diff --git a/cmd/list.go b/cmd/list.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0454c7364..000000000
--- a/cmd/list.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/turbot/steampipe/pkg/cmdconfig"
-)
-
-// TODO #kai can we just remove this
-type listSubCmdOptions struct {
-	parentCmd *cobra.Command
-}
-
-func getListSubCmd(opts listSubCmdOptions) *cobra.Command {
-	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:              "list",
-		TraverseChildren: true,
-		Args:             cobra.NoArgs,
-		Run:              getRunListSubCmd(opts),
-		Short:            fmt.Sprintf("List all resources that can be executed with the '%s' command", opts.parentCmd.Name()),
-		Long:             fmt.Sprintf("List all resources that can be executed with the '%s' command", opts.parentCmd.Name()),
-	}
-
-	cmdconfig.
-		OnCmd(cmd)
-
-	return cmd
-}
-
-// getRunListSubCmd generates a command handler based on the parent command
-func getRunListSubCmd(opts listSubCmdOptions) func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-	if opts.parentCmd == nil {
-		// this should never happen
-		panic("parent is required")
-	}
-
-	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
-		// TODO #v1 list query files? or deprecate list commena
-		//ctx := cmd.Context()
-		//
-		//headers, rows := getOutputDataTable(modResources, depResources)
-		//
-		//display.ShowWrappedTable(headers, rows, &display.ShowWrappedTableOptions{
-		//	AutoMerge:        false,
-		//	HideEmptyColumns: true,
-		//	Truncate:         true,
-		//})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cmd/query.go b/cmd/query.go
index 13e9198fc..d1e044ed1 100644
--- a/cmd/query.go
+++ b/cmd/query.go
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ Examples:
 		AddStringFlag(pconstants.ArgSnapshotLocation, "", "The location to write snapshots - either a local file path or a Turbot Pipes workspace").
 		AddBoolFlag(pconstants.ArgProgress, true, "Display snapshot upload status")
 
-	cmd.AddCommand(getListSubCmd(listSubCmdOptions{parentCmd: cmd}))
-
 	return cmd
 }