diff --git a/src/dialogs/common/import-database/instructions-section/instructions/smart-query-instructions.tsx b/src/dialogs/common/import-database/instructions-section/instructions/smart-query-instructions.tsx
index a49e7319..52ea1b34 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/common/import-database/instructions-section/instructions/smart-query-instructions.tsx
+++ b/src/dialogs/common/import-database/instructions-section/instructions/smart-query-instructions.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { SSMSInfo } from './ssms-info/ssms-info';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from '@/components/tabs/tabs';
 import type { DatabaseClient } from '@/lib/domain/database-clients';
-import { minimizeQuery } from '@/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/minimize-script';
+import { minimizeQuery } from '@/lib/data/import-metadata/utils';
 import {
     databaseClientToLabelMap,
     databaseTypeToClientsMap,
diff --git a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/cockroachdb-script.ts b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/cockroachdb-script.ts
index 9c5cd97f..55135376 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/cockroachdb-script.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/cockroachdb-script.ts
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ cols AS (
 ), views AS (
     SELECT array_to_string(array_agg(CONCAT('{"schema":"', views.schemaname::TEXT,
                       '","view_name":"', viewname::TEXT,
-                      '","view_definition":"', encode(convert_to(REPLACE(definition::TEXT, '"', '\\"'), 'UTF8'), 'base64'),
-                    '"}')),
+                      '","view_definition":""}')),
                       ',') AS views_metadata
     FROM pg_views views
     WHERE views.schemaname NOT IN ('information_schema', 'pg_catalog')${cockroachdbViewsFilter}
diff --git a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/maria-script.ts b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/maria-script.ts
index 29ea7023..c928f8bf 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/maria-script.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/maria-script.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export const mariaDBQuery = `WITH fk_info as (
                    AND table_schema = DATABASE()
                    AND (0x00) IN (@views:=CONCAT_WS(',', @views, CONCAT('{', '"schema":"', \`TABLE_SCHEMA\`, '",',
                                                    '"view_name":"', \`TABLE_NAME\`, '",',
-                                                   '"view_definition":"', REPLACE(REPLACE(TO_BASE64(VIEW_DEFINITION), ' ', ''), '\n', ''), '"}'))) ) )
+                                                   '"view_definition":""}'))) ) )
 )
 (SELECT CAST(CONCAT('{"fk_info": [',IFNULL(@fk_info,''),
                 '], "pk_info": [', IFNULL(@pk_info, ''),
diff --git a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/minimize-script.ts b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/minimize-script.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c6b62219..00000000
--- a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/minimize-script.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-export const minimizeQuery = (query: string) => {
-    if (!query) return '';
-
-    // Split into lines, trim leading spaces from each line, then rejoin
-    return query
-        .split('\n')
-        .map((line) => line.replace(/^\s+/, '')) // Remove only leading spaces
-        .join('\n');
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/mysql-script.ts b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/mysql-script.ts
index 034f3c7d..57d0b908 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/mysql-script.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/mysql-script.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export const getMySQLQuery = (
                    AND table_schema = DATABASE()
                    AND (0x00) IN (@views:=CONCAT_WS(',', @views, CONCAT('{', '"schema":"', \`TABLE_SCHEMA\`, '",',
                                                    '"view_name":"', \`TABLE_NAME\`, '",',
-                                                   '"view_definition":"', REPLACE(REPLACE(TO_BASE64(VIEW_DEFINITION), ' ', ''), '\n', ''), '"}'))) ) )
+                                                   '"view_definition":""}'))) ) )
 )
 (SELECT CAST(CONCAT('{"fk_info": [',IFNULL(@fk_info,''),
                 '], "pk_info": [', IFNULL(@pk_info, ''),
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ export const getMySQLQuery = (
     ) FROM (
         SELECT \`TABLE_SCHEMA\`,
                \`TABLE_NAME\` AS view_name,
-               REPLACE(REPLACE(TO_BASE64(\`VIEW_DEFINITION\`), ' ', ''), '\n', '') AS view_definition
+               null AS view_definition
         FROM information_schema.views vws
         WHERE vws.table_schema = DATABASE()
     ) AS vws), ''),
diff --git a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/postgres-script.ts b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/postgres-script.ts
index de1665f5..7f05b737 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/postgres-script.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/postgres-script.ts
@@ -245,8 +245,7 @@ cols AS (
 ), views AS (
     SELECT array_to_string(array_agg(CONCAT('{"schema":"', views.schemaname,
                       '","view_name":"', viewname,
-                      '","view_definition":"', encode(convert_to(REPLACE(definition, '"', '\\"'), 'UTF8'), 'base64'),
-                    '"}')),
+                      '","view_definition":""}')),
                       ',') AS views_metadata
     FROM pg_views views
     WHERE views.schemaname NOT IN ('information_schema', 'pg_catalog') ${
diff --git a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/sqlserver-script.ts b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/sqlserver-script.ts
index d00c24fa..fe26e615 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/sqlserver-script.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/scripts/sqlserver-script.ts
@@ -166,15 +166,7 @@ views AS (
                 JSON_QUERY(N'{
                     "schema": "' + STRING_ESCAPE(COALESCE(REPLACE(s.name, '"', ''), ''), 'json') +
                     '", "view_name": "' + STRING_ESCAPE(COALESCE(REPLACE(v.name, '"', ''), ''), 'json') +
-                    '", "view_definition": "' +
-                    STRING_ESCAPE(
-                        CAST(
-                            '' AS XML
-                        ).value(
-                            'xs:base64Binary(sql:column("DefinitionBinary"))',
-                            'VARCHAR(MAX)'
-                        ), 'json') +
-                    N'"}') COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT
+                    '", "view_definition": ""}') COLLATE DATABASE_DEFAULT
                 ), N','
         ) + N']' AS all_views_json
     FROM sys.views v
@@ -385,12 +377,7 @@ views AS (
                                 N'{
                                 "schema": "' + STRING_ESCAPE(COALESCE(REPLACE(s.name, '"', ''), ''), 'json') +
                                 '", "view_name": "' + STRING_ESCAPE(COALESCE(REPLACE(v.name, '"', ''), ''), 'json') +
-                                '", "view_definition": "' +
-                                CAST(
-                                    (
-                                        SELECT CAST(OBJECT_DEFINITION(v.object_id) AS VARBINARY(MAX)) FOR XML PATH('')
-                                    ) AS NVARCHAR(MAX)
-                                ) + N'"}'
+                                '", "view_definition": ""}'
                             )
                         )
                         FROM
diff --git a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/utils.ts b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/utils.ts
index b8e103ff..009ab71a 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/import-metadata/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data/import-metadata/utils.ts
@@ -78,3 +78,13 @@ export const isStringMetadataJson = (metadataJsonString: string): boolean => {
 
     return result;
 };
+
+export const minimizeQuery = (query: string) => {
+    if (!query) return '';
+
+    // Split into lines, trim leading spaces from each line, then rejoin
+    return query
+        .split('\n')
+        .map((line) => line.replace(/^\s+/, '')) // Remove only leading spaces
+        .join('\n');
+};