diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinkEditor.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinkEditor.tsx
index cdd5e64eddf..e87d01fbea2 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinkEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinkEditor.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { memo, ChangeEvent } from 'react';
 import { VariableSuggestion, GrafanaTheme2, DataLink } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { useStyles2 } from '../../themes/index';
-import { isCompactUrl } from '../../utils/dataLinks';
 import { t, Trans } from '../../utils/i18n';
 import { Field } from '../Forms/Field';
 import { Input } from '../Input/Input';
@@ -55,11 +54,7 @@ export const DataLinkEditor = memo(({ index, value, onChange, suggestions, isLas
         <Input value={value.title} onChange={onTitleChange} placeholder="Show details" />
       </Field>
 
-      <Field
-        label="URL"
-        invalid={isCompactUrl(value.url)}
-        error="Data link is an Explore URL in a deprecated format. Please visit the URL to be redirected, and edit this data link to use that URL."
-      >
+      <Field label="URL">
         <DataLinkInput value={value.url} onChange={onUrlChange} suggestions={suggestions} />
       </Field>
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksInlineEditor/DataLinksListItem.test.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksInlineEditor/DataLinksListItem.test.tsx
index 1ab1c27d4cd..b44576d53f7 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksInlineEditor/DataLinksListItem.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksInlineEditor/DataLinksListItem.test.tsx
@@ -63,17 +63,6 @@ describe('DataLinksListItem', () => {
       expect(screen.getByText(/http:\/\/localhost\:3000/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
       expect(screen.getByTitle(/http:\/\/localhost\:3000/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
     });
-
-    it('that is a explore compact url, then the title should be a warning', () => {
-      const link = {
-        ...baseLink,
-        url: 'http://localhost:3000/explore?orgId=1&left=[%22now-1h%22,%22now%22,%22gdev-loki%22,{%22expr%22:%22{place=%22luna%22}%22,%22refId%22:%22A%22}]',
-      };
-      setupTestContext({ link });
-
-      expect(screen.getByText(/http:\/\/localhost\:3000/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-      expect(screen.getByText(/Explore data link may not work in the future. Please edit./i)).toBeInTheDocument();
-    });
   });
 
   describe('when link is missing title', () => {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksInlineEditor/DataLinksListItem.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksInlineEditor/DataLinksListItem.tsx
index 1c12a41dd2a..9bddc35da71 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksInlineEditor/DataLinksListItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksInlineEditor/DataLinksListItem.tsx
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ import { Draggable } from '@hello-pangea/dnd';
 import { DataFrame, DataLink, GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { useStyles2 } from '../../../themes';
-import { isCompactUrl } from '../../../utils';
 import { t } from '../../../utils/i18n';
 import { Badge } from '../../Badge/Badge';
 import { Icon } from '../../Icon/Icon';
 import { IconButton } from '../../IconButton/IconButton';
-import { Tooltip } from '../../Tooltip/Tooltip';
 
 export interface DataLinksListItemProps {
   index: number;
@@ -29,8 +27,6 @@ export const DataLinksListItem = ({ link, onEdit, onRemove, index, itemKey }: Da
   const hasTitle = title.trim() !== '';
   const hasUrl = url.trim() !== '';
 
-  const isCompactExploreUrl = isCompactUrl(url);
-
   return (
     <Draggable key={itemKey} draggableId={itemKey} index={index}>
       {(provided) => (
@@ -41,17 +37,12 @@ export const DataLinksListItem = ({ link, onEdit, onRemove, index, itemKey }: Da
           key={index}
         >
           <div className={styles.linkDetails}>
-            <div className={cx(styles.url, !hasUrl && styles.notConfigured, isCompactExploreUrl && styles.errored)}>
+            <div className={cx(styles.url, !hasUrl && styles.notConfigured)}>
               {hasTitle ? title : 'Data link title not provided'}
             </div>
-            <Tooltip content={'Explore data link may not work in the future. Please edit.'} show={isCompactExploreUrl}>
-              <div
-                className={cx(styles.url, !hasUrl && styles.notConfigured, isCompactExploreUrl && styles.errored)}
-                title={url}
-              >
-                {hasUrl ? url : 'Data link url not provided'}
-              </div>
-            </Tooltip>
+            <div className={cx(styles.url, !hasUrl && styles.notConfigured)} title={url}>
+              {hasUrl ? url : 'Data link url not provided'}
+            </div>
           </div>
           <div className={styles.icons}>
             {oneClick && (
@@ -91,10 +82,6 @@ const getDataLinkListItemStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       flexGrow: 1,
       maxWidth: `calc(100% - 100px)`,
     }),
-    errored: css({
-      color: theme.colors.error.text,
-      fontStyle: 'italic',
-    }),
     notConfigured: css({
       fontStyle: 'italic',
     }),
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/dataLinks.test.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/dataLinks.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a4f5ae1a61b..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/dataLinks.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import { isCompactUrl } from './dataLinks';
-
-describe('Datalinks', () => {
-  it('isCompactUrl matches compact URL with segments', () => {
-    expect(
-      isCompactUrl(
-        'http://localhost:3000/explore?orgId=1&left=[%22now-1h%22,%22now%22,%22gdev-loki%22,{%22expr%22:%22{place=%22luna%22}%22,%22refId%22:%22A%22}]'
-      )
-    ).toEqual(true);
-  });
-
-  it('isCompactUrl matches compact URL without segments', () => {
-    expect(isCompactUrl('http://localhost:3000/explore?orgId=1&left=[%22now-1h%22,%22now%22,%22gdev-loki%22]')).toEqual(
-      true
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('isCompactUrl matches compact URL with right pane', () => {
-    expect(
-      isCompactUrl('http://localhost:3000/explore?orgId=1&right=[%22now-1h%22,%22now%22,%22gdev-loki%22]')
-    ).toEqual(true);
-  });
-
-  it('isCompactUrl does not match non-compact url', () => {
-    expect(
-      isCompactUrl(
-        'http://localhost:3000/explore?orgId=1&left={"datasource":"test[datasource]","queries":[{"refId":"A","datasource":{"type":"prometheus","uid":"gdev-prometheus"}}],"range":{"from":"now-1h","to":"now"}}'
-      )
-    ).toEqual(false);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/dataLinks.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/dataLinks.ts
index 35fe1cffdf7..f889cf5a2a0 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/dataLinks.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/dataLinks.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,3 @@ export const actionModelToContextMenuItems: (actions: ActionModel[]) => MenuItem
     };
   });
 };
-
-export const isCompactUrl = (url: string) => {
-  const compactExploreUrlRegex = /\/explore\?.*&(left|right)=\[(.*\,){2,}(.*){1}\]/;
-  return compactExploreUrlRegex.test(url);
-};