diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.d.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a50d7ca49cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+declare var Datasource: any;
+export default Datasource;
+
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js
index f606b6e3dc8..a2a74ca1883 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource.js
@@ -4,24 +4,19 @@ define([
   'moment',
   'app/core/utils/datemath',
   './query_ctrl',
-  './directives',
 ],
 function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
   'use strict';
 
-  var module = angular.module('grafana.services');
+  /** @ngInject */
+  function CloudWatchDatasource(instanceSettings, $q, backendSrv, templateSrv) {
+    this.type = 'cloudwatch';
+    this.name = instanceSettings.name;
+    this.supportMetrics = true;
+    this.proxyUrl = instanceSettings.url;
+    this.defaultRegion = instanceSettings.jsonData.defaultRegion;
 
-  module.factory('CloudWatchDatasource', function($q, backendSrv, templateSrv) {
-
-    function CloudWatchDatasource(datasource) {
-      this.type = 'cloudwatch';
-      this.name = datasource.name;
-      this.supportMetrics = true;
-      this.proxyUrl = datasource.url;
-      this.defaultRegion = datasource.jsonData.defaultRegion;
-    }
-
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.query = function(options) {
+    this.query = function(options) {
       var start = convertToCloudWatchTime(options.range.from, false);
       var end = convertToCloudWatchTime(options.range.to, true);
 
@@ -72,7 +67,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.performTimeSeriesQuery = function(query, start, end) {
+    this.performTimeSeriesQuery = function(query, start, end) {
       return this.awsRequest({
         region: query.region,
         action: 'GetMetricStatistics',
@@ -88,15 +83,15 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.getRegions = function() {
+    this.getRegions = function() {
       return this.awsRequest({action: '__GetRegions'});
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.getNamespaces = function() {
+    this.getNamespaces = function() {
       return this.awsRequest({action: '__GetNamespaces'});
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.getMetrics = function(namespace) {
+    this.getMetrics = function(namespace) {
       return this.awsRequest({
         action: '__GetMetrics',
         parameters: {
@@ -105,7 +100,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.getDimensionKeys = function(namespace) {
+    this.getDimensionKeys = function(namespace) {
       return this.awsRequest({
         action: '__GetDimensions',
         parameters: {
@@ -114,7 +109,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.getDimensionValues = function(region, namespace, metricName, dimensionKey, filterDimensions) {
+    this.getDimensionValues = function(region, namespace, metricName, dimensionKey, filterDimensions) {
       var request = {
         region: templateSrv.replace(region),
         action: 'ListMetrics',
@@ -141,7 +136,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.performEC2DescribeInstances = function(region, filters, instanceIds) {
+    this.performEC2DescribeInstances = function(region, filters, instanceIds) {
       return this.awsRequest({
         region: region,
         action: 'DescribeInstances',
@@ -149,7 +144,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.metricFindQuery = function(query) {
+    this.metricFindQuery = function(query) {
       var region;
       var namespace;
       var metricName;
@@ -210,7 +205,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       return $q.when([]);
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.performDescribeAlarmsForMetric = function(region, namespace, metricName, dimensions, statistic, period) {
+    this.performDescribeAlarmsForMetric = function(region, namespace, metricName, dimensions, statistic, period) {
       return this.awsRequest({
         region: region,
         action: 'DescribeAlarmsForMetric',
@@ -218,7 +213,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.performDescribeAlarmHistory = function(region, alarmName, startDate, endDate) {
+    this.performDescribeAlarmHistory = function(region, alarmName, startDate, endDate) {
       return this.awsRequest({
         region: region,
         action: 'DescribeAlarmHistory',
@@ -226,7 +221,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.annotationQuery = function(options) {
+    this.annotationQuery = function(options) {
       var annotation = options.annotation;
       var region = templateSrv.replace(annotation.region);
       var namespace = templateSrv.replace(annotation.namespace);
@@ -278,7 +273,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       return d.promise;
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.testDatasource = function() {
+    this.testDatasource = function() {
       /* use billing metrics for test */
       var region = this.defaultRegion;
       var namespace = 'AWS/Billing';
@@ -290,7 +285,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.awsRequest = function(data) {
+    this.awsRequest = function(data) {
       var options = {
         method: 'POST',
         url: this.proxyUrl,
@@ -302,7 +297,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     };
 
-    CloudWatchDatasource.prototype.getDefaultRegion = function() {
+    this.getDefaultRegion = function() {
       return this.defaultRegion;
     };
 
@@ -361,7 +356,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       });
     }
 
-    return CloudWatchDatasource;
-  });
+  }
 
+  return CloudWatchDatasource;
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/directives.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/module.js
similarity index 74%
rename from public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/directives.js
rename to public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/module.js
index a08d4fc8d9a..bb9d9102063 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/directives.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/module.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 define([
   'angular',
+  './datasource',
   './query_parameter_ctrl',
 ],
-function (angular) {
+function (angular, CloudWatchDatasource) {
   'use strict';
 
   var module = angular.module('grafana.directives');
@@ -28,4 +29,11 @@ function (angular) {
     };
   });
 
+  module.directive('datasourceCustomSettingsViewCloudwatch', function() {
+    return {templateUrl: 'app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/edit_view.html'};
+  });
+
+  return  {
+    Datasource: CloudWatchDatasource
+  };
 });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/edit_view.html
similarity index 100%
rename from public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html
rename to public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/edit_view.html
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/plugin.json b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/plugin.json
index 5e54db64f52..68e0a8d1dae 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/plugin.json
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/plugin.json
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
   "name": "CloudWatch",
   "id": "cloudwatch",
 
-  "serviceName": "CloudWatchDatasource",
-
-  "module": "app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/datasource",
+  "module": "app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/module",
 
   "partials": {
     "config": "app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/partials/config.html",
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/specs/datasource_specs.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/specs/datasource_specs.ts
index 55603232fdf..7c5c06839de 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/specs/datasource_specs.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/specs/datasource_specs.ts
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@ import "../datasource";
 import {describe, beforeEach, it, sinon, expect, angularMocks} from 'test/lib/common';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import helpers from 'test/specs/helpers';
+import Datasource from "../datasource";
 
 describe('CloudWatchDatasource', function() {
   var ctx = new helpers.ServiceTestContext();
+  var instanceSettings = {
+    jsonData: {defaultRegion: 'us-east-1', access: 'proxy'},
+  };
 
   beforeEach(angularMocks.module('grafana.core'));
   beforeEach(angularMocks.module('grafana.services'));
   beforeEach(angularMocks.module('grafana.controllers'));
-
   beforeEach(ctx.providePhase(['templateSrv', 'backendSrv']));
-  beforeEach(ctx.createService('CloudWatchDatasource'));
 
-  beforeEach(function() {
-    ctx.ds = new ctx.service({
-      jsonData: {
-        defaultRegion: 'us-east-1',
-        access: 'proxy'
-      }
-    });
-  });
+  beforeEach(angularMocks.inject(function($q, $rootScope, $httpBackend, $injector) {
+    ctx.$q = $q;
+    ctx.$httpBackend =  $httpBackend;
+    ctx.$rootScope = $rootScope;
+    ctx.ds = $injector.instantiate(Datasource, {instanceSettings: instanceSettings});
+  }));
 
   describe('When performing CloudWatch query', function() {
     var requestParams;
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/directives.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/directives.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9246ca90039..00000000000
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/directives.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-define([
-  'angular',
-  './bucket_agg',
-  './metric_agg',
-],
-function (angular) {
-  'use strict';
-
-  var module = angular.module('grafana.directives');
-
-  module.directive('metricQueryEditorElasticsearch', function() {
-    return {controller: 'ElasticQueryCtrl', templateUrl: 'app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/partials/query.editor.html'};
-  });
-
-  module.directive('metricQueryOptionsElasticsearch', function() {
-    return {templateUrl: 'app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/partials/query.options.html'};
-  });
-
-  module.directive('annotationsQueryEditorElasticsearch', function() {
-    return {templateUrl: 'app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/partials/annotations.editor.html'};
-  });
-
-  module.directive('datasourceCustomSettingsViewElasticsearch', function() {
-    return {templateUrl: 'app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/partials/config.html'};
-  });
-
-  module.directive('elasticMetricAgg', function() {
-    return {
-      templateUrl: 'app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/partials/metric_agg.html',
-      controller: 'ElasticMetricAggCtrl',
-      restrict: 'E',
-      scope: {
-        target: "=",
-        index: "=",
-        onChange: "&",
-        getFields: "&",
-        esVersion: '='
-      }
-    };
-  });
-
-  module.directive('elasticBucketAgg', function() {
-    return {
-      templateUrl: 'app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/partials/bucket_agg.html',
-      controller: 'ElasticBucketAggCtrl',
-      restrict: 'E',
-      scope: {
-        target: "=",
-        index: "=",
-        onChange: "&",
-        getFields: "&",
-      }
-    };
-  });
-
-});