diff --git a/pkg/querier/querier.go b/pkg/querier/querier.go
index fdcf5f69f5e5..a31ed19c0fb9 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/querier.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/querier.go
@@ -123,26 +123,7 @@ func (q *querier) QueryRange(ctx context.Context, orgID valuer.UUID, req *qbtype
 		NumberOfQueries: len(req.CompositeQuery.Queries),
 		PanelType:       req.RequestType.StringValue(),
 	}
-
-	dependencyQueries := make(map[string]bool)
-	traceOperatorQueries := make(map[string]qbtypes.QueryBuilderTraceOperator)
-
-	for _, query := range req.CompositeQuery.Queries {
-		if query.Type == qbtypes.QueryTypeTraceOperator {
-			if spec, ok := query.Spec.(qbtypes.QueryBuilderTraceOperator); ok {
-				// Parse expression to find dependencies
-				if err := spec.ParseExpression(); err != nil {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse trace operator expression: %w", err)
-				}
-
-				deps := spec.CollectReferencedQueries(spec.ParsedExpression)
-				for _, dep := range deps {
-					dependencyQueries[dep] = true
-				}
-				traceOperatorQueries[spec.Name] = spec
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	intervalWarnings := []string{}
 
 	// First pass: collect all metric names that need temporality
 	metricNames := make([]string, 0)