diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/check_license.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/check_license.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e5397ee5dc75..0000000000000
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/check_license.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +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.
- */
-
-/**
- * on the license information extracted from the xPackInfo.
- * @param {XPackInfo} xPackInfo XPackInfo instance to extract license information from.
- * @returns {LicenseCheckResult}
- */
-export function checkLicense(xPackInfo) {
-  if (!xPackInfo.isAvailable()) {
-    return {
-      maps: false,
-    };
-  }
-
-  const isAnyXpackLicense = xPackInfo.license.isOneOf([
-    'basic',
-    'standard',
-    'gold',
-    'platinum',
-    'enterprise',
-    'trial',
-  ]);
-
-  if (!isAnyXpackLicense) {
-    return {
-      maps: false,
-    };
-  }
-
-  return {
-    maps: true,
-    uid: xPackInfo.license.getUid(),
-  };
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/embeddable/map_embeddable_factory.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/embeddable/map_embeddable_factory.js
index f56b0ba7188aa..73f222615493b 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/embeddable/map_embeddable_factory.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/embeddable/map_embeddable_factory.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { getQueryableUniqueIndexPatternIds } from '../selectors/map_selectors';
 import { getInitialLayers } from '../angular/get_initial_layers';
 import { mergeInputWithSavedMap } from './merge_input_with_saved_map';
 import '../angular/services/gis_map_saved_object_loader';
-import { bindCoreAndPlugins } from '../plugin';
+import { bindSetupCoreAndPlugins } from '../plugin';
 import { npSetup } from 'ui/new_platform';
 
 export class MapEmbeddableFactory extends EmbeddableFactory {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class MapEmbeddableFactory extends EmbeddableFactory {
         getIconForSavedObject: () => APP_ICON,
       },
     });
-    bindCoreAndPlugins(npSetup.core, npSetup.plugins);
+    bindSetupCoreAndPlugins(npSetup.core, npSetup.plugins);
   }
   isEditable() {
     return capabilities.get().maps.save;
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts
index abe148ef8eae1..190774354a02d 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/public/plugin.ts
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ interface MapsPluginSetupDependencies {
   };
 }
 
-export const bindCoreAndPlugins = (core, plugins) => {
-  const { licensing, inspector } = plugins;
-  setInspector(inspector);
+export const bindSetupCoreAndPlugins = (core, plugins) => {
+  const { licensing } = plugins;
   if (licensing) {
     licensing.license$.subscribe(({ uid }) => setLicenseId(uid));
   }
@@ -48,10 +47,12 @@ export class MapsPlugin implements Plugin<MapsPluginSetup, MapsPluginStart> {
         return reactDirective(wrapInI18nContext(MapListing));
       });
 
-    bindCoreAndPlugins(core, np);
+    bindSetupCoreAndPlugins(core, np);
 
     np.home.featureCatalogue.register(featureCatalogueEntry);
   }
 
-  public start(core: CoreStart, plugins: any) {}
+  public start(core: CoreStart, plugins: any) {
+    setInspector(plugins.np.inspector);
+  }
 }