diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ServiceMap/Popover/ServiceStatsFetcher.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ServiceMap/Popover/ServiceStatsFetcher.tsx
index 5433ef66d4f99..a71f299ab296c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ServiceMap/Popover/ServiceStatsFetcher.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ServiceMap/Popover/ServiceStatsFetcher.tsx
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ export function ServiceStatsFetcher({
   serviceAnomalyStats,
 }: ServiceStatsFetcherProps) {
   const {
-    urlParams: { start, end },
-    uiFilters,
+    urlParams: { environment, start, end },
   } = useUrlParams();
 
   const {
@@ -46,12 +45,12 @@ export function ServiceStatsFetcher({
           endpoint: 'GET /api/apm/service-map/service/{serviceName}',
           params: {
             path: { serviceName },
-            query: { start, end, uiFilters: JSON.stringify(uiFilters) },
+            query: { environment, start, end },
           },
         });
       }
     },
-    [serviceName, start, end, uiFilters],
+    [environment, serviceName, start, end],
     {
       preservePreviousData: false,
     }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/annotations/annotations_context.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/annotations/annotations_context.tsx
index 435be2cc7133c..54a1d3a59eb20 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/annotations/annotations_context.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/context/annotations/annotations_context.tsx
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ export function AnnotationsContextProvider({
   children: React.ReactNode;
 }) {
   const { serviceName } = useParams<{ serviceName?: string }>();
-  const { urlParams, uiFilters } = useUrlParams();
-  const { start, end } = urlParams;
-  const { environment } = uiFilters;
+  const { urlParams } = useUrlParams();
+  const { environment, start, end } = urlParams;
 
   const { data = INITIAL_STATE } = useFetcher(
     (callApmApi) => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/service_map/get_service_map_service_node_info.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/service_map/get_service_map_service_node_info.ts
index e384b15685dad..367fbc6810a7f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/service_map/get_service_map_service_node_info.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/service_map/get_service_map_service_node_info.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function getServiceMapServiceNodeInfo({
   searchAggregatedTransactions,
 }: Options & { serviceName: string }) {
   return withApmSpan('get_service_map_node_stats', async () => {
-    const { start, end, uiFilters } = setup;
+    const { start, end } = setup;
 
     const filter: ESFilter[] = [
       { term: { [SERVICE_NAME]: serviceName } },
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function getServiceMapServiceNodeInfo({
 
     const minutes = Math.abs((end - start) / (1000 * 60));
     const taskParams = {
-      environment: uiFilters.environment,
+      environment,
       filter,
       searchAggregatedTransactions,
       minutes,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/service_map.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/service_map.ts
index 65c7b245958f3..6a05431c5677a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/service_map.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/routes/service_map.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { setupRequest } from '../lib/helpers/setup_request';
 import { getServiceMap } from '../lib/service_map/get_service_map';
 import { getServiceMapServiceNodeInfo } from '../lib/service_map/get_service_map_service_node_info';
 import { createRoute } from './create_route';
-import { environmentRt, rangeRt, uiFiltersRt } from './default_api_types';
+import { environmentRt, rangeRt } from './default_api_types';
 import { notifyFeatureUsage } from '../feature';
 import { getSearchAggregatedTransactions } from '../lib/helpers/aggregated_transactions';
 import { isActivePlatinumLicense } from '../../common/license_check';
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const serviceMapServiceNodeRoute = createRoute({
     path: t.type({
       serviceName: t.string,
     }),
-    query: t.intersection([rangeRt, uiFiltersRt]),
+    query: t.intersection([environmentRt, rangeRt]),
   }),
   options: { tags: ['access:apm'] },
   handler: async ({ context, request }) => {
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ export const serviceMapServiceNodeRoute = createRoute({
 
     const {
       path: { serviceName },
+      query: { environment },
     } = context.params;
 
     const searchAggregatedTransactions = await getSearchAggregatedTransactions(
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ export const serviceMapServiceNodeRoute = createRoute({
     );
 
     return getServiceMapServiceNodeInfo({
+      environment,
       setup,
       serviceName,
       searchAggregatedTransactions,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/tests/service_maps/service_maps.ts b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/tests/service_maps/service_maps.ts
index 5adbafc07e187..f452514cb5172 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/tests/service_maps/service_maps.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/apm_api_integration/tests/service_maps/service_maps.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ export default function serviceMapsApiTests({ getService }: FtrProviderContext)
         const q = querystring.stringify({
           start: metadata.start,
           end: metadata.end,
-          uiFilters: encodeURIComponent('{}'),
         });
         const response = await supertest.get(`/api/apm/service-map/service/opbeans-node?${q}`);