diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/datapanel.test.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/datapanel.test.tsx
index da6d567d971d91..6e37f736d738de 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/datapanel.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/datapanel.test.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ const initialState: IndexPatternPrivateState = {
               type: 'alphabetical',
             },
           },
-          indexPatternId: '1',
         },
       },
     },
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/dimension_panel/dimension_panel.test.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/dimension_panel/dimension_panel.test.tsx
index aaa8a1668175f3..ee916e8f1a9c5d 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/dimension_panel/dimension_panel.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/dimension_panel/dimension_panel.test.tsx
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ describe('IndexPatternDimensionPanel', () => {
                 interval: '1d',
               },
               sourceField: 'timestamp',
-              indexPatternId: '1',
             },
           },
         },
@@ -207,7 +206,6 @@ describe('IndexPatternDimensionPanel', () => {
                   // Private
                   operationType: 'max',
                   sourceField: 'bytes',
-                  indexPatternId: '1',
                 },
               },
             },
@@ -249,7 +247,6 @@ describe('IndexPatternDimensionPanel', () => {
                   // Private
                   operationType: 'max',
                   sourceField: 'bytes',
-                  indexPatternId: '1',
                 },
               },
             },
@@ -288,7 +285,6 @@ describe('IndexPatternDimensionPanel', () => {
               // Private
               operationType: 'max',
               sourceField: 'bytes',
-              indexPatternId: '1',
             },
           },
         },
@@ -373,7 +369,6 @@ describe('IndexPatternDimensionPanel', () => {
                   // Private
                   operationType: 'max',
                   sourceField: 'bytes',
-                  indexPatternId: '1',
                 },
               },
             },
@@ -713,7 +708,6 @@ describe('IndexPatternDimensionPanel', () => {
               // Private
               operationType: 'max',
               sourceField: 'bytes',
-              indexPatternId: '1',
             },
           },
         },
@@ -819,7 +813,6 @@ describe('IndexPatternDimensionPanel', () => {
                   interval: '1d',
                 },
                 sourceField: 'timestamp',
-                indexPatternId: 'foo',
               },
             },
           },
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.test.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.test.tsx
index 402c7cf3f5f123..ea1be14b39e06f 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.test.tsx
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 orderBy: { type: 'alphabetical' },
                 orderDirection: 'asc',
               },
-              indexPatternId: '1',
             },
           },
         },
@@ -221,7 +220,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
 
                 // Private
                 operationType: 'count',
-                indexPatternId: '1',
               },
               col2: {
                 label: 'Date',
@@ -234,7 +232,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 params: {
                   interval: '1d',
                 },
-                indexPatternId: '1',
               },
             },
           },
@@ -610,7 +607,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
               columns: {
                 col1: {
                   dataType: 'string',
-                  indexPatternId: '1',
                   isBucketed: true,
                   sourceField: 'source',
                   label: 'values of source',
@@ -623,7 +619,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 },
                 col2: {
                   dataType: 'number',
-                  indexPatternId: '1',
                   isBucketed: false,
                   sourceField: 'bytes',
                   label: 'Min of bytes',
@@ -647,7 +642,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                 columns: {
                   col1: {
                     dataType: 'date',
-                    indexPatternId: '1',
                     isBucketed: true,
                     sourceField: 'timestamp',
                     label: 'date histogram of timestamp',
@@ -658,7 +652,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
                   },
                   col2: {
                     dataType: 'number',
-                    indexPatternId: '1',
                     isBucketed: false,
                     sourceField: 'bytes',
                     label: 'Min of bytes',
@@ -1101,7 +1094,6 @@ describe('IndexPattern Data Source', () => {
           operationType: 'max',
           sourceField: 'baz',
           suggestedPriority: 0,
-          indexPatternId: '1',
         };
         const columns: Record<string, IndexPatternColumn> = {
           a: {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.tsx
index 663e50891099a4..330c143abc87a7 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/indexpattern.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ export interface BaseIndexPatternColumn {
   // Private
   operationType: OperationType;
   suggestedPriority?: DimensionPriority;
-  indexPatternId: string;
 }
 
 type Omit<T, K> = Pick<T, Exclude<keyof T, K>>;
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/count.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/count.tsx
index c9437d6427985e..8006af3ccc38d1 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/count.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/count.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const countOperation: OperationDefinition<CountIndexPatternColumn> = {
       },
     ];
   },
-  buildColumn({ suggestedPriority, indexPatternId }) {
+  buildColumn({ suggestedPriority }) {
     return {
       label: i18n.translate('xpack.lens.indexPattern.countOf', {
         defaultMessage: 'Count of documents',
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ export const countOperation: OperationDefinition<CountIndexPatternColumn> = {
       operationType: 'count',
       suggestedPriority,
       isBucketed: false,
-      indexPatternId,
     };
   },
   toEsAggsConfig: (column, columnId) => ({
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/date_histogram.test.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/date_histogram.test.tsx
index 1a214209c4c18c..f5fa7ff0a07323 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/date_histogram.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/date_histogram.test.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ describe('date_histogram', () => {
                 interval: 'w',
               },
               sourceField: 'timestamp',
-              indexPatternId: '1',
             },
           },
         },
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ describe('date_histogram', () => {
                 interval: 'd',
               },
               sourceField: 'other_timestamp',
-              indexPatternId: '2',
             },
           },
         },
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ describe('date_histogram', () => {
         columns: {},
         suggestedPriority: 0,
         layerId: 'first',
-        indexPatternId: '1',
         field: {
           name: 'timestamp',
           type: 'date',
@@ -112,7 +109,6 @@ describe('date_histogram', () => {
         columns: {},
         suggestedPriority: 0,
         layerId: 'first',
-        indexPatternId: '1',
         field: {
           name: 'timestamp',
           type: 'date',
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/date_histogram.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/date_histogram.tsx
index 0f3cf60fa2ca94..ed81f4656711ec 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/date_histogram.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/date_histogram.tsx
@@ -51,11 +51,9 @@ export const dateHistogramOperation: OperationDefinition<DateHistogramIndexPatte
   },
   buildColumn({
     suggestedPriority,
-    indexPatternId,
     field,
   }: {
     suggestedPriority: DimensionPriority | undefined;
-    indexPatternId: string;
     field?: IndexPatternField;
   }): DateHistogramIndexPatternColumn {
     if (!field) {
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ export const dateHistogramOperation: OperationDefinition<DateHistogramIndexPatte
       timeZone = field.aggregationRestrictions.date_histogram.time_zone;
     }
     return {
-      indexPatternId,
       label: ofName(field.name),
       dataType: 'date',
       operationType: 'date_histogram',
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/filter_ratio.test.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/filter_ratio.test.tsx
index ca0905974808bb..aa87c36d7df759 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/filter_ratio.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/filter_ratio.test.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ describe('filter_ratio', () => {
                 numerator: { query: '', language: 'kuery' },
                 denominator: { query: '', language: 'kuery' },
               },
-              indexPatternId: '1',
             },
           },
         },
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ describe('filter_ratio', () => {
   describe('buildColumn', () => {
     it('should create column object with default params', () => {
       const column = filterRatioOperation.buildColumn({
-        indexPatternId: '1',
         layerId: 'first',
         columns: {},
         suggestedPriority: undefined,
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/filter_ratio.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/filter_ratio.tsx
index eb3bc28d35b7f5..3881adc302c867 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/filter_ratio.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/filter_ratio.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const filterRatioOperation: OperationDefinition<FilterRatioIndexPatternCo
       },
     ];
   },
-  buildColumn({ suggestedPriority, indexPatternId }) {
+  buildColumn({ suggestedPriority }) {
     return {
       label: i18n.translate('xpack.lens.indexPattern.filterRatio', {
         defaultMessage: 'Filter Ratio',
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ export const filterRatioOperation: OperationDefinition<FilterRatioIndexPatternCo
       operationType: 'filter_ratio',
       suggestedPriority,
       isBucketed: false,
-      indexPatternId,
       params: {
         numerator: { language: 'kuery', query: '' },
         denominator: { language: 'kuery', query: '' },
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/metrics.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/metrics.tsx
index 0bf7fa20b0b084..27d5c9606754ec 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/metrics.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/metrics.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function buildMetricOperation<T extends FieldBasedIndexPatternColumn>(
       }
       return [];
     },
-    buildColumn({ suggestedPriority, field, indexPatternId }): T {
+    buildColumn({ suggestedPriority, field }): T {
       if (!field) {
         throw new Error(`Invariant: A ${type} operation can only be built with a field`);
       }
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ function buildMetricOperation<T extends FieldBasedIndexPatternColumn>(
         suggestedPriority,
         sourceField: field ? field.name : '',
         isBucketed: false,
-        indexPatternId,
       } as T;
     },
     toEsAggsConfig: (column, columnId) => ({
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/terms.test.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/terms.test.tsx
index 63209e8ad1a771..f6e54009adaaeb 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/terms.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/terms.test.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
                 orderDirection: 'asc',
               },
               sourceField: 'category',
-              indexPatternId: '1',
             },
             col2: {
               label: 'Count',
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
 
               // Private
               operationType: 'count',
-              indexPatternId: '1',
             },
           },
         },
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
     it('should use existing metric column as order column', () => {
       const termsColumn = termsOperation.buildColumn({
         layerId: 'first',
-        indexPatternId: '1',
         suggestedPriority: undefined,
         columns: {
           col1: {
@@ -86,7 +83,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
 
             // Private
             operationType: 'count',
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
         },
       });
@@ -113,7 +109,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
           orderDirection: 'asc',
         },
         sourceField: 'category',
-        indexPatternId: '1',
       };
       const updatedColumn = termsOperation.onOtherColumnChanged!(initialColumn, {
         col1: {
@@ -123,7 +118,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
 
           // Private
           operationType: 'count',
-          indexPatternId: '1',
         },
       });
       expect(updatedColumn).toBe(initialColumn);
@@ -144,7 +138,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
             orderDirection: 'asc',
           },
           sourceField: 'category',
-          indexPatternId: '1',
         },
         {}
       );
@@ -170,7 +163,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
             orderDirection: 'asc',
           },
           sourceField: 'category',
-          indexPatternId: '1',
         },
         {
           col1: {
@@ -184,7 +176,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
               interval: 'w',
             },
             sourceField: 'timestamp',
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
         }
       );
@@ -241,7 +232,6 @@ describe('terms', () => {
                       numerator: { query: '', language: 'kuery' },
                       denominator: { query: '', language: 'kuery' },
                     },
-                    indexPatternId: '1',
                   },
                 },
               },
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/terms.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/terms.tsx
index 912a532621d439..2f9863547bf84a 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/terms.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operation_definitions/terms.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const termsOperation: OperationDefinition<TermsIndexPatternColumn> = {
     }
     return [];
   },
-  buildColumn({ suggestedPriority, columns, field, indexPatternId }) {
+  buildColumn({ suggestedPriority, columns, field }) {
     const existingMetricColumn = Object.entries(columns)
       .filter(([_columnId, column]) => column && isSortableByColumn(column))
       .map(([id]) => id)[0];
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ export const termsOperation: OperationDefinition<TermsIndexPatternColumn> = {
       suggestedPriority,
       sourceField: field ? field.name : '',
       isBucketed: true,
-      indexPatternId,
       params: {
         size: DEFAULT_SIZE,
         orderBy: existingMetricColumn
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operations.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operations.test.ts
index 9fff0e0fdb7e31..cdc3b040beb052 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operations.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operations.test.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ describe('getOperationTypesForField', () => {
                 interval: '1d',
               },
               sourceField: 'timestamp',
-              indexPatternId: '1',
             },
           },
         },
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operations.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operations.ts
index 6e953692588dbc..e9045c3666ecbc 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operations.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/operations.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ export interface OperationDefinition<C extends BaseIndexPatternColumn> {
   buildColumn: (arg: {
     suggestedPriority: DimensionPriority | undefined;
     layerId: string;
-    indexPatternId: string;
     columns: Partial<Record<string, IndexPatternColumn>>;
     field?: IndexPatternField;
   }) => C;
@@ -189,6 +188,5 @@ export function buildColumn({
     suggestedPriority,
     field,
     layerId,
-    indexPatternId: indexPattern.id,
   });
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/state_helpers.test.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/state_helpers.test.ts
index 43b59298d0f86e..b90ba469518d4f 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/state_helpers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/lens/public/indexpattern_plugin/state_helpers.test.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
           orderDirection: 'asc',
           size: 5,
         },
-        indexPatternId: '',
       };
 
       const state: IndexPatternPrivateState = {
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
 
                 // Private
                 operationType: 'count',
-                indexPatternId: '1',
               },
             },
           },
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
           orderDirection: 'asc',
           size: 5,
         },
-        indexPatternId: '',
       };
 
       const state: IndexPatternPrivateState = {
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
 
                 // Private
                 operationType: 'count',
-                indexPatternId: '1',
               },
             },
           },
@@ -129,7 +125,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
           interval: '1d',
         },
         sourceField: 'timestamp',
-        indexPatternId: '1',
       };
 
       const state: IndexPatternPrivateState = {
@@ -173,7 +168,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
                 // Private
                 operationType: 'avg',
                 sourceField: 'bytes',
-                indexPatternId: '1',
               },
               col2: {
                 label: 'Max of bytes',
@@ -183,7 +177,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
                 // Private
                 operationType: 'max',
                 sourceField: 'bytes',
-                indexPatternId: '1',
               },
             },
           },
@@ -205,7 +198,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
               interval: '1d',
             },
             sourceField: 'timestamp',
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
         })
       ).toEqual({
@@ -238,7 +230,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
                 params: {
                   interval: 'h',
                 },
-                indexPatternId: '1',
               },
             },
           },
@@ -260,7 +251,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
             params: {
               interval: 'w',
             },
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
         }).layers.first.columns.col1
       ).toEqual(
@@ -284,7 +274,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
           orderDirection: 'asc',
           size: 5,
         },
-        indexPatternId: '1',
       };
 
       const newColumn: AvgIndexPatternColumn = {
@@ -295,7 +284,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
         // Private
         operationType: 'avg',
         sourceField: 'bytes',
-        indexPatternId: '1',
       };
 
       const state: IndexPatternPrivateState = {
@@ -314,7 +302,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
 
                 // Private
                 operationType: 'count',
-                indexPatternId: '1',
               },
             },
           },
@@ -354,7 +341,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
             params: {
               interval: 'h',
             },
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
         })
       ).toEqual(['col1']);
@@ -378,7 +364,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
               },
               orderDirection: 'asc',
             },
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
           col2: {
             label: 'Average of bytes',
@@ -388,7 +373,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
             // Private
             operationType: 'avg',
             sourceField: 'bytes',
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
           col3: {
             label: 'Date Histogram of timestamp',
@@ -401,7 +385,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
             params: {
               interval: '1d',
             },
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
         })
       ).toEqual(['col1', 'col3', 'col2']);
@@ -426,7 +409,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
               orderDirection: 'asc',
             },
             suggestedPriority: 2,
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
           col2: {
             label: 'Average of bytes',
@@ -437,7 +419,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
             operationType: 'avg',
             sourceField: 'bytes',
             suggestedPriority: 0,
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
           col3: {
             label: 'Date Histogram of timestamp',
@@ -451,7 +432,6 @@ describe('state_helpers', () => {
             params: {
               interval: '1d',
             },
-            indexPatternId: '1',
           },
         })
       ).toEqual(['col3', 'col1', 'col2']);