diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.ts
index 794e2dfddd..97cf8db299 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/datasource.ts
@@ -296,16 +296,6 @@ export async function find(ctx: UserCtx) {
   ctx.body = await sdk.datasources.removeSecretSingle(datasource)
 }
 
-// dynamic query functionality
-export async function query(ctx: UserCtx) {
-  const queryJson = ctx.request.body
-  try {
-    ctx.body = await sdk.rows.utils.getDatasourceAndQuery(queryJson)
-  } catch (err: any) {
-    ctx.throw(400, err)
-  }
-}
-
 export async function getExternalSchema(ctx: UserCtx) {
   const datasource = await sdk.datasources.get(ctx.params.datasourceId)
   const enrichedDatasource = await sdk.datasources.getAndMergeDatasource(
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/datasource.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/datasource.ts
index 755088c56c..22f9a77cc9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/datasource.ts
@@ -41,15 +41,6 @@ router
     ),
     datasourceController.update
   )
-  .post(
-    "/api/datasources/query",
-    authorized(
-      permissions.PermissionType.TABLE,
-      permissions.PermissionLevel.READ
-    ),
-    datasourceQueryValidator(),
-    datasourceController.query
-  )
   .post(
     "/api/datasources/:datasourceId/schema",
     authorized(permissions.BUILDER),
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/queries/generic-sql.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/queries/generic-sql.spec.ts
index 44b21e0350..001f4890fd 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/queries/generic-sql.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/queries/generic-sql.spec.ts
@@ -817,49 +817,6 @@ if (descriptions.length) {
       })
 
       describe("query through datasource", () => {
-        it("should be able to query the datasource", async () => {
-          const datasource = await config.api.datasource.create(rawDatasource)
-
-          const entityId = tableName
-          await config.api.datasource.update({
-            ...datasource,
-            entities: {
-              [entityId]: {
-                name: entityId,
-                schema: {},
-                type: "table",
-                primary: ["id"],
-                sourceId: datasource._id!,
-                sourceType: TableSourceType.EXTERNAL,
-              },
-            },
-          })
-
-          const res = await config.api.datasource.query({
-            endpoint: {
-              datasourceId: datasource._id!,
-              operation: Operation.READ,
-              entityId,
-            },
-            resource: {
-              fields: ["id", "name"],
-            },
-            filters: {
-              string: {
-                name: "two",
-              },
-            },
-          })
-          expect(res).toHaveLength(1)
-          expect(res[0]).toEqual({
-            id: 2,
-            name: "two",
-            // the use of table.* introduces the possibility of nulls being returned
-            birthday: null,
-            number: null,
-          })
-        })
-
         // this parameter really only impacts SQL queries
         describe("confirm nullDefaultSupport", () => {
           let queryParams: Partial<Query>
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/datasource.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/datasource.ts
index 67484a688a..9be7be998d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/datasource.ts
@@ -66,16 +66,6 @@ export class DatasourceAPI extends TestAPI {
     return await this._get<Datasource[]>(`/api/datasources`, { expectations })
   }
 
-  query = async (
-    query: Omit<QueryJson, "meta"> & Partial<Pick<QueryJson, "meta">>,
-    expectations?: Expectations
-  ) => {
-    return await this._post<any>(`/api/datasources/query`, {
-      body: query,
-      expectations,
-    })
-  }
-
   fetchSchema = async (
     {
       datasourceId,