diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/angular/graph_client_workspace.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/angular/graph_client_workspace.js
index 96be9eed2b4679..b981f732d1bc6d 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/angular/graph_client_workspace.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/angular/graph_client_workspace.js
@@ -894,10 +894,6 @@ module.exports = (function () {
           existingEdge.doc_count = Math.max(existingEdge.doc_count, edge.doc_count);
           continue;
         }
-        // Inferred edges were a feature that used Levenshtein edit distance on node labels
-        // to determine connections - removed that feature but may bring back.
-
-        const inferred = edge.inferred ? true : false;
         const newEdge = {
           'source': srcWrapperObj,
           'target': targetWrapperObj,
@@ -905,7 +901,6 @@ module.exports = (function () {
           'width': edge.width,
           'id': edge.id,
           'doc_count': edge.doc_count,
-          'inferred': inferred
         };
         if (edge.label) {
           newEdge.label = edge.label;
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/angular/templates/index.html b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/angular/templates/index.html
index b3f5bce7ea6ece..20b1059ae45eca 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/angular/templates/index.html
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/angular/templates/index.html
@@ -377,61 +377,6 @@
             } }}"
           >{{mc.v2}}</small>
         </div>
-
-
-
-        <div class="gphSidebar__panel" ng-if="(detail.inferredEdge)">
-          <div class="gphSidebar__header">
-            <span class="kuiIcon fa-cog"></span>
-            {{ ::'xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabelsTitle' | i18n: { defaultMessage: 'Similar labels' } }}
-          </div>
-
-          <div class="form-group form-group-sm gphFormGroup--small">
-            <div style="line-height: 24px;">
-              <button
-                tooltip="{{ ::'xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabels.mergeTargetToSrcButtonTooltip' | i18n: {
-                  defaultMessage: 'Merge {targetLabel} into {srcLabel}',
-                  values: { targetLabel: detail.inferredEdge.topTarget.label, srcLabel: detail.inferredEdge.topSrc.label },
-                } }}"
-                type="button" style="vertical-align: top;" class="kuiButton kuiButton--basic kuiButton--small"
-                ng-click="performMerge(detail.inferredEdge.topTarget.id, detail.inferredEdge.topSrc.id)">
-                <span class="kui fa-chevron-circle-down"></span>
-              </button>
-              <svg width="24" height="24">
-                <circle class="gphNode__circle " r="10" cx="12" cy="12" ng-attr-style="fill:{{detail.inferredEdge.topSrc.color}}" />
-
-                <text ng-if="detail.inferredEdge.topSrc.icon" class="fa gphNode__text" text-anchor="middle" x="12" y="16">{{detail.inferredEdge.topSrc.icon.code}}</text>
-              </svg>
-              <span style="vertical-align: top;">{{detail.inferredEdge.topSrc.label}}</span>
-            </div>
-            <div style="line-height: 24px;">
-              <button
-                tooltip="{{ ::'xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabels.mergeSrcToTargetButtonTooltip' | i18n: {
-                  defaultMessage: 'Merge {srcLabel} into {targetLabel}',
-                  values: { targetLabel: detail.inferredEdge.topTarget.label, srcLabel: detail.inferredEdge.topSrc.label },
-                } }}"
-                type="button" style="vertical-align: top;" class="kuiButton kuiButton--basic kuiButton--small"
-                ng-click="performMerge(detail.inferredEdge.topSrc.id, detail.inferredEdge.topTarget.id)">
-                <span class="kuiIcon fa-chevron-circle-up"></span>
-              </button>
-
-              <svg width="24" height="24">
-                <circle class="gphNode__circle " r="10" cx="12" cy="12" ng-attr-style="fill:{{detail.inferredEdge.topTarget.color}}" />
-
-                <text ng-if="detail.inferredEdge.topTarget.icon" class="fa gphNode__text" text-anchor="middle" x="12" y="16">{{detail.inferredEdge.topTarget.icon.code}}</text>
-              </svg>
-              <span style="vertical-align: top;">{{detail.inferredEdge.topTarget.label}}</span>
-
-            </div>
-
-            <div
-              class="col-sm-10"
-              i18n-id="xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabels.keyTermsText"
-              i18n-default-message="Key terms: {inferredEdgeLabel}"
-              i18n-values="{ html_inferredEdgeLabel: '<small>' + detail.inferredEdge.label + '</small>' }"
-            ></div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
       </div>
       <!-- end edge-merge detail panel -->
 
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/app.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/app.js
index fd7a292762d596..b60f6b267ad842 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/app.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/app.js
@@ -347,11 +347,7 @@ export function initGraphApp(angularModule, deps) {
     };
 
     $scope.clickEdge = function (edge) {
-      if (edge.inferred) {
-        $scope.setDetail ({ 'inferredEdge': edge });
-      }else {
-        $scope.workspace.getAllIntersections($scope.handleMergeCandidatesCallback, [edge.topSrc, edge.topTarget]);
-      }
+      $scope.workspace.getAllIntersections($scope.handleMergeCandidatesCallback, [edge.topSrc, edge.topTarget]);
     };
 
     $scope.submit = function (searchTerm) {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/_graph_visualization.scss b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/_graph_visualization.scss
index a2e34606cea17b..975e4e84d6b0da 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/_graph_visualization.scss
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/_graph_visualization.scss
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
     stroke: $euiColorDarkShade;
     stroke-opacity: 0.95;
   }
-
-  &--inferred {
-    stroke-dasharray: 5, 5;
-  }
 }
 
 .gphNode {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/graph_visualization.test.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/graph_visualization.test.tsx
index deeea8175da8ec..be3ebee9f0e233 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/graph_visualization.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/graph_visualization.test.tsx
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ describe('graph_visualization', () => {
   ];
   const edges: GroupAwareWorkspaceEdge[] = [
     {
-      inferred: false,
       isSelected: true,
       label: '',
       topSrc: nodes[0],
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ describe('graph_visualization', () => {
       width: 2,
     },
     {
-      inferred: false,
       isSelected: true,
       label: '',
       topSrc: nodes[1],
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/graph_visualization.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/graph_visualization.tsx
index 696e94da68a68a..162e4d01db6a47 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/graph_visualization.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/components/graph_visualization/graph_visualization.tsx
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ export function GraphVisualization({
                 }}
                 className={classNames('gphEdge', {
                   'gphEdge--selected': edge.isSelected,
-                  'gphEdge--inferred': edge.inferred,
                 })}
                 style={{ strokeWidth: edge.width }}
                 strokeLinecap="round"
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/deserialize.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/deserialize.test.ts
index 6aa9fd671ffcb3..c7f8b72cc1abfa 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/deserialize.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/deserialize.test.ts
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ describe('deserialize', () => {
           },
         ],
         links: [
-          { inferred: false, label: '', weight: 5, width: 5, source: 2, target: 0 },
-          { inferred: false, label: '', weight: 5, width: 5, source: 2, target: 4 },
+          { label: '', weight: 5, width: 5, source: 2, target: 0 },
+          { label: '', weight: 5, width: 5, source: 2, target: 4 },
         ],
         urlTemplates: [
           {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/serialize.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/serialize.test.ts
index 95f55bcc87eb75..0e0c750383a71e 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/serialize.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/serialize.test.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ describe('serialize', () => {
 
     // A <-> C
     appState.workspace.edges.push({
-      inferred: false,
       label: '',
       source: appState.workspace.nodes[2],
       target: appState.workspace.nodes[0],
@@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ describe('serialize', () => {
 
     // C <-> E
     appState.workspace.edges.push({
-      inferred: false,
       label: '',
       source: appState.workspace.nodes[2],
       target: appState.workspace.nodes[4],
@@ -187,7 +185,6 @@ describe('serialize', () => {
         "indexPattern": "Testindexpattern",
         "links": Array [
           Object {
-            "inferred": false,
             "label": "",
             "source": 2,
             "target": 0,
@@ -195,7 +192,6 @@ describe('serialize', () => {
             "width": 5,
           },
           Object {
-            "inferred": false,
             "label": "",
             "source": 2,
             "target": 4,
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/serialize.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/serialize.ts
index 3a94136d26e7ca..cc6af1b9222f16 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/serialize.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/services/persistence/serialize.ts
@@ -36,13 +36,12 @@ function serializeNode(
 }
 
 function serializeEdge(
-  { source, target, weight, width, inferred, label }: WorkspaceEdge,
+  { source, target, weight, width, label }: WorkspaceEdge,
   allNodes: WorkspaceNode[] = []
 ): SerializedEdge {
   return {
     weight,
     width,
-    inferred,
     label,
     source: allNodes.indexOf(source),
     target: allNodes.indexOf(target),
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/types/workspace_state.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/types/workspace_state.ts
index 6a95de134bd3de..6a3f3146219eff 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/types/workspace_state.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/graph/public/types/workspace_state.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ export interface WorkspaceNode {
 export interface WorkspaceEdge {
   weight: number;
   width: number;
-  inferred: boolean;
   label: string;
   source: WorkspaceNode;
   target: WorkspaceNode;
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ export interface ServerResultEdge {
   weight: number;
   width: number;
   doc_count?: number;
-  inferred: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface GraphData {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index cd917b153f2673..057ae6e2ce9946 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -4314,10 +4314,6 @@
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.selections.selectNoneButtonLabel": "なし",
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.selections.selectNoneButtonTooltip": "どれも選択しません",
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.selectionsTitle": "選択項目",
-    "xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabels.keyTermsText": "キー用語: {inferredEdgeLabel}",
-    "xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabels.mergeSrcToTargetButtonTooltip": "{srcLabel} を {targetLabel} に結合します",
-    "xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabels.mergeTargetToSrcButtonTooltip": "{targetLabel} を {srcLabel} に結合します",
-    "xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabelsTitle": "類似ラベル",
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.styleVerticesTitle": "スタイルが選択された頂点",
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.topMenu.addLinksButtonTooltip": "既存の用語の間にリンクを追加します",
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.topMenu.blacklistButtonTooltip": "選択項目がワークスペースに戻らないようブラックリストに追加します",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index 80a1cbabdd3a28..8a0e3d78139b18 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -4315,10 +4315,6 @@
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.selections.selectNoneButtonLabel": "无",
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.selections.selectNoneButtonTooltip": "不选择任何内容",
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.selectionsTitle": "选择的内容",
-    "xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabels.keyTermsText": "关键字词：{inferredEdgeLabel}",
-    "xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabels.mergeSrcToTargetButtonTooltip": "将 {srcLabel} 合并到 {targetLabel}",
-    "xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabels.mergeTargetToSrcButtonTooltip": "将 {targetLabel} 合并到 {srcLabel}",
-    "xpack.graph.sidebar.similarLabelsTitle": "类似标签",
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.styleVerticesTitle": "样式选择的顶点",
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.topMenu.addLinksButtonTooltip": "在现有字词之间添加链接",
     "xpack.graph.sidebar.topMenu.blacklistButtonTooltip": "返回工作空间时选择的黑名单",