diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_create/step_create_form.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_create/step_create_form.tsx
index c51144fd2d29c0..3f5ddc6238faa6 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_create/step_create_form.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_create/step_create_form.tsx
@@ -234,11 +234,7 @@ export const StepCreateForm: SFC<Props> = React.memo(
     }
 
     function getTransformConfigDevConsoleStatement() {
-      return `PUT _data_frame/transforms/${transformId}\n${JSON.stringify(
-        transformConfig,
-        null,
-        2
-      )}\n\n`;
+      return `PUT _transform/${transformId}\n${JSON.stringify(transformConfig, null, 2)}\n\n`;
     }
 
     // TODO move this to SASS
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_define/common.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_define/common.test.ts
index b02bf704983eec..c1a7fb3424c3af 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_define/common.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_define/common.test.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe('Transform: Define Pivot Common', () => {
     const request = getPreviewRequestBody('the-index-pattern-title', query, [groupBy], [agg]);
     const pivotPreviewDevConsoleStatement = getPivotPreviewDevConsoleStatement(request);
 
-    expect(pivotPreviewDevConsoleStatement).toBe(`POST _data_frame/transforms/_preview
+    expect(pivotPreviewDevConsoleStatement).toBe(`POST _transform/_preview
 {
   "source": {
     "index": [
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_define/common.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_define/common.ts
index 8ccec23228a1f3..54b810b7b66863 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_define/common.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/public/app/sections/create_transform/components/step_define/common.ts
@@ -124,5 +124,5 @@ export function getPivotDropdownOptions(indexPattern: IndexPattern) {
 }
 
 export const getPivotPreviewDevConsoleStatement = (request: PreviewRequestBody) => {
-  return `POST _data_frame/transforms/_preview\n${JSON.stringify(request, null, 2)}\n`;
+  return `POST _transform/_preview\n${JSON.stringify(request, null, 2)}\n`;
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/server/client/elasticsearch_transform.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/server/client/elasticsearch_transform.ts
index 5b8b82dc8d3cf0..fab9ab7f3a9958 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/server/client/elasticsearch_transform.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/transform/server/client/elasticsearch_transform.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const elasticsearchJsPlugin = (Client: any, config: any, components: any)
   transform.getTransforms = ca({
     urls: [
       {
-        fmt: '/_data_frame/transforms/<%=transformId%>',
+        fmt: '/_transform/<%=transformId%>',
         req: {
           transformId: {
             type: 'string',
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const elasticsearchJsPlugin = (Client: any, config: any, components: any)
         },
       },
       {
-        fmt: '/_data_frame/transforms/_all?size=1000',
+        fmt: '/_transform/_all?size=1000',
       },
     ],
     method: 'GET',
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export const elasticsearchJsPlugin = (Client: any, config: any, components: any)
   transform.getTransformsStats = ca({
     urls: [
       {
-        fmt: '/_data_frame/transforms/<%=transformId%>/_stats',
+        fmt: '/_transform/<%=transformId%>/_stats',
         req: {
           transformId: {
             type: 'string',
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export const elasticsearchJsPlugin = (Client: any, config: any, components: any)
         // Currently the endpoint uses a default size of 100 unless a size is supplied.
         // So until paging is supported in the UI, explicitly supply a size of 1000
         // to match the max number of docs that the endpoint can return.
-        fmt: '/_data_frame/transforms/_all/_stats?size=1000',
+        fmt: '/_transform/_all/_stats?size=1000',
       },
     ],
     method: 'GET',
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const elasticsearchJsPlugin = (Client: any, config: any, components: any)
   transform.createTransform = ca({
     urls: [
       {
-        fmt: '/_data_frame/transforms/<%=transformId%>',
+        fmt: '/_transform/<%=transformId%>',
         req: {
           transformId: {
             type: 'string',
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export const elasticsearchJsPlugin = (Client: any, config: any, components: any)
   transform.deleteTransform = ca({
     urls: [
       {
-        fmt: '/_data_frame/transforms/<%=transformId%>',
+        fmt: '/_transform/<%=transformId%>',
         req: {
           transformId: {
             type: 'string',
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export const elasticsearchJsPlugin = (Client: any, config: any, components: any)
   transform.getTransformsPreview = ca({
     urls: [
       {
-        fmt: '/_data_frame/transforms/_preview',
+        fmt: '/_transform/_preview',
       },
     ],
     needBody: true,
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export const elasticsearchJsPlugin = (Client: any, config: any, components: any)
   transform.startTransform = ca({
     urls: [
       {
-        fmt: '/_data_frame/transforms/<%=transformId%>/_start',
+        fmt: '/_transform/<%=transformId%>/_start',
         req: {
           transformId: {
             type: 'string',
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export const elasticsearchJsPlugin = (Client: any, config: any, components: any)
     urls: [
       {
         fmt:
-          '/_data_frame/transforms/<%=transformId%>/_stop?&force=<%=force%>&wait_for_completion=<%waitForCompletion%>',
+          '/_transform/<%=transformId%>/_stop?&force=<%=force%>&wait_for_completion=<%waitForCompletion%>',
         req: {
           transformId: {
             type: 'string',