diff --git a/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/directives/timechart.js b/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/directives/timechart.js
index fc5cc729b230..a969c19cf5e4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/directives/timechart.js
+++ b/src/plugins/kibana/public/discover/directives/timechart.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ uiModules
       const init = function () {
         // This elem should already have a height/width
         const myChart = new vislib.Chart(elem[0], {
-
+          addLegend: false
         });
 
         $scope.$watch('data', function (data) {
diff --git a/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.html b/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.html
index 5d8f7763033b..870ffab4847f 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.html
+++ b/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     ng-style="loadingStyle"
     ng-class="{ loading: vis.type.requiresSearch && searchSource.activeFetchCount > 0 }"
     class="visualize-chart"></div>
-  <visualize-legend></visualize-legend>
+  <visualize-legend ng-show="vis.params.addLegend"></visualize-legend>
 </div>
 <!-- <pre>{{chartData | json}}</pre> -->
 <visualize-spy ng-if="vis.type.requiresSearch && showSpyPanel"></visualize-spy>
diff --git a/test/support/pages/discover_page.js b/test/support/pages/discover_page.js
index 4826039f10b4..79ef45ac8c5b 100644
--- a/test/support/pages/discover_page.js
+++ b/test/support/pages/discover_page.js
@@ -213,24 +213,6 @@ define(function (require) {
       .getProperty('value');
     },
 
-    clickLegendExpand: function clickLegendExpand() {
-      return thisTime
-      .findByCssSelector('.fa-chevron-circle-left')
-      .click();
-    },
-
-    clickLegendCollapse: function clickLegendCollapse() {
-      return thisTime
-      .findByCssSelector('div.legend-toggle > i.fa-chevron-circle-right')
-      .click();
-    },
-
-    getLegendWidth: function getLegendWidth() {
-      return thisTime
-      .findByCssSelector('.legend-col-wrapper')
-      .getProperty('clientWidth');
-    },
-
     clickSidebarExpand: function clickSidebarExpand() {
       return thisTime
       .findByCssSelector('.chevron-cont')