diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js
index 8546e3712c763..d1e8892fa2c98 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export function maps(kibana) {
           tilemap: _.get(mapConfig, 'tilemap', []),
         };
       },
-      embeddableFactories: ['plugins/maps/embeddable/map_embeddable_factory'],
       styleSheetPaths: `${__dirname}/public/index.scss`,
       savedObjectSchemas: {
         'maps-telemetry': {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/embeddable/map_embeddable_factory.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/embeddable/map_embeddable_factory.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 90b17412377f5..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/embeddable/map_embeddable_factory.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
- */
-
-/*
- Maintain legacy embeddable legacy present while apps switch over
- */
-
-import { npSetup, npStart } from 'ui/new_platform';
-import {
-  bindSetupCoreAndPlugins,
-  bindStartCoreAndPlugins,
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @kbn/eslint/no-restricted-paths
-} from '../../../../../plugins/maps/public/plugin';
-// eslint-disable-next-line @kbn/eslint/no-restricted-paths
-import { MAP_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE } from '../../../../../plugins/maps/common/constants';
-// eslint-disable-next-line @kbn/eslint/no-restricted-paths
-import { MapEmbeddableFactory } from '../../../../../plugins/maps/public/embeddable';
-
-bindSetupCoreAndPlugins(npSetup.core, npSetup.plugins);
-bindStartCoreAndPlugins(npStart.core, npStart.plugins);
-
-export * from '../../../../../plugins/maps/public/embeddable/map_embeddable_factory';
-
-npSetup.plugins.embeddable.registerEmbeddableFactory(
-  MAP_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE,
-  new MapEmbeddableFactory()
-);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/kibana.json b/x-pack/plugins/maps/kibana.json
index 00c5e70ad6b8d..b8bad47327f22 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/kibana.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/kibana.json
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
   "configPath": ["xpack", "maps"],
   "requiredPlugins": [
     "inspector",
+    "licensing",
     "home",
     "data",
     "fileUpload",
     "uiActions",
     "navigation",
-    "visualizations"
+    "visualizations",
+    "embeddable"
   ],
   "ui": true
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts
index edf0f7383d090..7a22653f504c8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts
@@ -39,11 +39,15 @@ import { getMapsVisTypeAlias } from './maps_vis_type_alias';
 import { HomePublicPluginSetup } from '../../../../src/plugins/home/public';
 import { VisualizationsSetup } from '../../../../src/plugins/visualizations/public';
 import { registerLayerWizards } from './layers/load_layer_wizards';
+import { MAP_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE } from '../common/constants';
+import { MapEmbeddableFactory } from './embeddable';
+import { EmbeddableSetup } from '../../../../src/plugins/embeddable/public';
 
 export interface MapsPluginSetupDependencies {
   inspector: InspectorSetupContract;
   home: HomePublicPluginSetup;
   visualizations: VisualizationsSetup;
+  embeddable: EmbeddableSetup;
 }
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
 export interface MapsPluginStartDependencies {}
@@ -102,12 +106,13 @@ export class MapsPlugin
       MapsPluginStartDependencies
     > {
   public setup(core: CoreSetup, plugins: MapsPluginSetupDependencies) {
-    const { inspector, home, visualizations } = plugins;
+    const { inspector, home, visualizations, embeddable } = plugins;
     bindSetupCoreAndPlugins(core, plugins);
 
     inspector.registerView(MapView);
     home.featureCatalogue.register(featureCatalogueEntry);
     visualizations.registerAlias(getMapsVisTypeAlias());
+    embeddable.registerEmbeddableFactory(MAP_SAVED_OBJECT_TYPE, new MapEmbeddableFactory());
   }
 
   public start(core: CoreStart, plugins: any) {