';
-import { metadata } from 'ui/metadata';
 import {
   I18nProvider,
   i18nFilter,
@@ -28,7 +27,4 @@ import {
 uiModules.get('i18n')
   .provider('i18n', I18nProvider)
   .filter('i18n', i18nFilter)
-  .directive('i18nId', i18nDirective)
-  .config((i18nProvider) => {
-    i18nProvider.init(metadata.translations);
-  });
+  .directive('i18nId', i18nDirective);
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_bundles/app_entry_template.js b/src/ui/ui_bundles/app_entry_template.js
index 764e70eaa10d0f..90d099ca7ee56a 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_bundles/app_entry_template.js
+++ b/src/ui/ui_bundles/app_entry_template.js
@@ -33,10 +33,14 @@ import 'whatwg-fetch';
 import 'abortcontroller-polyfill';
 import 'childnode-remove-polyfill';
 
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { CoreSystem } from '__kibanaCore__'
 
+const injectedMetadata = JSON.parse(document.querySelector('kbn-injected-metadata').getAttribute('data'));
+i18n.init(injectedMetadata.legacyMetadata.translations);
+
 new CoreSystem({
-  injectedMetadata: JSON.parse(document.querySelector('kbn-injected-metadata').getAttribute('data')),
+  injectedMetadata,
   rootDomElement: document.body,
   requireLegacyFiles: () => {
     ${bundle.getRequires().join('\n  ')}
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/app_bootstrap.js b/src/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/app_bootstrap.js
index 0016773865dbe1..acee86dc7a7010 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/app_bootstrap.js
+++ b/src/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/app_bootstrap.js
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 
 export class AppBootstrap {
-  constructor({ templateData, translations }) {
+  constructor({ templateData }) {
     this.templateData = templateData;
     this._rawTemplate = undefined;
-    i18n.init(translations);
   }
 
   async getJsFile() {
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/app_bootstrap.test.js b/src/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/app_bootstrap.test.js
index 64101b7830b383..a9f6f6a9278cb2 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/app_bootstrap.test.js
+++ b/src/ui/ui_render/bootstrap/app_bootstrap.test.js
@@ -57,15 +57,6 @@ describe('ui_render/AppBootstrap', () => {
       expect(contents).toContain('123');
       expect(contents).toContain('/foo/bar');
     });
-
-    test('supports i18n', async () => {
-      expect.assertions(1);
-
-      const bootstrap = new AppBootstrap(mockConfig());
-      const contents = await bootstrap.getJsFile();
-
-      expect(contents).toContain('translated foo');
-    });
   });
 
   describe('getJsFileHash()', () => {
@@ -121,36 +112,11 @@ describe('ui_render/AppBootstrap', () => {
       expect(hash2).toHaveLength(40);
       expect(hash2).not.toEqual(hash1);
     });
-
-    test('resolves to different 40 character string with different translations', async () => {
-      expect.assertions(3);
-
-      const bootstrap1 = new AppBootstrap(mockConfig());
-      const hash1 = await bootstrap1.getJsFileHash();
-
-      const config2 = {
-        ...mockConfig(),
-        translations: {
-          locale: 'en',
-          foo: 'not translated foo'
-        }
-      };
-      const bootstrap2 = new AppBootstrap(config2);
-      const hash2 = await bootstrap2.getJsFileHash();
-
-      expect(typeof hash2).toEqual('string');
-      expect(hash2).toHaveLength(40);
-      expect(hash2).not.toEqual(hash1);
-    });
   });
 });
 
 function mockConfig() {
   return {
-    translations: {
-      locale: 'en',
-      foo: 'translated foo'
-    },
     templateData: {
       appId: 123,
       bundlePath: '/foo/bar'
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_render/ui_render_mixin.js b/src/ui/ui_render/ui_render_mixin.js
index 30ca1357b349e1..dd0848215a0be8 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_render/ui_render_mixin.js
+++ b/src/ui/ui_render/ui_render_mixin.js
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ export function uiRenderMixin(kbnServer, server, config) {
             appId: app.getId(),
             bundlePath,
             styleSheetPaths,
-          },
-          translations: await server.getUiTranslations()
+          }
         });
 
         const body = await bootstrap.getJsFile();