diff --git a/pkg/cmd/grafana/main.go b/pkg/cmd/grafana/main.go
index 54641427e29..eb945e944f1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/grafana/main.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/grafana/main.go
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 
-	_ "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/provisioning/pkg/operators"
 	gcli "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/commands"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/cmd/grafana-server/commands"
+	_ "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/operators"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/server"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/apiserver/standalone"
 )
diff --git a/apps/provisioning/pkg/operators/README.md b/pkg/operators/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/provisioning/pkg/operators/README.md
rename to pkg/operators/README.md
diff --git a/apps/provisioning/pkg/operators/register.go b/pkg/operators/register.go
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/provisioning/pkg/operators/register.go
rename to pkg/operators/register.go