diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/datasource/google.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/datasource/google.ts
index 6fd4e9ff32..3e8306c296 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/datasource/google.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/passport/datasource/google.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import * as google from "../sso/google"
 import { Cookie } from "../../../constants"
 import { clearCookie, getCookie } from "../../../utils"
-import { doWithDB } from "../../../db"
 import * as configs from "../../../configs"
-import { BBContext, Database, SSOProfile } from "@budibase/types"
+import { BBContext, SSOProfile } from "@budibase/types"
 import { ssoSaveUserNoOp } from "../sso/sso"
+import { cache, utils } from "../../../"
 const GoogleStrategy = require("passport-google-oauth").OAuth2Strategy
 
 type Passport = {
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ export async function preAuth(
     ssoSaveUserNoOp
   )
 
-  if (!ctx.query.appId || !ctx.query.datasourceId) {
-    ctx.throw(400, "appId and datasourceId query params not present.")
+  if (!ctx.query.appId) {
+    ctx.throw(400, "appId query param not present.")
   }
 
   return passport.authenticate(strategy, {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export async function postAuth(
       (
         accessToken: string,
         refreshToken: string,
-        profile: SSOProfile,
+        _profile: SSOProfile,
         done: Function
       ) => {
         clearCookie(ctx, Cookie.DatasourceAuth)
@@ -79,23 +79,16 @@ export async function postAuth(
     { successRedirect: "/", failureRedirect: "/error" },
     async (err: any, tokens: string[]) => {
       const baseUrl = `/builder/app/${authStateCookie.appId}/data`
-      // update the DB for the datasource with all the user info
-      await doWithDB(authStateCookie.appId, async (db: Database) => {
-        let datasource
-        try {
-          datasource = await db.get(authStateCookie.datasourceId)
-        } catch (err: any) {
-          if (err.status === 404) {
-            ctx.redirect(baseUrl)
-          }
+
+      const id = utils.newid()
+      await cache.store(
+        `datasource:creation:${authStateCookie.appId}:google:${id}`,
+        {
+          tokens,
         }
-        if (!datasource.config) {
-          datasource.config = {}
-        }
-        datasource.config.auth = { type: "google", ...tokens }
-        await db.put(datasource)
-        ctx.redirect(`${baseUrl}/datasource/${authStateCookie.datasourceId}`)
-      })
+      )
+
+      ctx.redirect(`${baseUrl}/new?type=google&action=continue&id=${id}`)
     }
   )(ctx, next)
 }
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DatasourceNavigator/_components/GoogleButton.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DatasourceNavigator/_components/GoogleButton.svelte
index b7d70d88b7..ceb8fd7f4b 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DatasourceNavigator/_components/GoogleButton.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DatasourceNavigator/_components/GoogleButton.svelte
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
   import { store } from "builderStore"
   import { auth } from "stores/portal"
 
-  export let preAuthStep
-  export let datasource
   export let disabled
   export let samePage
 
@@ -15,18 +13,8 @@
   class:disabled
   {disabled}
   on:click={async () => {
-    let ds = datasource
     let appId = $store.appId
-    if (!ds) {
-      const resp = await preAuthStep()
-      if (resp.datasource && resp.appId) {
-        ds = resp.datasource
-        appId = resp.appId
-      } else {
-        ds = resp
-      }
-    }
-    const url = `/api/global/auth/${tenantId}/datasource/google?datasourceId=${ds._id}&appId=${appId}`
+    const url = `/api/global/auth/${tenantId}/datasource/google?appId=${appId}`
     if (samePage) {
       window.location = url
     } else {
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DatasourceNavigator/modals/GoogleDatasourceConfigModal.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DatasourceNavigator/modals/GoogleDatasourceConfigModal.svelte
index 4d82ad187f..6388cfb7b5 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DatasourceNavigator/modals/GoogleDatasourceConfigModal.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DatasourceNavigator/modals/GoogleDatasourceConfigModal.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   import { IntegrationNames } from "constants/backend"
   import cloneDeep from "lodash/cloneDeepWith"
   import GoogleButton from "../_components/GoogleButton.svelte"
-  import { saveDatasource as save } from "builderStore/datasource"
   import { organisation } from "stores/portal"
   import { onMount } from "svelte"
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@
         ]} integration.</Body
       >
     </Layout>
-    <GoogleButton preAuthStep={() => save(datasource, true)} samePage />
+    <GoogleButton samePage />
   {:else if isGoogleConfigured === false}
     <Body size="S"
       >Google authentication is not enabled, please complete Google SSO
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/auth.ts b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/auth.ts
index c8f75b3610..131601c6ad 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/global/auth.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ export const datasourcePreAuth = async (ctx: any, next: any) => {
     {
       provider,
       appId: ctx.query.appId,
-      datasourceId: ctx.query.datasourceId,
     },
     Cookie.DatasourceAuth
   )