diff --git a/steampipeconfig/connection_validation.go b/steampipeconfig/connection_validation.go
index d89cc0e9b..09dad33ea 100644
--- a/steampipeconfig/connection_validation.go
+++ b/steampipeconfig/connection_validation.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 	"github.com/turbot/go-kit/helpers"
 	sdkversion "github.com/turbot/steampipe-plugin-sdk/version"
 	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/constants"
@@ -110,11 +109,3 @@ func validateColumnDefVersion(p *ConnectionPlugin) *ValidationFailure {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-// return false if pluginSdkVersion is > steampipeSdkVersion, ignoring prerelease
-func validateIgnoringPrerelease(pluginSdkVersion *version.Version, steampipeSdkVersion *version.Version) bool {
-	pluginSegments := pluginSdkVersion.Segments()
-	steampipeSegments := steampipeSdkVersion.Segments()
-	return pluginSegments[0] <= steampipeSegments[0] && pluginSegments[1] <= steampipeSegments[1]
-
-}
diff --git a/steampipeconfig/connection_validation_test.go b/steampipeconfig/connection_validation_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 61f010cee..000000000
--- a/steampipeconfig/connection_validation_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-package steampipeconfig
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
-)
-
-type validateSdkVersionTest struct {
-	pluginSdkVersion    string
-	steampipeSdkVersion string
-	expected            bool
-}
-
-var validateSdkVersionTestCases = map[string]validateSdkVersionTest{
-	"same": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "1.0.0",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0.0",
-		expected:            true,
-	},
-	"same, short version": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "1.0",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0.0",
-		expected:            true,
-	},
-	"same, shorter version": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "1",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0",
-		expected:            true,
-	},
-	"plugin higher prerelease": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "1.0.0-beta.1",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0",
-		expected:            true,
-	},
-	"same prerelease": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "1.0.0-beta.1",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0.0-beta.1",
-		expected:            true,
-	},
-	"steampipe short, same prerelease": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "1.0.0-beta.1",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1-beta.1",
-		expected:            true,
-	},
-	"diff prerelease": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "1.0.0-beta.1",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0.0-rc.1",
-		expected:            true,
-	},
-	"plugin higher major FAILS": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "2.0.0",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0.0",
-		expected:            false,
-	},
-	"plugin higher minor FAILS": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "1.1.0",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0.0",
-		expected:            false,
-	},
-	"plugin higher patch": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "1.0.1",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0.0",
-		expected:            true,
-	},
-	"plugin higher major steampipe prerelease FAILS": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "2.0.0",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0.0-beta.1",
-		expected:            false,
-	},
-	"plugin higher minor steampipe prerelease FAILS": {
-		pluginSdkVersion:    "1.1.0",
-		steampipeSdkVersion: "1.0.0-beta-1",
-		expected:            false,
-	},
-}
-
-func TestValidateSdkVersion(t *testing.T) {
-
-	for name, test := range validateSdkVersionTestCases {
-		pluginSdkVersion, _ := version.NewSemver(test.pluginSdkVersion)
-		steampipeSdkVersion, _ := version.NewSemver(test.steampipeSdkVersion)
-		if isValid := validateIgnoringPrerelease(pluginSdkVersion, steampipeSdkVersion); isValid != test.expected {
-			t.Errorf("Test '%s' expected %v but got %v", name, test.expected, isValid)
-		}
-	}
-}