diff --git a/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/config.h b/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/config.h
index 2a3f904d..b2ea2ca2 100644
--- a/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/config.h
+++ b/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/config.h
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2012 Jun Wako <wakojun@gmail.com>
-Copyright 2015 Jack Humbert
-Copyright 2021 @dlford
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-
+// Copyright 2024 @dlford
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 #pragma once
 
-/* Select hand configuration */
 #define EE_HANDS
diff --git a/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/keymap.c b/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/keymap.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 80b9b62b..00000000
--- a/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/keymap.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2022 QMK
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
-#include QMK_KEYBOARD_H
-
-enum layers{
-    _BASE,
-    _RAISE,
-    _LOWER,
-    _BLANK
-};
-
-const uint16_t PROGMEM keymaps[][MATRIX_ROWS][MATRIX_COLS] = {
-    [_BASE] = LAYOUT_split_3x5_3(
-        KC_Q,    KC_W,    KC_E,    KC_R,    KC_T,                               KC_Y,    KC_U,    KC_I,    KC_O,    KC_P,
-        KC_A,    KC_S,    KC_D,    KC_F,    KC_G,                               KC_H,    KC_J,    KC_K,    KC_L,    KC_SCLN,
-        KC_Z,    KC_X,    KC_C,    KC_V,    KC_B,                               KC_N,    KC_M,    KC_COMM, KC_DOT,  KC_SLSH,
-                                   KC_LGUI, KC_BSPC, KC_SPC,           KC_SPC,  KC_ENT,  KC_RALT
-    ),
-    [_RAISE] = LAYOUT_split_3x5_3(
-        _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,                            _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,
-        _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,                            _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,
-        _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,                            _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,
-                                   _______, _______, _______,          _______, _______, _______                                          
-    ),
-    [_LOWER] = LAYOUT_split_3x5_3(
-        _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,                            _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,
-        _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,                            _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,
-        _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,                            _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,
-                                   _______, _______, _______,          _______, _______, _______
-    ),
-    [_BLANK] = LAYOUT_split_3x5_3(
-        _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,                            _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,
-        _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,                            _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,
-        _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,                            _______, _______, _______, _______, _______,
-                                   _______, _______, _______,          _______, _______, _______
-    )
-};
diff --git a/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/keymap.json b/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/keymap.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..332048c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/keymap.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    "keyboard": "handwired/dactyl_minidox",
+    "keymap": "via",
+    "layout": "LAYOUT_split_3x5_3",
+    "config": {
+        "features": {
+            "via": true
+        }
+    },
+    "layers": [
+        [
+            "KC_Q", "KC_W", "KC_E", "KC_R", "KC_T", "KC_Y", "KC_U", "KC_I", "KC_O", "KC_P",
+            "KC_A", "KC_S", "KC_D", "KC_F", "KC_G", "KC_H", "KC_J", "KC_K", "KC_L", "KC_SCLN",
+            "KC_Z", "KC_X", "KC_C", "KC_V", "KC_B", "KC_N", "KC_M", "KC_COMM", "KC_DOT", "KC_SLSH",
+                    "KC_LGUI", "KC_BSPC", "KC_SPC", "KC_SPC", "KC_ENT", "KC_RALT"
+        ]
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/rules.mk b/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/rules.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e5b9980..00000000
--- a/keyboards/handwired/dactyl_minidox/keymaps/via/rules.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-VIA_ENABLE = yes