diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-schema/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/schema/DefaultSchemaService.java b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-schema/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/schema/DefaultSchemaService.java
index 2d6055267373..aced7e59ed57 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-schema/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/schema/DefaultSchemaService.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-schema/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/schema/DefaultSchemaService.java
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@
 import org.hisp.dhis.schema.descriptors.LegendSchemaDescriptor;
 import org.hisp.dhis.schema.descriptors.LegendSetSchemaDescriptor;
 import org.hisp.dhis.schema.descriptors.MapSchemaDescriptor;
-import org.hisp.dhis.schema.descriptors.MapViewSchemaDescriptor;
 import org.hisp.dhis.schema.descriptors.MessageConversationSchemaDescriptor;
 import org.hisp.dhis.schema.descriptors.MetadataVersionSchemaDescriptor;
 import org.hisp.dhis.schema.descriptors.MinMaxDataElementSchemaDescriptor;
@@ -251,7 +250,6 @@ private void init() {
     register(new LegendSetSchemaDescriptor());
     register(new ExternalMapLayerSchemaDescriptor());
     register(new MapSchemaDescriptor());
-    register(new MapViewSchemaDescriptor());
     register(new MessageConversationSchemaDescriptor());
     register(new MetadataVersionSchemaDescriptor());
     register(new OAuth2ClientSchemaDescriptor());
diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-test/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/DhisConvenienceTest.java b/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-test/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/DhisConvenienceTest.java
index c5cf1c4ec0a9..ff5a041f52e1 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-test/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/DhisConvenienceTest.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-test/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/DhisConvenienceTest.java
@@ -2995,7 +2995,7 @@ public static User createRandomAdminUserWithEntityManager(EntityManager entityMa
     entityManager.persist(role);
 
     User user = new User();
-    user.setUid("A_" + CodeGenerator.generateUid().substring(2));
+    user.setUid(CodeGenerator.generateUid());
     user.setFirstName("Admin");
     user.setSurname("User");
     user.setUsername(DEFAULT_USERNAME + "_test_" + CodeGenerator.generateUid());
diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-test-integration/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/metadata/export/MetadataExportWithDependenciesTest.java b/dhis-2/dhis-test-integration/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/metadata/export/MetadataExportWithDependenciesTest.java
index 9a4258b8b393..95e987366e1f 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-test-integration/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/metadata/export/MetadataExportWithDependenciesTest.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-test-integration/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/metadata/export/MetadataExportWithDependenciesTest.java
@@ -28,21 +28,33 @@
 package org.hisp.dhis.metadata.export;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
 import org.hisp.dhis.common.IdentifiableObject;
+import org.hisp.dhis.common.IdentifiableObjectManager;
 import org.hisp.dhis.common.ValueType;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElement;
+import org.hisp.dhis.dxf2.metadata.MetadataExportParams;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dxf2.metadata.MetadataExportService;
+import org.hisp.dhis.dxf2.metadata.MetadataImportService;
+import org.hisp.dhis.mapping.MapView;
 import org.hisp.dhis.program.Program;
 import org.hisp.dhis.program.ProgramSection;
 import org.hisp.dhis.program.ProgramStage;
 import org.hisp.dhis.program.ProgramStageDataElement;
 import org.hisp.dhis.program.ProgramTrackedEntityAttribute;
+import org.hisp.dhis.render.RenderFormat;
+import org.hisp.dhis.render.RenderService;
 import org.hisp.dhis.test.integration.SingleSetupIntegrationTestBase;
 import org.hisp.dhis.trackedentity.TrackedEntityAttribute;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
@@ -54,6 +66,14 @@ class MetadataExportWithDependenciesTest extends SingleSetupIntegrationTestBase
   @PersistenceContext private EntityManager entityManager;
   @Autowired private MetadataExportService metadataExportService;
 
+  @Autowired private MetadataImportService metadataImportService;
+
+  @Autowired private IdentifiableObjectManager manager;
+
+  @Autowired private RenderService renderService;
+
+  @Autowired private ObjectMapper jsonMapper;
+
   @Test
   void testExportProgramWithProgramSection() {
     Program program = createProgram('A');
@@ -117,4 +137,28 @@ private Program setUpProgramAndDependencies() {
     entityManager.merge(programStage);
     return program;
   }
+
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName("MapView should not be exported at root level when exporting Map with dependencies")
+  void exportMetadataShouldNotContainMapView() throws IOException {
+    MapView mapView = createMapView("A");
+    org.hisp.dhis.mapping.Map map = new org.hisp.dhis.mapping.Map();
+    map.setName("MapA");
+    map.setMapViews(List.of(mapView));
+    map.setAutoFields();
+    manager.save(map);
+
+    MetadataExportParams exportParams = new MetadataExportParams();
+    exportParams.addClass(org.hisp.dhis.mapping.Map.class);
+    exportParams.addClass(MapView.class);
+    ObjectNode exported = metadataExportService.getMetadataAsObjectNode(exportParams);
+
+    Map<Class<? extends IdentifiableObject>, List<IdentifiableObject>> metadata =
+        renderService.fromMetadata(
+            new ByteArrayInputStream(jsonMapper.writeValueAsBytes(exported)), RenderFormat.JSON);
+    assertNull(metadata.get(org.hisp.dhis.mapping.MapView.class));
+    org.hisp.dhis.mapping.Map exportMap =
+        (org.hisp.dhis.mapping.Map) metadata.get(org.hisp.dhis.mapping.Map.class).get(0);
+    assertNotNull(exportMap.getMapViews());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-test-web-api/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/ProgramControllerTest.java b/dhis-2/dhis-test-web-api/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/ProgramControllerTest.java
index 011a141c8ebd..91d67e587bc2 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-test-web-api/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/ProgramControllerTest.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-test-web-api/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/ProgramControllerTest.java
@@ -366,13 +366,17 @@ void testCopyProgramWithNoPublicSharing() {
 
   @Test
   void testDeleteWithMapView() {
-    String mapViewJson =
+
+    String mapJson =
         """
+        {
+          "name": "test map",
+          "id": "mAPVRd23Jm9",
+          "mapViews": [
             {
               "name": "test mapview",
               "id": "mVIVRd23Jm9",
               "organisationUnitLevels": [],
-              "maps": [],
               "layer": "event",
               "program": {
                 "id": "PrZMWi7rBga"
@@ -381,11 +385,15 @@ void testDeleteWithMapView() {
                 "id": "PSzMWi7rBga"
               }
             }
-            """;
-    POST("/mapViews", mapViewJson).content(HttpStatus.CREATED);
+          ]
+        }
+        """;
+    POST("/maps", mapJson).content(HttpStatus.CREATED);
+
     assertStatus(HttpStatus.OK, DELETE("/programs/%s".formatted(PROGRAM_UID)));
     assertStatus(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND, GET("/programs/%s".formatted(PROGRAM_UID)));
     JsonMixed mapview = GET("/mapViews/mVIVRd23Jm9").content().as(JsonMixed.class);
     assertFalse(mapview.has("program"));
+    assertFalse(mapview.has("programStage"));
   }
 }
diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/mapping/MapViewController.java b/dhis-2/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/mapping/MapViewController.java
index e6990b453f31..9ef68a5a886a 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/mapping/MapViewController.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-web-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/webapi/controller/mapping/MapViewController.java
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@
 import org.hisp.dhis.query.Order;
 import org.hisp.dhis.query.Query;
 import org.hisp.dhis.query.QueryParserException;
-import org.hisp.dhis.schema.descriptors.MapViewSchemaDescriptor;
-import org.hisp.dhis.webapi.controller.AbstractCrudController;
+import org.hisp.dhis.webapi.controller.AbstractFullReadOnlyController;
 import org.hisp.dhis.webapi.utils.ContextUtils;
 import org.hisp.dhis.webapi.webdomain.WebMetadata;
 import org.hisp.dhis.webapi.webdomain.WebOptions;
@@ -64,8 +63,8 @@
  */
 @OpenApi.Tags("metadata")
 @Controller
-@RequestMapping(value = MapViewSchemaDescriptor.API_ENDPOINT)
-public class MapViewController extends AbstractCrudController<MapView> {
+@RequestMapping("/mapViews")
+public class MapViewController extends AbstractFullReadOnlyController<MapView> {
   @Autowired private MappingService mappingService;
 
   @Autowired private OrganisationUnitService organisationUnitService;