diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js
index d1e8892fa2c984..a1186e04ee27a6 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/maps/index.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function maps(kibana) {
           emsLandingPageUrl: mapConfig.emsLandingPageUrl,
           kbnPkgVersion: serverConfig.get('pkg.version'),
           regionmapLayers: _.get(mapConfig, 'regionmap.layers', []),
-          tilemap: _.get(mapConfig, 'tilemap', []),
+          tilemap: _.get(mapConfig, 'tilemap', {}),
         };
       },
       styleSheetPaths: `${__dirname}/public/index.scss`,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/layer_wizard_registry.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/layer_wizard_registry.ts
index 633e8c86d8c94f..7715541b1c52d7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/layer_wizard_registry.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/layer_wizard_registry.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export type RenderWizardArguments = {
 };
 
 export type LayerWizard = {
+  checkVisibility?: () => boolean;
   description: string;
   icon: string;
   isIndexingSource?: boolean;
@@ -34,5 +35,7 @@ export function registerLayerWizard(layerWizard: LayerWizard) {
 }
 
 export function getLayerWizards(): LayerWizard[] {
-  return [...registry];
+  return registry.filter(layerWizard => {
+    return layerWizard.checkVisibility ? layerWizard.checkVisibility() : true;
+  });
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/ems_file_source/ems_boundaries_layer_wizard.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/ems_file_source/ems_boundaries_layer_wizard.tsx
index f31e770df2d958..a6e2e7f42657c3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/ems_file_source/ems_boundaries_layer_wizard.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/ems_file_source/ems_boundaries_layer_wizard.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ import { LayerWizard, RenderWizardArguments } from '../../layer_wizard_registry'
 import { EMSFileCreateSourceEditor } from './create_source_editor';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { EMSFileSource, sourceTitle } from './ems_file_source';
+// @ts-ignore
+import { isEmsEnabled } from '../../../meta';
 
 export const emsBoundariesLayerWizardConfig: LayerWizard = {
+  checkVisibility: () => {
+    return isEmsEnabled();
+  },
   description: i18n.translate('xpack.maps.source.emsFileDescription', {
     defaultMessage: 'Administrative boundaries from Elastic Maps Service',
   }),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/ems_tms_source/ems_base_map_layer_wizard.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/ems_tms_source/ems_base_map_layer_wizard.tsx
index ced33a0bcf84a9..fc745edbabee87 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/ems_tms_source/ems_base_map_layer_wizard.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/ems_tms_source/ems_base_map_layer_wizard.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ import { EMSTMSSource, sourceTitle } from './ems_tms_source';
 import { VectorTileLayer } from '../../vector_tile_layer';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { TileServiceSelect } from './tile_service_select';
+// @ts-ignore
+import { isEmsEnabled } from '../../../meta';
 
 export const emsBaseMapLayerWizardConfig: LayerWizard = {
+  checkVisibility: () => {
+    return isEmsEnabled();
+  },
   description: i18n.translate('xpack.maps.source.emsTileDescription', {
     defaultMessage: 'Tile map service from Elastic Maps Service',
   }),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/kibana_regionmap_source/kibana_regionmap_layer_wizard.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/kibana_regionmap_source/kibana_regionmap_layer_wizard.tsx
index 4321501760fafd..a9adec2bda2c81 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/kibana_regionmap_source/kibana_regionmap_layer_wizard.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/kibana_regionmap_source/kibana_regionmap_layer_wizard.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@ import { KibanaRegionmapSource, sourceTitle } from './kibana_regionmap_source';
 import { VectorLayer } from '../../vector_layer';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { CreateSourceEditor } from './create_source_editor';
+// @ts-ignore
+import { getKibanaRegionList } from '../../../meta';
 
 export const kibanaRegionMapLayerWizardConfig: LayerWizard = {
+  checkVisibility: () => {
+    const regions = getKibanaRegionList();
+    return regions.length;
+  },
   description: i18n.translate('xpack.maps.source.kbnRegionMapDescription', {
     defaultMessage: 'Vector data from hosted GeoJSON configured in kibana.yml',
   }),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/kibana_tilemap_source/kibana_base_map_layer_wizard.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/kibana_tilemap_source/kibana_base_map_layer_wizard.tsx
index aeea2d6084f847..141fabeedd3e51 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/kibana_tilemap_source/kibana_base_map_layer_wizard.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/layers/sources/kibana_tilemap_source/kibana_base_map_layer_wizard.tsx
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@ import { CreateSourceEditor } from './create_source_editor';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { KibanaTilemapSource, sourceTitle } from './kibana_tilemap_source';
 import { TileLayer } from '../../tile_layer';
+// @ts-ignore
+import { getKibanaTileMap } from '../../../meta';
 
 export const kibanaBasemapLayerWizardConfig: LayerWizard = {
+  checkVisibility: () => {
+    const tilemap = getKibanaTileMap();
+    return !!tilemap.url;
+  },
   description: i18n.translate('xpack.maps.source.kbnTMSDescription', {
     defaultMessage: 'Tile map service configured in kibana.yml',
   }),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/meta.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/meta.js
index d4612554cf00b9..c3245e8e98db2e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/meta.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/public/meta.js
@@ -36,12 +36,15 @@ function fetchFunction(...args) {
   return fetch(...args);
 }
 
+export function isEmsEnabled() {
+  return getInjectedVarFunc()('isEmsEnabled', true);
+}
+
 let emsClient = null;
 let latestLicenseId = null;
 export function getEMSClient() {
   if (!emsClient) {
-    const isEmsEnabled = getInjectedVarFunc()('isEmsEnabled', true);
-    if (isEmsEnabled) {
+    if (isEmsEnabled()) {
       const proxyElasticMapsServiceInMaps = getInjectedVarFunc()(
         'proxyElasticMapsServiceInMaps',
         false
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ export function getEMSClient() {
 }
 
 export function getGlyphUrl() {
-  if (!getInjectedVarFunc()('isEmsEnabled', true)) {
+  if (!isEmsEnabled()) {
     return '';
   }
   return getInjectedVarFunc()('proxyElasticMapsServiceInMaps', false)