diff --git a/pkg/api/http_server.go b/pkg/api/http_server.go
index 7dd28a533e5..2a90a6f04a2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/http_server.go
+++ b/pkg/api/http_server.go
@@ -13,25 +13,13 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/bus"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/middleware/csrf"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/auth"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/authn"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/folder"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/licensing"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/oauthtoken"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/querylibrary"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/searchV2"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/stats"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/entity/httpentitystore"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/k8saccess"
-
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/avatar"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/routing"
 	httpstatic "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/static"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/bus"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/simplejson"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/kvstore"
@@ -42,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	loginpkg "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/login"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/login/social"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/middleware"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/middleware/csrf"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/plugincontext"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry/corekind"
@@ -50,6 +38,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/alerting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/annotations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apikey"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/auth"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/authn"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/cleanup"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/comments"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/contexthandler"
@@ -63,10 +53,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/encryption"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/export"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/folder"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/hooks"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ldap"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/libraryelements"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/librarypanels"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/licensing"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/live"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/live/pushhttp"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/login"
@@ -74,6 +66,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/navtree"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/notifications"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/oauthtoken"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/org"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/playlist"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/plugindashboards"
@@ -83,9 +76,11 @@ import (
 	publicdashboardsApi "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/publicdashboards/api"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/query"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/queryhistory"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/querylibrary"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/quota"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/rendering"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/search"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/searchV2"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/searchusers"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/secrets"
 	secretsKV "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/secrets/kvstore"
@@ -94,7 +89,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/shorturls"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/star"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/stats"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/entity/httpentitystore"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/k8saccess"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/tag"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/team"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/teamguardian"
@@ -102,6 +100,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/thumbs"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/updatechecker"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/user"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/validations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web"
 )
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ type HTTPServer struct {
 	License                      licensing.Licensing
 	AccessControl                accesscontrol.AccessControl
 	DataProxy                    *datasourceproxy.DataSourceProxyService
-	PluginRequestValidator       models.PluginRequestValidator
+	PluginRequestValidator       validations.PluginRequestValidator
 	pluginClient                 plugins.Client
 	pluginStore                  plugins.Store
 	pluginInstaller              plugins.Installer
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ type ServerOptions struct {
 func ProvideHTTPServer(opts ServerOptions, cfg *setting.Cfg, routeRegister routing.RouteRegister, bus bus.Bus,
 	renderService rendering.Service, licensing licensing.Licensing, hooksService *hooks.HooksService,
 	cacheService *localcache.CacheService, sqlStore *sqlstore.SQLStore, alertEngine *alerting.AlertEngine,
-	pluginRequestValidator models.PluginRequestValidator, pluginStaticRouteResolver plugins.StaticRouteResolver,
+	pluginRequestValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator, pluginStaticRouteResolver plugins.StaticRouteResolver,
 	pluginDashboardService plugindashboards.Service, pluginStore plugins.Store, pluginClient plugins.Client,
 	pluginErrorResolver plugins.ErrorResolver, pluginInstaller plugins.Installer, settingsProvider setting.Provider,
 	dataSourceCache datasources.CacheService, userTokenService auth.UserTokenService,
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/runner/wireexts_oss.go b/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/runner/wireexts_oss.go
index 313cafad088..be33d32cd94 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/runner/wireexts_oss.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/runner/wireexts_oss.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package runner
 import (
 	"github.com/google/wire"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/server/backgroundsvcs"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/server/usagestatssvcs"
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ var wireExtsSet = wire.NewSet(
 	thumbs.ProvideCrawlerAuthSetupService,
 	wire.Bind(new(thumbs.CrawlerAuthSetupService), new(*thumbs.OSSCrawlerAuthSetupService)),
 	validations.ProvideValidator,
-	wire.Bind(new(models.PluginRequestValidator), new(*validations.OSSPluginRequestValidator)),
+	wire.Bind(new(validations.PluginRequestValidator), new(*validations.OSSPluginRequestValidator)),
 	provisioning.ProvideService,
 	wire.Bind(new(provisioning.ProvisioningService), new(*provisioning.ProvisioningServiceImpl)),
 	backgroundsvcs.ProvideBackgroundServiceRegistry,
diff --git a/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/host_redirect_validation_middleware.go b/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/host_redirect_validation_middleware.go
index 7bffa1126c6..c53ead6e7a5 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/host_redirect_validation_middleware.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/host_redirect_validation_middleware.go
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
-
 	sdkhttpclient "github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/httpclient"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/validations"
 )
 
 const HostRedirectValidationMiddlewareName = "host-redirect-validation"
 
-func RedirectLimitMiddleware(reqValidator models.PluginRequestValidator) sdkhttpclient.Middleware {
+func RedirectLimitMiddleware(reqValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator) sdkhttpclient.Middleware {
 	return sdkhttpclient.NamedMiddlewareFunc(HostRedirectValidationMiddlewareName, func(opts sdkhttpclient.Options, next http.RoundTripper) http.RoundTripper {
 		return sdkhttpclient.RoundTripperFunc(func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 			res, err := next.RoundTrip(req)
diff --git a/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/http_client_provider.go b/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/http_client_provider.go
index da9eb67f966..c8aea67c8a3 100644
--- a/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/http_client_provider.go
+++ b/pkg/infra/httpclient/httpclientprovider/http_client_provider.go
@@ -6,19 +6,20 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	sdkhttpclient "github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/httpclient"
+	"github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack"
+
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/metrics/metricutil"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/featuremgmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/validations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
-	"github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack"
 )
 
 var newProviderFunc = sdkhttpclient.NewProvider
 
 // New creates a new HTTP client provider with pre-configured middlewares.
-func New(cfg *setting.Cfg, validator models.PluginRequestValidator, tracer tracing.Tracer) *sdkhttpclient.Provider {
+func New(cfg *setting.Cfg, validator validations.PluginRequestValidator, tracer tracing.Tracer) *sdkhttpclient.Provider {
 	logger := log.New("httpclient")
 	userAgent := fmt.Sprintf("Grafana/%s", cfg.BuildVersion)
 
diff --git a/pkg/server/wireexts_oss.go b/pkg/server/wireexts_oss.go
index a8ea8aa44de..6ce8a35c7f4 100644
--- a/pkg/server/wireexts_oss.go
+++ b/pkg/server/wireexts_oss.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package server
 import (
 	"github.com/google/wire"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/server/backgroundsvcs"
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ var wireExtsBasicSet = wire.NewSet(
 	thumbs.ProvideCrawlerAuthSetupService,
 	wire.Bind(new(thumbs.CrawlerAuthSetupService), new(*thumbs.OSSCrawlerAuthSetupService)),
 	validations.ProvideValidator,
-	wire.Bind(new(models.PluginRequestValidator), new(*validations.OSSPluginRequestValidator)),
+	wire.Bind(new(validations.PluginRequestValidator), new(*validations.OSSPluginRequestValidator)),
 	provisioning.ProvideService,
 	wire.Bind(new(provisioning.ProvisioningService), new(*provisioning.ProvisioningServiceImpl)),
 	backgroundsvcs.ProvideBackgroundServiceRegistry,
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/engine.go b/pkg/services/alerting/engine.go
index 316b3771305..c20c821bb0d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/engine.go
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ 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/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/annotations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/encryption"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/notifications"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/rendering"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/validations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/legacydata"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/ticker"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 // are sent.
 type AlertEngine struct {
 	RenderService    rendering.Service
-	RequestValidator models.PluginRequestValidator
+	RequestValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator
 	DataService      legacydata.RequestHandler
 	Cfg              *setting.Cfg
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (e *AlertEngine) IsDisabled() bool {
 }
 
 // ProvideAlertEngine returns a new AlertEngine.
-func ProvideAlertEngine(renderer rendering.Service, requestValidator models.PluginRequestValidator,
+func ProvideAlertEngine(renderer rendering.Service, requestValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator,
 	dataService legacydata.RequestHandler, usageStatsService usagestats.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 {
diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/eval_context.go b/pkg/services/alerting/eval_context.go
index dff04f79e59..d5375cae94d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/eval_context.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/eval_context.go
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	alertmodels "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/alerting/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/annotations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/dashboards"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/validations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type EvalContext struct {
 	NoDataFound     bool
 	PrevAlertState  alertmodels.AlertStateType
 
-	RequestValidator models.PluginRequestValidator
+	RequestValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator
 
 	Ctx context.Context
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type EvalContext struct {
 }
 
 // NewEvalContext is the EvalContext constructor.
-func NewEvalContext(alertCtx context.Context, rule *Rule, requestValidator models.PluginRequestValidator,
+func NewEvalContext(alertCtx context.Context, rule *Rule, requestValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator,
 	alertStore AlertStore, dashboardService dashboards.DashboardService, dsService datasources.DataSourceService, annotationRepo annotations.Repository) *EvalContext {
 	return &EvalContext{
 		Ctx:               alertCtx,
diff --git a/pkg/services/datasourceproxy/datasourceproxy.go b/pkg/services/datasourceproxy/datasourceproxy.go
index 0590376c741..81a2f5fdb1c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/datasourceproxy/datasourceproxy.go
+++ b/pkg/services/datasourceproxy/datasourceproxy.go
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/oauthtoken"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/secrets"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/validations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/web"
 )
 
-func ProvideService(dataSourceCache datasources.CacheService, plugReqValidator models.PluginRequestValidator,
+func ProvideService(dataSourceCache datasources.CacheService, plugReqValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator,
 	pluginStore plugins.Store, cfg *setting.Cfg, httpClientProvider httpclient.Provider,
 	oauthTokenService *oauthtoken.Service, dsService datasources.DataSourceService,
 	tracer tracing.Tracer, secretsService secrets.Service) *DataSourceProxyService {
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func ProvideService(dataSourceCache datasources.CacheService, plugReqValidator m
 
 type DataSourceProxyService struct {
 	DataSourceCache        datasources.CacheService
-	PluginRequestValidator models.PluginRequestValidator
+	PluginRequestValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator
 	pluginStore            plugins.Store
 	Cfg                    *setting.Cfg
 	HTTPClientProvider     httpclient.Provider
diff --git a/pkg/services/query/query.go b/pkg/services/query/query.go
index 2c0f730c0a9..9befc139afb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/query/query.go
+++ b/pkg/services/query/query.go
@@ -6,20 +6,21 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/dtos"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/simplejson"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/expr"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins/adapters"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/datasources"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/user"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/validations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/grafanads"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/legacydata"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/errutil"
-	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ func ProvideService(
 	cfg *setting.Cfg,
 	dataSourceCache datasources.CacheService,
 	expressionService *expr.Service,
-	pluginRequestValidator models.PluginRequestValidator,
+	pluginRequestValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator,
 	dataSourceService datasources.DataSourceService,
 	pluginClient plugins.Client,
 ) *Service {
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ type Service struct {
 	cfg                    *setting.Cfg
 	dataSourceCache        datasources.CacheService
 	expressionService      *expr.Service
-	pluginRequestValidator models.PluginRequestValidator
+	pluginRequestValidator validations.PluginRequestValidator
 	dataSourceService      datasources.DataSourceService
 	pluginClient           plugins.Client
 	log                    log.Logger
diff --git a/pkg/models/validations.go b/pkg/services/validations/service.go
similarity index 92%
rename from pkg/models/validations.go
rename to pkg/services/validations/service.go
index 389e5466f80..9b0d48a8f3d 100644
--- a/pkg/models/validations.go
+++ b/pkg/services/validations/service.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package models
+package validations
 
 import (
 	"net/http"