diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts
index 1317a0376609..05f90522fe4a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
           aggs: VALID_AGGS,
         },
       } as unknown) as Vis;
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
     });
     it('vis is ineligible with no date_histogram', async () => {
       const invalidConfigStates = [
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
           invalidAggs,
         },
       } as unknown) as Vis;
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
     });
     it('vis is ineligible with invalid aggs counts', async () => {
       const invalidConfigStates = [
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
           invalidAggs,
         },
       } as unknown) as Vis;
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
     });
     it('vis is ineligible with no metric aggs', async () => {
       const invalidConfigStates = [
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
           invalidAggs,
         },
       } as unknown) as Vis;
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
     });
     it('vis is ineligible with series param is not line type', async () => {
       const vis = ({
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
           aggs: VALID_AGGS,
         },
       } as unknown) as Vis;
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
     });
     it('vis is ineligible with series param not all being line type', async () => {
       const vis = ({
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
           aggs: VALID_AGGS,
         },
       } as unknown) as Vis;
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
     });
     it('vis is ineligible with invalid x-axis due to no segment aggregation', async () => {
       const badConfigStates = [
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
           badAggs,
         },
       } as unknown) as Vis;
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(invalidVis)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(invalidVis)).toEqual(false);
     });
     it('vis is ineligible with xaxis not on bottom', async () => {
       const invalidVis = ({
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ describe('utils', () => {
           aggs: VALID_AGGS,
         },
       } as unknown) as Vis;
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(invalidVis)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(invalidVis)).toEqual(false);
     });
     it('vis is ineligible with no seriesParams', async () => {
       const invalidVis = ({
@@ -255,16 +255,16 @@ describe('utils', () => {
           aggs: VALID_AGGS,
         },
       } as unknown) as Vis;
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(invalidVis)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(invalidVis)).toEqual(false);
     });
     it('vis is ineligible with valid type and disabled setting', async () => {
       uiSettingsMock.get.mockImplementation((key: string) => {
         return key !== PLUGIN_AUGMENTATION_ENABLE_SETTING;
       });
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(VALID_VIS)).toEqual(false);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(VALID_VIS)).toEqual(false);
     });
     it('vis is eligible with valid type', async () => {
-      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(VALID_VIS)).toEqual(true);
+      expect(await isEligibleForVisLayers(VALID_VIS)).toEqual(true);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/view_events_flyout/actions/view_events_option_action.tsx b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/view_events_flyout/actions/view_events_option_action.tsx
index ac7f795c586e..f83f0e0b77d6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/view_events_flyout/actions/view_events_option_action.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/view_events_flyout/actions/view_events_option_action.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class ViewEventsOptionAction implements Action<EmbeddableContext> {
     const vis = (embeddable as VisualizeEmbeddable).vis;
     return (
       vis !== undefined &&
-      isEligibleForVisLayers(vis) &&
+      (await isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)) &&
       !isEmpty((embeddable as VisualizeEmbeddable).visLayers)
     );
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/line_to_expression.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/line_to_expression.ts
index 8650c6013801..e8d207017c00 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/line_to_expression.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vislib/public/line_to_expression.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const toExpressionAst = async (vis: Vis, params: any) => {
   if (
     params.visLayers == null ||
     Object.keys(params.visLayers).length === 0 ||
-    !isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)
+    !(await isEligibleForVisLayers(vis))
   ) {
     // Render using vislib instead of vega-lite
     const visConfig = { ...vis.params, dimensions };
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
index 605c88067211..7bf996c148ea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ export class VisualizeEmbeddable
         this.visAugmenterConfig?.visLayerResourceIds
       );
 
-      if (!isEmpty(augmentVisSavedObjs) && !aborted && isEligibleForVisLayers(this.vis)) {
+      if (!isEmpty(augmentVisSavedObjs) && !aborted && (await isEligibleForVisLayers(this.vis))) {
         const visLayersPipeline = buildPipelineFromAugmentVisSavedObjs(augmentVisSavedObjs);
         // The initial input for the pipeline will just be an empty arr of VisLayers. As plugin
         // expression functions are ran, they will incrementally append their generated VisLayers to it.