diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
index 0eab199b022..04e4862f2ad 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/featureToggles.gen.ts
@@ -309,10 +309,6 @@ export interface FeatureToggles {
   */
   queryServiceFromUI?: boolean;
   /**
-  * Routes explore requests to the new query service
-  */
-  queryServiceFromExplore?: boolean;
-  /**
   * Runs CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches
   */
   cloudWatchBatchQueries?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts
index 2e7153328e9..047e8c8fce9 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/src/utils/DataSourceWithBackend.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
   parseLiveChannelAddress,
   ScopedVars,
   AdHocVariableFilter,
-  CoreApp,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { reportInteraction } from '../analytics/utils';
@@ -209,11 +208,6 @@ class DataSourceWithBackend<
 
     let url = '/api/ds/query?ds_type=' + this.type;
 
-    // Use the new query service for explore
-    if (config.featureToggles.queryServiceFromExplore && request.app === CoreApp.Explore) {
-      url = `/apis/query.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/${config.namespace}/query?ds_type=${this.type}`;
-    }
-
     // Use the new query service
     if (config.featureToggles.queryServiceFromUI) {
       url = `/apis/query.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/${config.namespace}/query?ds_type=${this.type}`;
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
index d898492e918..2044c9c40f2 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/registry.go
@@ -494,13 +494,6 @@ var (
 			Owner:        grafanaDatasourcesCoreServicesSquad,
 			FrontendOnly: true, // and can change at startup
 		},
-		{
-			Name:         "queryServiceFromExplore",
-			Description:  "Routes explore requests to the new query service",
-			Stage:        FeatureStageExperimental,
-			Owner:        grafanaDatasourcesCoreServicesSquad,
-			FrontendOnly: true,
-		},
 		{
 			Name:        "cloudWatchBatchQueries",
 			Description: "Runs CloudWatch metrics queries as separate batches",
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
index 51bb242f1d9..0f681344984 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.csv
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ queryService,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,true,
 queryServiceWithConnections,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,true,false
 queryServiceRewrite,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,true,false
 queryServiceFromUI,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,false,true
-queryServiceFromExplore,experimental,@grafana/grafana-datasources-core-services,false,false,true
 cloudWatchBatchQueries,preview,@grafana/aws-datasources,false,false,false
 cachingOptimizeSerializationMemoryUsage,experimental,@grafana/grafana-operator-experience-squad,false,false,false
 alertmanagerRemoteSecondary,experimental,@grafana/alerting-squad,false,false,false
diff --git a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
index b768dc2f761..31b501a8feb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
+++ b/pkg/services/featuremgmt/toggles_gen.json
@@ -2911,7 +2911,8 @@
       "metadata": {
         "name": "queryServiceFromExplore",
         "resourceVersion": "1764664939750",
-        "creationTimestamp": "2025-04-02T10:00:33Z"
+        "creationTimestamp": "2025-04-02T10:00:33Z",
+        "deletionTimestamp": "2025-12-10T20:33:21Z"
       },
       "spec": {
         "description": "Routes explore requests to the new query service",