diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/extension.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/extension.ts
index c984ae9d3..e9fdafd7f 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/extension.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ import {
 import { CodeQlStatusBarHandler } from "./status-bar";
 
 import { RemoteQueriesManager } from "./remote-queries/remote-queries-manager";
-import { RemoteQueryResult } from "./remote-queries/remote-query-result";
 import { URLSearchParams } from "url";
 import {
   handleDownloadPacks,
@@ -1190,15 +1189,6 @@ async function activateWithInstalledDistribution(
     ),
   );
 
-  ctx.subscriptions.push(
-    commandRunner(
-      "codeQL.autoDownloadRemoteQueryResults",
-      async (queryResult: RemoteQueryResult, token: CancellationToken) => {
-        await rqm.autoDownloadRemoteQueryResults(queryResult, token);
-      },
-    ),
-  );
-
   ctx.subscriptions.push(
     commandRunner("codeQL.exportSelectedVariantAnalysisResults", async () => {
       await exportSelectedRemoteQueryResults(qhm);
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/remote-queries-manager.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/remote-queries-manager.ts
index 097a874fa..23274d54e 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/remote-queries-manager.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/remote-queries-manager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CancellationToken, EventEmitter, ExtensionContext } from "vscode";
+import { EventEmitter, ExtensionContext } from "vscode";
 import { join } from "path";
 import { pathExists, readFile, remove } from "fs-extra";
 
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ import { AnalysisResults } from "./shared/analysis-result";
 import { App } from "../common/app";
 import { redactableError } from "../pure/errors";
 
-const autoDownloadMaxSize = 300 * 1024;
-const autoDownloadMaxCount = 100;
-
 const noop = () => {
   /* do nothing */
 };
@@ -128,29 +125,6 @@ export class RemoteQueriesManager extends DisposableObject {
     }
   }
 
-  public async autoDownloadRemoteQueryResults(
-    queryResult: RemoteQueryResult,
-    token: CancellationToken,
-  ): Promise<void> {
-    const analysesToDownload = queryResult.analysisSummaries
-      .filter((a) => a.fileSizeInBytes < autoDownloadMaxSize)
-      .slice(0, autoDownloadMaxCount)
-      .map((a) => ({
-        nwo: a.nwo,
-        databaseSha: a.databaseSha,
-        resultCount: a.resultCount,
-        sourceLocationPrefix: a.sourceLocationPrefix,
-        downloadLink: a.downloadLink,
-        fileSize: String(a.fileSizeInBytes),
-      }));
-
-    await this.analysesResultsManager.loadAnalysesResults(
-      analysesToDownload,
-      token,
-      (results) => this.view.setAnalysisResults(results, queryResult.queryId),
-    );
-  }
-
   public async openResults(query: RemoteQuery, queryResult: RemoteQueryResult) {
     await this.view.showResults(query, queryResult);
   }