diff --git a/internal/querynodev2/delegator/delegator_data.go b/internal/querynodev2/delegator/delegator_data.go
index b47f2c251e..f2f10884e0 100644
--- a/internal/querynodev2/delegator/delegator_data.go
+++ b/internal/querynodev2/delegator/delegator_data.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
@@ -591,10 +590,6 @@ func (sd *shardDelegator) GetLevel0Deletions(partitionID int64, candidate pkorac
 		}
 	}
 
-	sort.Slice(pks, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return tss[i] < tss[j]
-	})
-
 	return pks, tss
 }