diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index aa85a9c3e05..278d3a84a8a 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -896,20 +896,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
     "packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/plugin/bundle.managed.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"]
     ],
-    "packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/searchTestDataSetup.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "2"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "3"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "4"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "5"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "6"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "7"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "8"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "9"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "10"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "11"]
-    ],
     "packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/task.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"],
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
index 593fb9bb3fd..037288731f0 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { pluginSignTask } from './tasks/plugin.sign';
 import { pluginUpdateTask } from './tasks/plugin.update';
 import { getToolkitVersion, githubPublishTask } from './tasks/plugin.utils';
 import { bundleManagedTask } from './tasks/plugin/bundle.managed';
-import { searchTestDataSetupTask } from './tasks/searchTestDataSetup';
 import { templateTask } from './tasks/template';
 import { toolkitBuildTask } from './tasks/toolkit.build';
 import { execTask } from './utils/execTask';
@@ -65,19 +64,6 @@ export const run = (includeInternalScripts = false) => {
         );
         await execTask(toolkitBuildTask)({});
       });
-
-    program
-      .command('searchTestData')
-      .option('-c, --count <number_of_dashboards>', 'Specify number of dashboards')
-      .description('[deprecated] Setup test data for search')
-      .action(async (cmd) => {
-        console.log(
-          chalk.yellow.bold(
-            `⚠️ This command is deprecated and will be removed in v10. No further support will be provided. ⚠️`
-          )
-        );
-        await execTask(searchTestDataSetupTask)({ count: cmd.count });
-      });
   }
 
   program.option('-v, --version', 'Toolkit version').action(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/searchTestDataSetup.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/searchTestDataSetup.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f8fc346e6d..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/searchTestDataSetup.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-import axios from 'axios';
-
-import { Task, TaskRunner } from './task';
-
-interface SearchTestDataSetupOptions {
-  count: number;
-}
-
-const client = axios.create({
-  baseURL: 'http://localhost:3000/api',
-  auth: {
-    username: 'admin',
-    password: 'admin2',
-  },
-});
-
-export async function getUser(user: any): Promise<any> {
-  console.log('Creating user ' + user.name);
-  const search = await client.get('/users/search', {
-    params: { query: user.login },
-  });
-
-  if (search.data.totalCount === 1) {
-    user.id = search.data.users[0].id;
-    return user;
-  }
-
-  const rsp = await client.post('/admin/users', user);
-  user.id = rsp.data.id;
-  return user;
-}
-
-export async function getTeam(team: any): Promise<any> {
-  // delete if exists
-  const teams = await client.get('/teams/search');
-  for (const existing of teams.data.teams) {
-    if (existing.name === team.name) {
-      console.log('Team exists, deleting');
-      await client.delete('/teams/' + existing.id);
-    }
-  }
-
-  console.log('Creating team ' + team.name);
-  const teamRsp = await client.post(`/teams`, team);
-  team.id = teamRsp.data.teamId;
-  return team;
-}
-
-export async function addToTeam(team: any, user: any): Promise<any> {
-  console.log(`Adding user ${user.name} to team ${team.name}`);
-  await client.post(`/teams/${team.id}/members`, { userId: user.id });
-}
-
-export async function setDashboardAcl(dashboardId: any, aclList: any) {
-  console.log('Setting Dashboard ACL ' + dashboardId);
-  await client.post(`/dashboards/id/${dashboardId}/permissions`, { items: aclList });
-}
-
-const searchTestDataSetupRunner: TaskRunner<SearchTestDataSetupOptions> = async ({ count }) => {
-  const user1 = await getUser({
-    name: 'searchTestUser1',
-    email: 'searchTestUser@team.com',
-    login: 'searchTestUser1',
-    password: '12345',
-  });
-
-  const team1 = await getTeam({ name: 'searchTestTeam1', email: 'searchtestdata@team.com' });
-  addToTeam(team1, user1);
-
-  // create or update folder
-  const folder: any = {
-    uid: 'search-test-data',
-    title: 'Search test data folder',
-    version: 1,
-  };
-
-  try {
-    await client.delete(`/folders/${folder.uid}`);
-  } catch (err) {}
-
-  console.log('Creating folder');
-
-  const rsp = await client.post(`/folders`, folder);
-  folder.id = rsp.data.id;
-  folder.url = rsp.data.url;
-
-  await setDashboardAcl(folder.id, []);
-
-  console.log('Creating dashboards');
-
-  const dashboards: any = [];
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-    const dashboard: any = {
-      uid: 'search-test-dash-' + i.toString().padStart(5, '0'),
-      title: 'Search test dash ' + i.toString().padStart(5, '0'),
-    };
-
-    const rsp = await client.post(`/dashboards/db`, {
-      dashboard: dashboard,
-      folderId: folder.id,
-      overwrite: true,
-    });
-
-    dashboard.id = rsp.data.id;
-    dashboard.url = rsp.data.url;
-
-    console.log('Created dashboard ' + dashboard.title);
-    dashboards.push(dashboard);
-    await setDashboardAcl(dashboard.id, [{ userId: 0, teamId: team1.id, permission: 4 }]);
-  }
-};
-
-export const searchTestDataSetupTask = new Task<SearchTestDataSetupOptions>(
-  'Search test data setup',
-  searchTestDataSetupRunner
-);