diff --git a/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.test.ts b/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.test.ts
index 9962243e94293d..6f54cac9041a02 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.test.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,14 @@ describe('IndexPatterns', () => {
     SOClientGetDelay = 0;
   });
 
+  test('force field refresh', async () => {
+    const id = '1';
+    await indexPatterns.get(id);
+    expect(apiClient.getFieldsForWildcard).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+    await indexPatterns.get(id, undefined, true);
+    expect(apiClient.getFieldsForWildcard).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
   test('does cache ad-hoc data views', async () => {
     const id = '1';
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/__mocks__/data_views.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/__mocks__/data_views.ts
index 1bc8d791d53fbe..7b599318917a09 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/__mocks__/data_views.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/__mocks__/data_views.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export function createDiscoverDataViewsMock() {
         return Promise.reject('Invald');
       }
     },
+    getDefaultDataView: jest.fn(() => dataViewMock),
     updateSavedObject: jest.fn(),
     getIdsWithTitle: jest.fn(() => {
       return Promise.resolve([dataViewMock, dataViewComplexMock, dataViewWithTimefieldMock]);
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/resolve_data_view.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/resolve_data_view.ts
index 675abe584a2351..47dfff4ac4c375 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/resolve_data_view.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/resolve_data_view.ts
@@ -34,43 +34,6 @@ interface DataViewData {
   stateValFound: boolean;
 }
 
-export function findDataViewById(
-  dataViews: DataViewListItem[],
-  id: string
-): DataViewListItem | undefined {
-  return dataViews.find((o) => o.id === id);
-}
-
-/**
- * Checks if the given defaultIndex exists and returns
- * the first available data view id if not
- */
-export function getFallbackDataViewId(
-  dataViews: DataViewListItem[],
-  defaultIndex: string = ''
-): string {
-  if (defaultIndex && findDataViewById(dataViews, defaultIndex)) {
-    return defaultIndex;
-  }
-  return dataViews && dataViews[0]?.id ? dataViews[0].id : '';
-}
-
-/**
- * A given data view id is checked for existence and a fallback is provided if it doesn't exist
- * The provided defaultIndex is usually configured in Advanced Settings, if it's also invalid
- * the first entry of the given list of dataViews is used
- */
-export function getDataViewId(
-  id: string = '',
-  dataViews: DataViewListItem[] = [],
-  defaultIndex: string = ''
-): string {
-  if (!id || !findDataViewById(dataViews, id)) {
-    return getFallbackDataViewId(dataViews, defaultIndex);
-  }
-  return id;
-}
-
 /**
  * Function to load the given data view by id, providing a fallback if it doesn't exist
  */