diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
index 6abfe0c681..caf85a7858 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   Row,
   RowSearchParams,
   SearchFilterKey,
+  SearchFilters,
   SearchResponse,
   SortOrder,
   Table,
@@ -90,11 +91,16 @@ export async function search(
 
     if (options.viewId) {
       const view = source as ViewV2
+
       // Enrich saved query with ephemeral query params.
       // We prevent searching on any fields that are saved as part of the query, as
       // that could let users find rows they should not be allowed to access.
-      let viewQuery = await enrichSearchContext(view.query || {}, context)
-      viewQuery = dataFilters.buildQueryLegacy(viewQuery) || {}
+      let viewQuery = (await enrichSearchContext(view.query || {}, context)) as
+        | SearchFilters
+        | LegacyFilter[]
+      if (Array.isArray(viewQuery)) {
+        viewQuery = dataFilters.buildQuery(viewQuery)
+      }
       viewQuery = checkFilters(table, viewQuery)
 
       const sqsEnabled = await features.flags.isEnabled("SQS")
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
index 932d5a8ca0..eda1139c5e 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
@@ -432,134 +432,6 @@ const buildCondition = (expression: LegacyFilter) => {
   return query
 }
 
-export const buildQueryLegacy = (
-  filter?: LegacyFilter[] | SearchFilters
-): SearchFilters | undefined => {
-  // this is of type SearchFilters or is undefined
-  if (!Array.isArray(filter)) {
-    return filter
-  }
-
-  let query: SearchFilters = {
-    string: {},
-    fuzzy: {},
-    range: {},
-    equal: {},
-    notEqual: {},
-    empty: {},
-    notEmpty: {},
-    contains: {},
-    notContains: {},
-    oneOf: {},
-    containsAny: {},
-  }
-
-  if (!Array.isArray(filter)) {
-    return query
-  }
-
-  filter.forEach(expression => {
-    let { operator, field, type, value, externalType, onEmptyFilter } =
-      expression
-    const queryOperator = operator as SearchFilterOperator
-    const isHbs =
-      typeof value === "string" && (value.match(HBS_REGEX) || []).length > 0
-    // Parse all values into correct types
-    if (operator === "allOr") {
-      query.allOr = true
-      return
-    }
-    if (onEmptyFilter) {
-      query.onEmptyFilter = onEmptyFilter
-      return
-    }
-    if (
-      type === "datetime" &&
-      !isHbs &&
-      queryOperator !== "empty" &&
-      queryOperator !== "notEmpty"
-    ) {
-      // Ensure date value is a valid date and parse into correct format
-      if (!value) {
-        return
-      }
-      try {
-        value = new Date(value).toISOString()
-      } catch (error) {
-        return
-      }
-    }
-    if (type === "number" && typeof value === "string" && !isHbs) {
-      if (queryOperator === "oneOf") {
-        value = value.split(",").map(item => parseFloat(item))
-      } else {
-        value = parseFloat(value)
-      }
-    }
-    if (type === "boolean") {
-      value = `${value}`?.toLowerCase() === "true"
-    }
-    if (
-      ["contains", "notContains", "containsAny"].includes(
-        operator.toLocaleString()
-      ) &&
-      type === "array" &&
-      typeof value === "string"
-    ) {
-      value = value.split(",")
-    }
-    if (operator.toLocaleString().startsWith("range") && query.range) {
-      const minint =
-        SqlNumberTypeRangeMap[
-          externalType as keyof typeof SqlNumberTypeRangeMap
-        ]?.min || Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER
-      const maxint =
-        SqlNumberTypeRangeMap[
-          externalType as keyof typeof SqlNumberTypeRangeMap
-        ]?.max || Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
-      if (!query.range[field]) {
-        query.range[field] = {
-          low: type === "number" ? minint : "0000-00-00T00:00:00.000Z",
-          high: type === "number" ? maxint : "9999-00-00T00:00:00.000Z",
-        }
-      }
-      if (operator === "rangeLow" && value != null && value !== "") {
-        query.range[field] = {
-          ...query.range[field],
-          low: value,
-        }
-      } else if (operator === "rangeHigh" && value != null && value !== "") {
-        query.range[field] = {
-          ...query.range[field],
-          high: value,
-        }
-      }
-    } else if (isLogicalSearchOperator(queryOperator)) {
-      // ignore
-    } else if (query[queryOperator] && operator !== "onEmptyFilter") {
-      if (type === "boolean") {
-        // Transform boolean filters to cope with null.
-        // "equals false" needs to be "not equals true"
-        // "not equals false" needs to be "equals true"
-        if (queryOperator === "equal" && value === false) {
-          query.notEqual = query.notEqual || {}
-          query.notEqual[field] = true
-        } else if (queryOperator === "notEqual" && value === false) {
-          query.equal = query.equal || {}
-          query.equal[field] = true
-        } else {
-          query[queryOperator] ??= {}
-          query[queryOperator]![field] = value
-        }
-      } else {
-        query[queryOperator] ??= {}
-        query[queryOperator]![field] = value
-      }
-    }
-  })
-  return query
-}
-
 /**
  * Converts a **UISearchFilter** filter definition into a grouped
  * search query of type **SearchFilters**
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts
index ef35217f9d..428d5d364a 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/searchFilter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { FieldType } from "../../documents"
 import { EmptyFilterOption, UILogicalOperator, SearchFilters } from "../../sdk"
 
+// Prior to v2, this is the type the frontend sent us when filters were
+// involved. We convert this to a SearchFilters before use with the search SDK.
 export type LegacyFilter = {
   operator: keyof SearchFilters | "rangeLow" | "rangeHigh"
   onEmptyFilter?: EmptyFilterOption
@@ -16,7 +18,14 @@ export type SearchFilterGroup = {
   filters?: LegacyFilter[]
 }
 
-// this is a type purely used by the UI
+// As of v3, this is the format that the frontend always sends when search
+// filters are involved. We convert this to SearchFilters before use with the
+// search SDK.
+//
+// The reason we migrated was that we started to support "logical operators" in
+// tests and SearchFilters because a recursive data structure. LegacyFilter[]
+// wasn't able to support these sorts of recursive structures, so we changed the
+// format.
 export type UISearchFilter = {
   logicalOperator?: UILogicalOperator
   onEmptyFilter?: EmptyFilterOption