diff --git a/src/View/Http/InjectTemplateListener.php b/src/View/Http/InjectTemplateListener.php
index 64073ec83..4f7c79566 100644
--- a/src/View/Http/InjectTemplateListener.php
+++ b/src/View/Http/InjectTemplateListener.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 use Zend\EventManager\AbstractListenerAggregate;
 use Zend\EventManager\EventManagerInterface as Events;
 use Zend\Mvc\MvcEvent;
-use Zend\Mvc\ModuleRouteListener;
 use Zend\Stdlib\StringUtils;
 use Zend\View\Model\ModelInterface as ViewModel;
 
@@ -73,28 +72,6 @@ public function injectTemplate(MvcEvent $e)
         }
 
         $template = $this->mapController($controller);
-        if (!$template) {
-            $module     = $this->deriveModuleNamespace($controller);
-
-            if ($namespace = $routeMatch->getParam(ModuleRouteListener::MODULE_NAMESPACE)) {
-                $controllerSubNs = $this->deriveControllerSubNamespace($namespace);
-                if (!empty($controllerSubNs)) {
-                    if (!empty($module)) {
-                        $module .= '/' . $controllerSubNs;
-                    } else {
-                        $module = $controllerSubNs;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            $controller = $this->deriveControllerClass($controller);
-            $template   = $this->inflectName($module);
-
-            if (!empty($template)) {
-                $template .= '/';
-            }
-            $template  .= $this->inflectName($controller);
-        }
 
         $action     = $routeMatch->getParam('action');
         if (null !== $action) {
@@ -124,10 +101,7 @@ public function setControllerMap(array $map)
      */
     public function mapController($controller)
     {
-        if (! is_string($controller)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
+        $mapped = '';
         foreach ($this->controllerMap as $namespace => $replacement) {
             if (// Allow disabling rule by setting value to false since config
                 // merging have no feature to remove entries
@@ -138,27 +112,26 @@ public function mapController($controller)
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $map = '';
             // Map namespace to $replacement if its value is string
             if (is_string($replacement)) {
-                $map = rtrim($replacement, '/') . '/';
+                $mapped = rtrim($replacement, '/') . '/';
                 $controller = substr($controller, strlen($namespace) + 1) ?: '';
+                break;
             }
+        }
 
-            //strip Controller namespace(s) (but not classname)
-            $parts = explode('\\', $controller);
-            array_pop($parts);
-            $parts = array_diff($parts, ['Controller']);
-            //strip trailing Controller in class name
-            $parts[] = $this->deriveControllerClass($controller);
-            $controller = implode('/', $parts);
+        //strip Controller namespace(s) (but not classname)
+        $parts = explode('\\', $controller);
+        array_pop($parts);
+        $parts = array_diff($parts, ['Controller']);
+        //strip trailing Controller in class name
+        $parts[] = $this->deriveControllerClass($controller);
+        $controller = implode('/', $parts);
 
-            $template = trim($map . $controller, '/');
+        $template = trim($mapped . $controller, '/');
 
-            // inflect CamelCase to dash
-            return $this->inflectName($template);
-        }
-        return false;
+        // inflect CamelCase to dash
+        return $this->inflectName($template);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -183,40 +156,6 @@ protected function inflectName($name)
         return strtolower($name);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Determine the top-level namespace of the controller
-     *
-     * @param  string $controller
-     * @return string
-     */
-    protected function deriveModuleNamespace($controller)
-    {
-        if (!strstr($controller, '\\')) {
-            return '';
-        }
-        $module = substr($controller, 0, strpos($controller, '\\'));
-        return $module;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param $namespace
-     * @return string
-     */
-    protected function deriveControllerSubNamespace($namespace)
-    {
-        if (!strstr($namespace, '\\')) {
-            return '';
-        }
-        $nsArray = explode('\\', $namespace);
-
-        // Remove the first two elements representing the module and controller directory.
-        $subNsArray = array_slice($nsArray, 2);
-        if (empty($subNsArray)) {
-            return '';
-        }
-        return implode('/', $subNsArray);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Determine the name of the controller
      *
diff --git a/test/View/InjectTemplateListenerTest.php b/test/View/InjectTemplateListenerTest.php
index 9669c25b9..34466567d 100644
--- a/test/View/InjectTemplateListenerTest.php
+++ b/test/View/InjectTemplateListenerTest.php
@@ -105,6 +105,18 @@ public function testBypassesTemplateInjectionIfResultViewModelAlreadyHasATemplat
         $this->assertEquals('custom', $model->getTemplate());
     }
 
+    public function testMapsSubNamespaceToSubDirectory()
+    {
+        $myViewModel  = new ViewModel();
+        $myController = new \ZendTest\Mvc\Controller\TestAsset\SampleController();
+        $this->event->setTarget($myController);
+        $this->event->setResult($myViewModel);
+
+        $this->listener->injectTemplate($this->event);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('zend-test/mvc/test-asset/sample', $myViewModel->getTemplate());
+    }
+
     public function testMapsSubNamespaceToSubDirectoryWithControllerFromRouteMatch()
     {
         $this->routeMatch->setParam(ModuleRouteListener::MODULE_NAMESPACE, 'Aj\Controller\SweetAppleAcres\Reports');
@@ -134,7 +146,7 @@ public function testMapsSubNamespaceToSubDirectoryWithControllerFromRouteMatchHa
         $this->event->setResult($model);
         $this->listener->injectTemplate($this->event);
 
-        $this->assertEquals('aj/sweet-apple-acres/reports/cider-sales/pinkie-pie-revenue', $model->getTemplate());
+        $this->assertEquals('aj/sweet-apple-acres/reports/sub/cider-sales/pinkie-pie-revenue', $model->getTemplate());
     }
 
     public function testMapsSubNamespaceToSubDirectoryWithControllerFromEventTarget()
@@ -152,7 +164,7 @@ public function testMapsSubNamespaceToSubDirectoryWithControllerFromEventTarget(
         $this->event->setResult($myViewModel);
         $this->listener->injectTemplate($this->event);
 
-        $this->assertEquals('zend-test/controller/test-asset/sample/test', $myViewModel->getTemplate());
+        $this->assertEquals('zend-test/mvc/test-asset/sample/test', $myViewModel->getTemplate());
     }
 
     public function testMapsSubNamespaceToSubDirectoryWithControllerFromEventTargetShouldMatchControllerFromRouteParam()
@@ -201,19 +213,6 @@ public function testControllerMatchedByMapIsInflected()
         $this->assertEquals('zend-test/mvc/test-asset/sample', $myViewModel->getTemplate());
     }
 
-    public function testControllerNotMatchedByMapIsNotAffected()
-    {
-        $this->routeMatch->setParam('action', 'test');
-        $myViewModel  = new ViewModel();
-        $myController = new \ZendTest\Mvc\Controller\TestAsset\SampleController();
-
-        $this->event->setTarget($myController);
-        $this->event->setResult($myViewModel);
-        $this->listener->injectTemplate($this->event);
-
-        $this->assertEquals('zend-test/sample/test', $myViewModel->getTemplate());
-    }
-
     public function testFullControllerNameMatchIsMapped()
     {
         $this->listener->setControllerMap([
@@ -339,6 +338,6 @@ public function testPrefersRouteMatchController()
         $this->event->setResult($myViewModel);
         $this->listener->injectTemplate($this->event);
 
-        $this->assertEquals('some/sample', $myViewModel->getTemplate());
+        $this->assertEquals('some/other/service/namespace/sample', $myViewModel->getTemplate());
     }
 }