diff --git a/pkg/models/health.go b/pkg/models/health.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ee206ed2d6f..00000000000
--- a/pkg/models/health.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package models
-
-type GetDBHealthQuery struct{}
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/health.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/health.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e1e98728cc..00000000000
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/health.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-package sqlstore
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
-)
-
-// GetDBHealthQuery executes a query to check
-// the availability of the database.
-func (ss *SQLStore) GetDBHealthQuery(ctx context.Context, query *models.GetDBHealthQuery) error {
-	return ss.WithDbSession(ctx, func(session *DBSession) error {
-		_, err := session.Exec("SELECT 1")
-		return err
-	})
-}
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/health_test.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/health_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2865a4302b8..00000000000
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/health_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package sqlstore
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
-)
-
-func TestIntegrationGetDBHealthQuery(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
-	}
-	store := InitTestDB(t)
-
-	query := models.GetDBHealthQuery{}
-	err := store.GetDBHealthQuery(context.Background(), &query)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/mockstore/mockstore.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/mockstore/mockstore.go
index bb30328315b..1b52a9ebe60 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/mockstore/mockstore.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/mockstore/mockstore.go
@@ -116,10 +116,6 @@ func (m *SQLStoreMock) Quote(value string) string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (m *SQLStoreMock) GetDBHealthQuery(ctx context.Context, query *models.GetDBHealthQuery) error {
-	return m.ExpectedError
-}
-
 func (m *SQLStoreMock) GetSqlxSession() *session.SessionDB {
 	return nil
 }