diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/mocks.ts b/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/mocks.ts
index 186d35ec47dd34..724a5aa2d057e1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/mocks.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/mocks.ts
@@ -19,14 +19,9 @@ const createSetupMock = (): jest.Mocked<LicensingPluginSetup> => {
   const mock = {
     license$: new BehaviorSubject(license),
     refresh: jest.fn(),
-    createLicensePoller: jest.fn(),
     featureUsage: featureUsageMock.createSetup(),
   };
   mock.refresh.mockResolvedValue(license);
-  mock.createLicensePoller.mockReturnValue({
-    license$: mock.license$,
-    refresh: mock.refresh,
-  });
 
   return mock;
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/plugin.ts
index c2375f50f0a9b5..00d2ae602fcae5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/plugin.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ export class LicensingPlugin implements Plugin<LicensingPluginSetup, LicensingPl
     return {
       refresh,
       license$,
-      createLicensePoller: this.createLicensePoller.bind(this),
       featureUsage: featureUsageSetup,
     };
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/types.ts
index dbe334e79ef199..ff13ee882be605 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/licensing/server/types.ts
@@ -58,16 +58,6 @@ export interface LicensingPluginSetup {
    */
   refresh(): Promise<ILicense>;
 
-  /**
-   * Creates a license poller to retrieve a license data with.
-   * Allows a plugin to configure a cluster to retrieve data from at
-   * given polling frequency.
-   * @deprecated in favour of the counterpart provided from start contract
-   */
-  createLicensePoller: (
-    clusterClient: IClusterClient,
-    pollingFrequency: number
-  ) => { license$: Observable<ILicense>; refresh(): Promise<ILicense> };
   /**
    * APIs to register licensed feature usage.
    */