diff --git a/sqlglot/dialects/e6.py b/sqlglot/dialects/e6.py
index 039c21f30c..91355410bb 100644
--- a/sqlglot/dialects/e6.py
+++ b/sqlglot/dialects/e6.py
@@ -2642,12 +2642,13 @@ def split_sql(self, expression: exp.Split | exp.RegexpSplit):
             this = expression.this
             delimitter = expression.expression
             if (
-                this
+                expression.find_ancestor(exp.VarMap)
+                and this
                 and delimitter
                 and this.is_string
                 and delimitter.is_string
-                and delimitter.this not in this.this
-                and not len(expression.args) == 3
+                # and delimitter.this not in this.this
+                # and not len(expression.args) == 3
             ):
                 return f"{this}"
             return rename_func("SPLIT")(self, expression)
diff --git a/tests/dialects/test_e6.py b/tests/dialects/test_e6.py
index ce7b41b873..9f23fca7fb 100644
--- a/tests/dialects/test_e6.py
+++ b/tests/dialects/test_e6.py
@@ -3152,3 +3152,52 @@ def test_formatting_preservation(self):
         # Result should have the columns (works with both tokenizers)
         self.assertIn("col1", result_spaces)
         self.assertIn("col2", result_spaces)
+
+    def test_split_sql(self):
+        # 1. split inside MAP, separator absent → SPLIT stripped, plain string returned
+        self.validate_all(
+            "SELECT MAP[ARRAY['test'],ARRAY['-18000']]",
+            read={
+                "databricks": "SELECT map(split('test',','), split('-18000',','))",
+            },
+        )
+
+        # 2. explode(split(...)), separator absent → SPLIT preserved
+        self.validate_all(
+            "SELECT EXPLODE(SPLIT('VZ_2469420', ','))",
+            read={
+                "spark": "SELECT explode(split('VZ_2469420', ','))",
+            },
+        )
+
+        # 3. explode(split(...)), separator present → SPLIT preserved
+        self.validate_all(
+            "SELECT EXPLODE(SPLIT('VZ_2469420,', ','))",
+            read={
+                "spark": "SELECT explode(split('VZ_2469420,', ','))",
+            },
+        )
+
+        # 4. split without explode or map, separator absent → SPLIT preserved (not inside VarMap)
+        self.validate_all(
+            "SELECT SPLIT('hello', ',')",
+            read={
+                "spark": "SELECT split('hello', ',')",
+            },
+        )
+
+        # 5. split with 3 arguments → SPLIT preserved
+        self.validate_all(
+            "SELECT SPLIT('a,b,c', ',', 2)",
+            read={
+                "spark": "SELECT split('a,b,c', ',', 2)",
+            },
+        )
+
+        # 6. regexp_split inside explode → SPLIT preserved
+        self.validate_all(
+            "SELECT SPLIT('hello world', '\\\\s+')",
+            read={
+                "postgres": "SELECT regexp_split('hello world', '\\s+')",
+            },
+        )