diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/elasticsearch_geo_utils.d.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/elasticsearch_geo_utils.d.ts
similarity index 70%
rename from x-pack/plugins/maps/public/elasticsearch_geo_utils.d.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/maps/common/elasticsearch_geo_utils.d.ts
index 964afb589187ff..44250360e9d00a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/elasticsearch_geo_utils.d.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/elasticsearch_geo_utils.d.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import { MapExtent } from '../common/descriptor_types';
+import { MapExtent } from './descriptor_types';
 
 export function scaleBounds(bounds: MapExtent, scaleFactor: number): MapExtent;
 
 export function turfBboxToBounds(turfBbox: unknown): MapExtent;
+
+export function clampToLatBounds(lat: number): number;
+
+export function clampToLonBounds(lon: number): number;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/elasticsearch_geo_utils.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/elasticsearch_geo_utils.js
similarity index 98%
rename from x-pack/plugins/maps/public/elasticsearch_geo_utils.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/maps/common/elasticsearch_geo_utils.js
index b32125e6eb6144..f2bf83ae18bb0d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/elasticsearch_geo_utils.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/elasticsearch_geo_utils.js
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ import {
   LON_INDEX,
   LAT_INDEX,
 } from '../common/constants';
-import { getEsSpatialRelationLabel } from '../common/i18n_getters';
-import { SPATIAL_FILTER_TYPE } from './kibana_services';
+import { getEsSpatialRelationLabel } from './i18n_getters';
+import { FILTERS } from '../../../../src/plugins/data/common';
 import turfCircle from '@turf/circle';
 
+const SPATIAL_FILTER_TYPE = FILTERS.SPATIAL_FILTER;
+
 function ensureGeoField(type) {
   const expectedTypes = [ES_GEO_FIELD_TYPE.GEO_POINT, ES_GEO_FIELD_TYPE.GEO_SHAPE];
   if (!expectedTypes.includes(type)) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/elasticsearch_geo_utils.test.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/elasticsearch_geo_utils.test.js
similarity index 97%
rename from x-pack/plugins/maps/public/elasticsearch_geo_utils.test.js
rename to x-pack/plugins/maps/common/elasticsearch_geo_utils.test.js
index 6a4b4b78c829ec..a8d5d650740cdc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/elasticsearch_geo_utils.test.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/elasticsearch_geo_utils.test.js
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-jest.mock('ui/new_platform');
-
-jest.mock('./kibana_services', () => {
-  return {
-    SPATIAL_FILTER_TYPE: 'spatial_filter',
-  };
-});
-
 import {
   hitsToGeoJson,
   geoPointToGeometry,
@@ -22,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   makeESBbox,
   scaleBounds,
 } from './elasticsearch_geo_utils';
-import { indexPatterns } from '../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
+import _ from 'lodash';
 
 const geoFieldName = 'location';
 
@@ -173,19 +165,14 @@ describe('hitsToGeoJson', () => {
   });
 
   describe('dot in geoFieldName', () => {
-    const indexPatternMock = {
-      fields: {
-        getByName: (name) => {
-          const fields = {
-            ['my.location']: {
-              type: 'geo_point',
-            },
-          };
-          return fields[name];
-        },
-      },
+    // This essentially should test the implmentation of index-pattern.flattenHit, rather than anything in geo_utils.
+    // Leaving this here for reference.
+    const geoFieldName = 'my.location';
+    const indexPatternFlattenHit = (hit) => {
+      return {
+        [geoFieldName]: _.get(hit._source, geoFieldName),
+      };
     };
-    const indexPatternFlattenHit = indexPatterns.flattenHitWrapper(indexPatternMock);
 
     it('Should handle geoField being an object', () => {
       const hits = [
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/actions/data_request_actions.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/actions/data_request_actions.ts
index a22e8d582bc5e7..6f5ed680ac64fb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/actions/data_request_actions.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/actions/data_request_actions.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import { ILayer } from '../classes/layers/layer';
 import { IVectorLayer } from '../classes/layers/vector_layer/vector_layer';
 import { DataMeta, MapExtent, MapFilters } from '../../common/descriptor_types';
 import { DataRequestAbortError } from '../classes/util/data_request';
-import { scaleBounds, turfBboxToBounds } from '../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { scaleBounds, turfBboxToBounds } from '../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 
 const FIT_TO_BOUNDS_SCALE_FACTOR = 0.1;
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/actions/map_actions.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/actions/map_actions.ts
index 7ba58307e1952e..f4088968531558 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/actions/map_actions.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/actions/map_actions.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import {
   MapRefreshConfig,
 } from '../../common/descriptor_types';
 import { INITIAL_LOCATION } from '../../common/constants';
-import { scaleBounds } from '../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { scaleBounds } from '../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 
 export function setMapInitError(errorMessage: string) {
   return {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/convert_to_geojson.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/convert_to_geojson.js
index a95a8be4b24c8a..35dbebdfd3c8a4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/convert_to_geojson.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/convert_to_geojson.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import { RENDER_AS } from '../../../../common/constants';
 import { getTileBoundingBox } from './geo_tile_utils';
 import { extractPropertiesFromBucket } from '../../util/es_agg_utils';
-import { clamp } from '../../../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { clamp } from '../../../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 
 const GRID_BUCKET_KEYS_TO_IGNORE = ['key', 'gridCentroid'];
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/es_geo_grid_source.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/es_geo_grid_source.js
index a4dba71307b71d..a6322ff3ba784b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/es_geo_grid_source.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/es_geo_grid_source.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { getDataSourceLabel } from '../../../../common/i18n_getters';
 import { AbstractESAggSource, DEFAULT_METRIC } from '../es_agg_source';
 import { DataRequestAbortError } from '../../util/data_request';
 import { registerSource } from '../source_registry';
-import { makeESBbox } from '../../../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { makeESBbox } from '../../../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 
 export const MAX_GEOTILE_LEVEL = 29;
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/geo_tile_utils.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/geo_tile_utils.js
index 251e33b9579cbc..89b24522e42755 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/geo_tile_utils.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_geo_grid_source/geo_tile_utils.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { DECIMAL_DEGREES_PRECISION } from '../../../../common/constants';
-import { clampToLatBounds } from '../../../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { clampToLatBounds } from '../../../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 
 const ZOOM_TILE_KEY_INDEX = 0;
 const X_TILE_KEY_INDEX = 1;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_pew_pew_source/es_pew_pew_source.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_pew_pew_source/es_pew_pew_source.js
index 79eccf09b28889..92b0c717f67246 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_pew_pew_source/es_pew_pew_source.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_pew_pew_source/es_pew_pew_source.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { getDataSourceLabel } from '../../../../common/i18n_getters';
 import { convertToLines } from './convert_to_lines';
 import { AbstractESAggSource, DEFAULT_METRIC } from '../es_agg_source';
 import { registerSource } from '../source_registry';
-import { turfBboxToBounds } from '../../../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { turfBboxToBounds } from '../../../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 import { DataRequestAbortError } from '../../util/data_request';
 
 const MAX_GEOTILE_LEVEL = 29;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_search_source/es_search_source.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_search_source/es_search_source.js
index 256becf70ffb0c..6d61c4a7455b21 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_search_source/es_search_source.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_search_source/es_search_source.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import { AbstractESSource } from '../es_source';
 import { getSearchService } from '../../../kibana_services';
-import { hitsToGeoJson } from '../../../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { hitsToGeoJson } from '../../../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 import { UpdateSourceEditor } from './update_source_editor';
 import {
   SOURCE_TYPES,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_source/es_source.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_source/es_source.js
index 866e3c76c2a3fd..8cc2aa018979b5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_source/es_source.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/classes/sources/es_source/es_source.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   getTimeFilter,
   getSearchService,
 } from '../../../kibana_services';
-import { createExtentFilter } from '../../../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { createExtentFilter } from '../../../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import uuid from 'uuid/v4';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/features_tooltip/feature_geometry_filter_form.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/features_tooltip/feature_geometry_filter_form.js
index e1779c1afbf475..b0ce52b4db7ab7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/features_tooltip/feature_geometry_filter_form.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/features_tooltip/feature_geometry_filter_form.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 
 import { URL_MAX_LENGTH } from '../../../../../../../src/core/public';
-import { createSpatialFilterWithGeometry } from '../../../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { createSpatialFilterWithGeometry } from '../../../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 import { GEO_JSON_TYPE } from '../../../../common/constants';
 import { GeometryFilterForm } from '../../../components/geometry_filter_form';
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/mb/draw_control/draw_control.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/mb/draw_control/draw_control.js
index 2daa4b2c900f5f..6de936fa4a8f1f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/mb/draw_control/draw_control.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/mb/draw_control/draw_control.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   createSpatialFilterWithGeometry,
   getBoundingBoxGeometry,
   roundCoordinates,
-} from '../../../../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+} from '../../../../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 import { DrawTooltip } from './draw_tooltip';
 
 const DRAW_RECTANGLE = 'draw_rectangle';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/mb/view.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/mb/view.js
index d85959c3a08a4b..5a38f6039ae4b3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/mb/view.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/connected_components/map/mb/view.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import sprites1 from '@elastic/maki/dist/sprite@1.png';
 import sprites2 from '@elastic/maki/dist/sprite@2.png';
 import { DrawControl } from './draw_control';
 import { TooltipControl } from './tooltip_control';
-import { clampToLatBounds, clampToLonBounds } from '../../../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { clampToLatBounds, clampToLonBounds } from '../../../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 import { getInitialView } from './get_initial_view';
 import { getPreserveDrawingBuffer } from '../../../kibana_services';
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/kibana_services.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/kibana_services.ts
index f8f89ebaed1028..239a2898a06fcf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/kibana_services.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/kibana_services.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,11 @@
  */
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import { esFilters } from '../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
 import { MapsLegacyConfigType } from '../../../../src/plugins/maps_legacy/public';
 import { MapsConfigType } from '../config';
 import { MapsPluginStartDependencies } from './plugin';
 import { CoreStart } from '../../../../src/core/public';
 
-export const SPATIAL_FILTER_TYPE = esFilters.FILTERS.SPATIAL_FILTER;
-
 let licenseId: string | undefined;
 export const setLicenseId = (latestLicenseId: string | undefined) => (licenseId = latestLicenseId);
 export const getLicenseId = () => licenseId;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/selectors/map_selectors.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/selectors/map_selectors.ts
index 40ffda3f31c265..d48ee240275618 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/selectors/map_selectors.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/selectors/map_selectors.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
   SPATIAL_FILTERS_LAYER_ID,
 } from '../../common/constants';
 // @ts-ignore
-import { extractFeaturesFromFilters } from '../elasticsearch_geo_utils';
+import { extractFeaturesFromFilters } from '../../common/elasticsearch_geo_utils';
 import { MapStoreState } from '../reducers/store';
 import {
   DataRequestDescriptor,