diff --git a/subprojects/groovy-jmx/src/main/groovy/groovy/jmx/builder/JmxMetaMapBuilder.groovy b/subprojects/groovy-jmx/src/main/groovy/groovy/jmx/builder/JmxMetaMapBuilder.groovy
index b341310d7b7..a11c2ba8ca0 100644
--- a/subprojects/groovy-jmx/src/main/groovy/groovy/jmx/builder/JmxMetaMapBuilder.groovy
+++ b/subprojects/groovy-jmx/src/main/groovy/groovy/jmx/builder/JmxMetaMapBuilder.groovy
@@ -389,6 +389,11 @@ class JmxMetaMapBuilder {
      * **************************************/
     /**
      * Returns a meta map of operations from given object.
+     * <p>
+     * Every public method reachable on the object is exported, inherited ones included, less
+     * the names in {@code OPS_EXCEPTION_LIST}. To export a narrower set, name the wanted
+     * operations explicitly in a descriptor rather than relying on this default.
+     *
      * @param object to profile
      * @return The meta map generated.
      */
@@ -396,11 +401,8 @@ class JmxMetaMapBuilder {
         def methods = object.metaClass.methods
         def ops = [:]
 
-        def declaredMethods = object.class.declaredMethods*.name
-
         methods.each { method ->
-            // avoid picking up extra methods from parents
-            if ((declaredMethods.contains(method.name) && !OPS_EXCEPTION_LIST.contains(method.name)) || (!OPS_EXCEPTION_LIST.contains(method.name))) {
+            if (!OPS_EXCEPTION_LIST.contains(method.name)) {
                 String mName = method.name
                 MetaProperty prop =
                         (mName.length() > 3 && (mName.startsWith("get") || mName.startsWith("set")) ||
diff --git a/subprojects/groovy-jmx/src/test/groovy/groovy/jmx/builder/JmxMetaMapBuilderTest.groovy b/subprojects/groovy-jmx/src/test/groovy/groovy/jmx/builder/JmxMetaMapBuilderTest.groovy
index b44c0c3b7d0..97b78e53769 100644
--- a/subprojects/groovy-jmx/src/test/groovy/groovy/jmx/builder/JmxMetaMapBuilderTest.groovy
+++ b/subprojects/groovy-jmx/src/test/groovy/groovy/jmx/builder/JmxMetaMapBuilderTest.groovy
@@ -340,6 +340,31 @@ class JmxMetaMapBuilderTest {
         assert map."set".name == "set"
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testMetaClassAccessorsAreNotExportedAsOperations() {
+        // Not exported because getMetaClass/setMetaClass resolve to the metaClass MetaProperty
+        // and are dropped by the getter/setter filter, not because they are named in
+        // OPS_EXCEPTION_LIST. Pinned so that a change to that filter cannot quietly publish
+        // them as remotely invokable operations.
+        [new MockManagedObject(), new MockManagedGroovyObject()].each { object ->
+            def map = JmxMetaMapBuilder.buildOperationMapFrom(object)
+            assert !map."getMetaClass"
+            assert !map."setMetaClass"
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInheritedOperationsRemainExported() {
+        // The default export deliberately spans the whole inheritance chain: JmxBuilder's own
+        // embedded-descriptor fixtures declare their operations on a base class, and
+        // 'operations: "*"' routes here and must mean all of them.
+        def map = JmxMetaMapBuilder.buildOperationMapFrom(new EmbeddedAllOps())
+
+        assert map."doNothing"
+        assert map."doTwoThings"
+        assert map."doThreeThings"
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testBuildOperationFromDescriptorMap() {
         def object = new MockManagedObject()