diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/mock.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/mock.go
index 0510233fbb8..f4c049c0010 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/usagestats/mock.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/mock.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package usagestats
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -30,8 +29,4 @@ func (usm *UsageStatsMock) GetUsageReport(ctx context.Context) (Report, error) {
 	return Report{Metrics: all}, nil
 }
 
-func (usm *UsageStatsMock) ShouldBeReported(_ context.Context, s string) bool {
-	return !strings.HasPrefix(s, "unknown")
-}
-
 func (usm *UsageStatsMock) RegisterSendReportCallback(_ SendReportCallbackFunc) {}
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service.go
index 51d646d2278..9934cdf26e3 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service.go
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@ type Service interface {
 	GetUsageReport(context.Context) (Report, error)
 	RegisterMetricsFunc(MetricsFunc)
 	RegisterSendReportCallback(SendReportCallbackFunc)
-	ShouldBeReported(context.Context, string) bool
 }
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/service.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/service.go
index 4097eb20da1..9633d6001cc 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/service.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/service.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	ac "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/supportbundles"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ type UsageStats struct {
 	Cfg           *setting.Cfg
 	kvStore       *kvstore.NamespacedKVStore
 	RouteRegister routing.RouteRegister
-	pluginStore   plugins.Store
 	accesscontrol ac.AccessControl
 
 	log    log.Logger
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ type UsageStats struct {
 }
 
 func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg,
-	pluginStore plugins.Store,
 	kvStore kvstore.KVStore,
 	routeRegister routing.RouteRegister,
 	tracer tracing.Tracer,
@@ -42,7 +39,6 @@ func ProvideService(cfg *setting.Cfg,
 	s := &UsageStats{
 		Cfg:           cfg,
 		RouteRegister: routeRegister,
-		pluginStore:   pluginStore,
 		kvStore:       kvstore.WithNamespace(kvStore, 0, "infra.usagestats"),
 		log:           log.New("infra.usagestats"),
 		tracer:        tracer,
@@ -115,15 +111,6 @@ func (uss *UsageStats) RegisterSendReportCallback(c usagestats.SendReportCallbac
 	uss.sendReportCallbacks = append(uss.sendReportCallbacks, c)
 }
 
-func (uss *UsageStats) ShouldBeReported(ctx context.Context, dsType string) bool {
-	ds, exists := uss.pluginStore.Plugin(ctx, dsType)
-	if !exists {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	return ds.Signature.IsValid() || ds.Signature.IsInternal()
-}
-
 func (uss *UsageStats) supportBundleCollector() supportbundles.Collector {
 	return supportbundles.Collector{
 		UID:               "usage-stats",
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/usage_stats_test.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/usage_stats_test.go
index 0ec0264e76d..a5d1e30f496 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/usage_stats_test.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/service/usage_stats_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/kvstore"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/accesscontrol/actest"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/supportbundles/supportbundlestest"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@ func createService(t *testing.T, cfg setting.Cfg, sqlStore db.DB, withDB bool) *
 
 	service, _ := ProvideService(
 		&cfg,
-		&plugins.FakePluginStore{},
 		kvstore.ProvideService(sqlStore),
 		routing.NewRouteRegister(),
 		tracing.InitializeTracerForTest(),
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/statscollector/service.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/statscollector/service.go
index b2ac2af4494..d14b15fef10 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/usagestats/statscollector/service.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/statscollector/service.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/metrics"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/login/social"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ type Service struct {
 	sqlstore           db.DB
 	plugins            plugins.Store
 	usageStats         usagestats.Service
+	validator          validator.Service
 	statsService       stats.Service
 	features           *featuremgmt.FeatureManager
 	datasources        datasources.DataSourceService
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ type Service struct {
 
 func ProvideService(
 	us usagestats.Service,
+	validator validator.Service,
 	statsService stats.Service,
 	cfg *setting.Cfg,
 	store db.DB,
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ func ProvideService(
 		sqlstore:           store,
 		plugins:            plugins,
 		usageStats:         us,
+		validator:          validator,
 		statsService:       statsService,
 		features:           features,
 		datasources:        datasourceService,
@@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ func (s *Service) collectDatasourceStats(ctx context.Context) (map[string]interf
 	// as sending that name could be sensitive information
 	dsOtherCount := 0
 	for _, dsStat := range dsStats.Result {
-		if s.usageStats.ShouldBeReported(ctx, dsStat.Type) {
+		if s.validator.ShouldBeReported(ctx, dsStat.Type) {
 			m["stats.ds."+dsStat.Type+".count"] = dsStat.Count
 		} else {
 			dsOtherCount += dsStat.Count
@@ -279,7 +283,7 @@ func (s *Service) collectDatasourceAccess(ctx context.Context) (map[string]inter
 
 		access := strings.ToLower(dsAccessStat.Access)
 
-		if s.usageStats.ShouldBeReported(ctx, dsAccessStat.Type) {
+		if s.validator.ShouldBeReported(ctx, dsAccessStat.Type) {
 			m["stats.ds_access."+dsAccessStat.Type+"."+access+".count"] = dsAccessStat.Count
 		} else {
 			old := dsAccessOtherCount[access]
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/statscollector/service_test.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/statscollector/service_test.go
index f9118c8d748..2d6c49d9285 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/usagestats/statscollector/service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/statscollector/service_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db/dbtest"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/httpclient"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/login/social"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry"
@@ -436,6 +437,7 @@ func createService(t testing.TB, cfg *setting.Cfg, store db.DB, statsService sta
 
 	return ProvideService(
 		&usagestats.UsageStatsMock{},
+		&validator.FakeUsageStatsValidator{},
 		statsService,
 		cfg,
 		store,
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator/fake.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator/fake.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfc9682ba5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator/fake.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package validator
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type FakeUsageStatsValidator struct{}
+
+func (uss *FakeUsageStatsValidator) ShouldBeReported(ctx context.Context, s string) bool {
+	return !strings.HasPrefix(s, "unknown")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator/impl.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator/impl.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48ab34ef324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator/impl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package validator
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
+)
+
+type UsageStatsValidator struct {
+	pluginStore plugins.Store
+}
+
+func ProvideService(pluginStore plugins.Store) (Service, error) {
+	s := &UsageStatsValidator{
+		pluginStore: pluginStore,
+	}
+
+	return s, nil
+}
+
+func (uss *UsageStatsValidator) ShouldBeReported(ctx context.Context, dsType string) bool {
+	ds, exists := uss.pluginStore.Plugin(ctx, dsType)
+	if !exists {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return ds.Signature.IsValid() || ds.Signature.IsInternal()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator/service.go b/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator/service.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9d338b026e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator/service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package validator
+
+import "context"
+
+type Service interface {
+	ShouldBeReported(context.Context, string) bool
+}
diff --git a/pkg/server/wire.go b/pkg/server/wire.go
index d266c0776ef..340d0db3bf2 100644
--- a/pkg/server/wire.go
+++ b/pkg/server/wire.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats"
 	uss "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats/service"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats/statscollector"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator"
 	loginpkg "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/login"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/login/social"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/middleware/csrf"
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ var wireBasicSet = wire.NewSet(
 	updatechecker.ProvidePluginsService,
 	uss.ProvideService,
 	wire.Bind(new(usagestats.Service), new(*uss.UsageStats)),
+	validator.ProvideService,
 	pluginsintegration.WireSet,
 	pluginDashboards.ProvideFileStoreManager,
 	wire.Bind(new(pluginDashboards.FileStore), new(*pluginDashboards.FileStoreManager)),
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/engine.go b/pkg/services/alerting/engine.go
index c20c821bb0d..0c42c7a9d85 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/engine.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/annotations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources"
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ type AlertEngine struct {
 	log                log.Logger
 	resultHandler      resultHandler
 	usageStatsService  usagestats.Service
+	validator          validator.Service
 	tracer             tracing.Tracer
 	AlertStore         AlertStore
 	dashAlertExtractor DashAlertExtractor
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ func (e *AlertEngine) IsDisabled() bool {
 
 // ProvideAlertEngine returns a new AlertEngine.
 func ProvideAlertEngine(renderer rendering.Service, requestValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator,
-	dataService legacydata.RequestHandler, usageStatsService usagestats.Service, encryptionService encryption.Internal,
+	dataService legacydata.RequestHandler, usageStatsService usagestats.Service, validator validator.Service, encryptionService encryption.Internal,
 	notificationService *notifications.NotificationService, tracer tracing.Tracer, store AlertStore, cfg *setting.Cfg,
 	dashAlertExtractor DashAlertExtractor, dashboardService dashboards.DashboardService, cacheService *localcache.CacheService, dsService datasources.DataSourceService, annotationsRepo annotations.Repository) *AlertEngine {
 	e := &AlertEngine{
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ func ProvideAlertEngine(renderer rendering.Service, requestValidator validations
 		RequestValidator:   requestValidator,
 		DataService:        dataService,
 		usageStatsService:  usageStatsService,
+		validator:          validator,
 		tracer:             tracer,
 		AlertStore:         store,
 		dashAlertExtractor: dashAlertExtractor,
@@ -278,7 +281,7 @@ func (e *AlertEngine) registerUsageMetrics() {
 		metrics := map[string]interface{}{}
 
 		for dsType, usageCount := range alertingUsageStats.DatasourceUsage {
-			if e.usageStatsService.ShouldBeReported(ctx, dsType) {
+			if e.validator.ShouldBeReported(ctx, dsType) {
 				metrics[fmt.Sprintf("stats.alerting.ds.%s.count", dsType)] = usageCount
 			} else {
 				alertingOtherCount += usageCount
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/engine_integration_test.go b/pkg/services/alerting/engine_integration_test.go
index 519157b195e..0f0a48545e0 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/engine_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/engine_integration_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/localcache"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/annotations/annotationstest"
 	datasources "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources/fakes"
 	encryptionprovider "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/encryption/provider"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ func TestIntegrationEngineTimeouts(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	usMock := &usagestats.UsageStatsMock{T: t}
+	usValidatorMock := &validator.FakeUsageStatsValidator{}
 
 	encProvider := encryptionprovider.ProvideEncryptionProvider()
 	cfg := setting.NewCfg()
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ func TestIntegrationEngineTimeouts(t *testing.T) {
 	tracer := tracing.InitializeTracerForTest()
 	dsMock := &datasources.FakeDataSourceService{}
 	annotationsRepo := annotationstest.NewFakeAnnotationsRepo()
-	engine := ProvideAlertEngine(nil, nil, nil, usMock, encService, nil, tracer, nil, setting.NewCfg(), nil, nil, localcache.New(time.Minute, time.Minute), dsMock, annotationsRepo)
+	engine := ProvideAlertEngine(nil, nil, nil, usMock, usValidatorMock, encService, nil, tracer, nil, setting.NewCfg(), nil, nil, localcache.New(time.Minute, time.Minute), dsMock, annotationsRepo)
 	setting.AlertingNotificationTimeout = 30 * time.Second
 	setting.AlertingMaxAttempts = 3
 	engine.resultHandler = &FakeResultHandler{}
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/engine_test.go b/pkg/services/alerting/engine_test.go
index 2f240bfc01d..fcad2e3f60d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/engine_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/engine_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/localcache"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/usagestats/validator"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/alerting/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/annotations/annotationstest"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards"
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ func (a *AlertStoreMock) PauseAllAlerts(context.Context, *models.PauseAllAlertCo
 
 func TestEngineProcessJob(t *testing.T) {
 	usMock := &usagestats.UsageStatsMock{T: t}
+	usValidatorMock := &validator.FakeUsageStatsValidator{}
 
 	encProvider := encryptionprovider.ProvideEncryptionProvider()
 	cfg := setting.NewCfg()
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ func TestEngineProcessJob(t *testing.T) {
 	dsMock := &fd.FakeDataSourceService{
 		DataSources: []*datasources.DataSource{{ID: 1, Type: datasources.DS_PROMETHEUS}},
 	}
-	engine := ProvideAlertEngine(nil, nil, nil, usMock, encService, nil, tracer, store, setting.NewCfg(), nil, nil, localcache.New(time.Minute, time.Minute), dsMock, annotationstest.NewFakeAnnotationsRepo())
+	engine := ProvideAlertEngine(nil, nil, nil, usMock, usValidatorMock, encService, nil, tracer, store, setting.NewCfg(), nil, nil, localcache.New(time.Minute, time.Minute), dsMock, annotationstest.NewFakeAnnotationsRepo())
 	setting.AlertingEvaluationTimeout = 30 * time.Second
 	setting.AlertingNotificationTimeout = 30 * time.Second
 	setting.AlertingMaxAttempts = 3