diff --git a/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/iceberg.rst b/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/iceberg.rst
index a0514d27f95c..e0f394b210de 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/iceberg.rst
+++ b/docs/src/main/sphinx/connector/iceberg.rst
@@ -1019,11 +1019,5 @@ view is queried, the snapshot-ids are used to check if the data in the storage
 table is up to date. If the data is outdated, the materialized view behaves
 like a normal view, and the data is queried directly from the base tables.
 
-.. warning::
-
-    There is a small time window between the commit of the delete and insert,
-    when the materialized view is empty. If the commit operation for the insert
-    fails, the materialized view remains empty.
-
 Dropping a materialized view with :doc:`/sql/drop-materialized-view` removes
 the definition and the storage table.
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
index 27d6606a839a..a55cde2990a6 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
@@ -2119,12 +2119,14 @@ public Optional<ConnectorOutputMetadata> finishRefreshMaterializedView(
             Collection<ComputedStatistics> computedStatistics,
             List<ConnectorTableHandle> sourceTableHandles)
     {
-        // delete before insert .. simulating overwrite
-        executeDelete(session, tableHandle);
-
         IcebergWritableTableHandle table = (IcebergWritableTableHandle) insertHandle;
 
         Table icebergTable = transaction.table();
+        // delete before insert .. simulating overwrite
+        transaction.newDelete()
+                .deleteFromRowFilter(Expressions.alwaysTrue())
+                .commit();
+
         List<CommitTaskData> commitTasks = fragments.stream()
                 .map(slice -> commitTaskCodec.fromJson(slice.getBytes()))
                 .collect(toImmutableList());
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMetastoreAccessOperations.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMetastoreAccessOperations.java
index 822af432d103..b501cc2caa69 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMetastoreAccessOperations.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMetastoreAccessOperations.java
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ public void testRefreshMaterializedView()
 
         assertMetastoreInvocations("REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW test_refresh_mview_view",
                 ImmutableMultiset.builder()
-                        .addCopies(GET_TABLE, 9)
-                        .addCopies(REPLACE_TABLE, 2)
+                        .addCopies(GET_TABLE, 6)
+                        .addCopies(REPLACE_TABLE, 1)
                         .build());
     }