diff --git a/internal/rootcoord/root_coord.go b/internal/rootcoord/root_coord.go
index 7dc5726ce3..34f3cfd7cd 100644
--- a/internal/rootcoord/root_coord.go
+++ b/internal/rootcoord/root_coord.go
@@ -1048,23 +1048,6 @@ func (c *Core) BuildIndex(ctx context.Context, segID UniqueID, numRows int64, bi
 	return bldID, err
 }
 
-// RemoveIndex will call drop index service
-func (c *Core) RemoveIndex(ctx context.Context, collName string, indexName string) error {
-	_, indexInfos, err := c.MetaTable.GetIndexByName(collName, indexName)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("GetIndexByName failed,", zap.String("collection name", collName),
-			zap.String("index name", indexName), zap.Error(err))
-		return err
-	}
-	for _, indexInfo := range indexInfos {
-		if err = c.CallDropIndexService(ctx, indexInfo.IndexID); err != nil {
-			log.Error("CallDropIndexService failed,", zap.String("collection name", collName), zap.Error(err))
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // ExpireMetaCache will call invalidate collection meta cache
 func (c *Core) ExpireMetaCache(ctx context.Context, collNames []string, collectionID UniqueID, ts typeutil.Timestamp) error {
 	// if collectionID is specified, invalidate all the collection meta cache with the specified collectionID and return
diff --git a/internal/rootcoord/task.go b/internal/rootcoord/task.go
index caa1aea44c..3235bdc9bf 100644
--- a/internal/rootcoord/task.go
+++ b/internal/rootcoord/task.go
@@ -320,8 +320,12 @@ func (t *DropCollectionReqTask) Execute(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	// drop all indices
-	if err = t.core.RemoveIndex(ctx, t.Req.CollectionName, ""); err != nil {
-		return err
+	for _, fieldIndex := range collMeta.FieldIndexes {
+		if err := t.core.CallDropIndexService(t.core.ctx, fieldIndex.IndexID); err != nil {
+			log.Error("DropCollection CallDropIndexService fail", zap.String("collName", t.Req.CollectionName),
+				zap.Int64("indexID", fieldIndex.IndexID), zap.Error(err))
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Allocate a new ts to make sure the channel timetick is consistent.