diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/live.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/live.go
index 6ce80bf428d..9563f5f8b14 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/live.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/live.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/simplejson"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util/retryer"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ func (r *logQueryRunner) publishResults(orgID int64, channelName string) error {
 //nolint: staticcheck // plugins.DataResponse deprecated
 func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) executeLiveLogQuery(ctx context.Context, req *backend.QueryDataRequest) (*backend.QueryDataResponse, error) {
 	responseChannelName := uuid.New().String()
-	responseChannel := make(chan plugins.DataResponse)
+	responseChannel := make(chan *backend.QueryDataResponse)
 	if err := e.logsService.AddResponseChannel("plugin/cloudwatch/"+responseChannelName, responseChannel); err != nil {
 		close(responseChannel)
 		return nil, err
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) executeLiveLogQuery(ctx context.Context, req *backe
 }
 
 //nolint: staticcheck // plugins.DataResponse deprecated
-func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) sendLiveQueriesToChannel(req *backend.QueryDataRequest, responseChannel chan plugins.DataResponse) {
+func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) sendLiveQueriesToChannel(req *backend.QueryDataRequest, responseChannel chan *backend.QueryDataResponse) {
 	defer close(responseChannel)
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 15*time.Minute)
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) fetchConcurrentQueriesQuota(region string, pluginCt
 }
 
 //nolint: staticcheck // plugins.DataResponse deprecated
-func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) startLiveQuery(ctx context.Context, responseChannel chan plugins.DataResponse, query backend.DataQuery, timeRange backend.TimeRange, pluginCtx backend.PluginContext) error {
+func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) startLiveQuery(ctx context.Context, responseChannel chan *backend.QueryDataResponse, query backend.DataQuery, timeRange backend.TimeRange, pluginCtx backend.PluginContext) error {
 	model, err := simplejson.NewJson(query.JSON)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -295,11 +294,10 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) startLiveQuery(ctx context.Context, responseChannel
 			dataFrames = data.Frames{dataFrame}
 		}
 
-		responseChannel <- plugins.DataResponse{
-			Results: map[string]plugins.DataQueryResult{
+		responseChannel <- &backend.QueryDataResponse{
+			Responses: backend.Responses{
 				query.RefID: {
-					RefID:      query.RefID,
-					Dataframes: plugins.NewDecodedDataFrames(dataFrames),
+					Frames: dataFrames,
 				},
 			},
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/logs.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/logs.go
index 83b43b2d764..19e080b33ad 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/logs.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/logs.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/plugins"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry"
 )
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func init() {
 type LogsService struct {
 	channelMu sync.Mutex
 	// nolint:staticcheck // plugins.DataQueryResult deprecated
-	responseChannels map[string]chan plugins.DataResponse
+	responseChannels map[string]chan *backend.QueryDataResponse
 	queues           map[string](chan bool)
 	queueLock        sync.Mutex
 }
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ type LogsService struct {
 // Init is called by the DI framework to initialize the instance.
 func (s *LogsService) Init() error {
 	// nolint:staticcheck // plugins.DataQueryResult deprecated
-	s.responseChannels = make(map[string]chan plugins.DataResponse)
+	s.responseChannels = make(map[string]chan *backend.QueryDataResponse)
 	s.queues = make(map[string](chan bool))
 	return nil
 }
 
 // nolint:staticcheck // plugins.DataQueryResult deprecated
-func (s *LogsService) AddResponseChannel(name string, channel chan plugins.DataResponse) error {
+func (s *LogsService) AddResponseChannel(name string, channel chan *backend.QueryDataResponse) error {
 	s.channelMu.Lock()
 	defer s.channelMu.Unlock()
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (s *LogsService) AddResponseChannel(name string, channel chan plugins.DataR
 }
 
 // nolint:staticcheck // plugins.DataQueryResult deprecated
-func (s *LogsService) GetResponseChannel(name string) (chan plugins.DataResponse, error) {
+func (s *LogsService) GetResponseChannel(name string) (chan *backend.QueryDataResponse, error) {
 	s.channelMu.Lock()
 	defer s.channelMu.Unlock()