diff --git a/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/ExtendedQueryBuilder.php b/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/ExtendedQueryBuilder.php
index f928132a123..9230c55c28c 100644
--- a/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/ExtendedQueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/ExtendedQueryBuilder.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace OC\DB\QueryBuilder;
 
-use OC\DB\Exceptions\DbalException;
 use OCP\DB\IResult;
 use OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IQueryBuilder;
 use OCP\IDBConnection;
@@ -47,21 +46,6 @@ abstract class ExtendedQueryBuilder implements IQueryBuilder {
 		return $this->builder->getState();
 	}
 
-	public function execute(?IDBConnection $connection = null) {
-		try {
-			if ($this->getType() === \Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryBuilder::SELECT) {
-				return $this->executeQuery($connection);
-			} else {
-				return $this->executeStatement($connection);
-			}
-		} catch (DBALException $e) {
-			// `IQueryBuilder->execute` never wrapped the exception, but `executeQuery` and `executeStatement` do
-			/** @var \Doctrine\DBAL\Exception $previous */
-			$previous = $e->getPrevious();
-			throw $previous;
-		}
-	}
-
 	public function getSQL() {
 		return $this->builder->getSQL();
 	}
diff --git a/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php b/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
index 1d44c049793..494e271bbad 100644
--- a/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace OC\DB\QueryBuilder;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryException;
 use OC\DB\ConnectionAdapter;
-use OC\DB\Exceptions\DbalException;
 use OC\DB\QueryBuilder\ExpressionBuilder\MySqlExpressionBuilder;
 use OC\DB\QueryBuilder\ExpressionBuilder\OCIExpressionBuilder;
 use OC\DB\QueryBuilder\ExpressionBuilder\PgSqlExpressionBuilder;
@@ -254,30 +253,6 @@ class QueryBuilder implements IQueryBuilder {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Executes this query using the bound parameters and their types.
-	 *
-	 * Uses {@see Connection::executeQuery} for select statements and {@see Connection::executeUpdate}
-	 * for insert, update and delete statements.
-	 *
-	 * @return IResult|int
-	 */
-	public function execute(?IDBConnection $connection = null) {
-		try {
-			if ($this->getType() === \Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryBuilder::SELECT) {
-				return $this->executeQuery($connection);
-			} else {
-				return $this->executeStatement($connection);
-			}
-		} catch (DBALException $e) {
-			// `IQueryBuilder->execute` never wrapped the exception, but `executeQuery` and `executeStatement` do
-			/** @var \Doctrine\DBAL\Exception $previous */
-			$previous = $e->getPrevious();
-
-			throw $previous;
-		}
-	}
-
 	public function executeQuery(?IDBConnection $connection = null): IResult {
 		if ($this->getType() !== \Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryBuilder::SELECT) {
 			throw new \RuntimeException('Invalid query type, expected SELECT query');
diff --git a/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php b/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
index 4794e7e8877..b28aa8c24a0 100644
--- a/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/public/DB/QueryBuilder/IQueryBuilder.php
@@ -190,24 +190,6 @@ interface IQueryBuilder {
 	 */
 	public function getState();
 
-	/**
-	 * Executes this query using the bound parameters and their types.
-	 *
-	 * Uses {@see Connection::executeQuery} for select statements and {@see Connection::executeStatement}
-	 * for insert, update and delete statements.
-	 *
-	 * Warning: until Nextcloud 20, this method could return a \Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Statement but since
-	 *          that interface changed in a breaking way the adapter \OCP\DB\QueryBuilder\IStatement is returned
-	 *          to bridge old code to the new API
-	 *
-	 * @param ?IDBConnection $connection (optional) the connection to run the query against. since 30.0
-	 * @return IResult|int
-	 * @throws Exception since 21.0.0
-	 * @since 8.2.0
-	 * @deprecated 22.0.0 Use executeQuery or executeStatement
-	 */
-	public function execute(?IDBConnection $connection = null);
-
 	/**
 	 * Execute for select statements
 	 *