diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-dxf2/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dxf2/datavalueset/DataValueSetImportValidator.java b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-dxf2/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dxf2/datavalueset/DataValueSetImportValidator.java
index cccdc7053c59..d2c9ec0c6cc7 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-dxf2/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dxf2/datavalueset/DataValueSetImportValidator.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-dxf2/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dxf2/datavalueset/DataValueSetImportValidator.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 import org.hisp.dhis.dxf2.importsummary.ImportStatus;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dxf2.importsummary.ImportSummary;
 import org.hisp.dhis.organisationunit.OrganisationUnit;
-import org.hisp.dhis.organisationunit.OrganisationUnitService;
 import org.hisp.dhis.period.Period;
 import org.hisp.dhis.period.PeriodType;
 import org.hisp.dhis.security.acl.AclService;
@@ -78,8 +77,6 @@ public class DataValueSetImportValidator {
 
   private final DataValueService dataValueService;
 
-  private final OrganisationUnitService organisationUnitService;
-
   /** Validation on the {@link DataSet} level */
   interface DataSetValidation {
     void validate(DataValueSet dataValueSet, ImportContext context, DataSetContext dataSetContext);
@@ -645,8 +642,7 @@ private void checkDataValueOrgUnitValidForAttrOptionCombo(
 
   private boolean isOrgUnitValidForAttrOptionCombo(DataValueContext valueContext) {
     Set<OrganisationUnit> aocOrgUnits = valueContext.getAttrOptionCombo().getOrganisationUnits();
-    return aocOrgUnits == null
-        || organisationUnitService.isDescendant(valueContext.getOrgUnit(), aocOrgUnits);
+    return aocOrgUnits == null || valueContext.getOrgUnit().isDescendant(aocOrgUnits);
   }
 
   private static void checkDataValueTargetDataSets(
diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-dxf2/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/dxf2/datavalueset/DataValueSetImportValidatorTest.java b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-dxf2/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/dxf2/datavalueset/DataValueSetImportValidatorTest.java
index a4c87d0ef9ad..da4b9bdfbceb 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-dxf2/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/dxf2/datavalueset/DataValueSetImportValidatorTest.java
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-dxf2/src/test/java/org/hisp/dhis/dxf2/datavalueset/DataValueSetImportValidatorTest.java
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 import org.hisp.dhis.importexport.ImportStrategy;
 import org.hisp.dhis.option.OptionSet;
 import org.hisp.dhis.organisationunit.OrganisationUnit;
-import org.hisp.dhis.organisationunit.OrganisationUnitService;
 import org.hisp.dhis.period.Period;
 import org.hisp.dhis.period.PeriodType;
 import org.hisp.dhis.period.PeriodTypeEnum;
@@ -99,8 +98,6 @@ class DataValueSetImportValidatorTest {
 
   private DataValueSetImportValidator validator;
 
-  private OrganisationUnitService organisationUnitService;
-
   private final CategoryCombo defaultCombo = new CategoryCombo();
 
   @BeforeEach
@@ -109,16 +106,11 @@ void setUp() {
     lockExceptionStore = mock(LockExceptionStore.class);
     approvalService = mock(DataApprovalService.class);
     dataValueService = mock(DataValueService.class);
-    organisationUnitService = mock(OrganisationUnitService.class);
 
     i18n = mock(I18n.class);
     validator =
         new DataValueSetImportValidator(
-            aclService,
-            lockExceptionStore,
-            approvalService,
-            dataValueService,
-            organisationUnitService);
+            aclService, lockExceptionStore, approvalService, dataValueService);
     validator.init();
     setupUserCanWriteCategoryOptions(true);
     when(i18n.getString(anyString()))
@@ -298,12 +290,6 @@ void testValidateDataValueAttrOptionComboAccess() {
 
   @Test
   void testValidateDataValueOrgUnitInUserHierarchy() {
-    when(organisationUnitService.isDescendant(any(OrganisationUnit.class), any(Set.class)))
-        .thenReturn(false);
-    when(organisationUnitService.isDescendant(
-            any(OrganisationUnit.class), any(OrganisationUnit.class)))
-        .thenReturn(false);
-
     DataValue dataValue = createRandomDataValue();
     DataValueContext valueContext = createDataValueContext(dataValue).build();
     DataSetContext dataSetContext = createMinimalDataSetContext().build();