diff --git a/server/src/entities/asset.entity.ts b/server/src/entities/asset.entity.ts
index b17328f790..cc3a8bb1a0 100644
--- a/server/src/entities/asset.entity.ts
+++ b/server/src/entities/asset.entity.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { DeduplicateJoinsPlugin, ExpressionBuilder, Kysely, SelectQueryBuilder,
 import { jsonArrayFrom, jsonObjectFrom } from 'kysely/helpers/postgres';
 import { AssetFace, AssetFile, AssetJobStatus, columns, Exif, Stack, Tag, User } from 'src/database';
 import { DB } from 'src/db';
-import { AlbumEntity } from 'src/entities/album.entity';
 import { SharedLinkEntity } from 'src/entities/shared-link.entity';
 import { AssetFileType, AssetStatus, AssetType } from 'src/enum';
 import { TimeBucketSize } from 'src/repositories/asset.repository';
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ export class AssetEntity {
   exifInfo?: Exif;
   tags?: Tag[];
   sharedLinks!: SharedLinkEntity[];
-  albums?: AlbumEntity[];
   faces!: AssetFace[];
   stackId?: string | null;
   stack?: Stack | null;
@@ -158,34 +156,6 @@ export function withLibrary(eb: ExpressionBuilder<DB, 'assets'>) {
   );
 }
 
-export function withAlbums<O>(qb: SelectQueryBuilder<DB, 'assets', O>, { albumId }: { albumId?: string }) {
-  return qb
-    .select((eb) =>
-      jsonArrayFrom(
-        eb
-          .selectFrom('albums')
-          .selectAll('albums')
-          .innerJoin('albums_assets_assets', (join) =>
-            join
-              .onRef('albums.id', '=', 'albums_assets_assets.albumsId')
-              .onRef('assets.id', '=', 'albums_assets_assets.assetsId'),
-          )
-          .whereRef('albums.id', '=', 'albums_assets_assets.albumsId')
-          .$if(!!albumId, (qb) => qb.where('albums.id', '=', asUuid(albumId!))),
-      ).as('albums'),
-    )
-    .$if(!!albumId, (qb) =>
-      qb.where((eb) =>
-        eb.exists((eb) =>
-          eb
-            .selectFrom('albums_assets_assets')
-            .whereRef('albums_assets_assets.assetsId', '=', 'assets.id')
-            .where('albums_assets_assets.albumsId', '=', asUuid(albumId!)),
-        ),
-      ),
-    );
-}
-
 export function withTags(eb: ExpressionBuilder<DB, 'assets'>) {
   return jsonArrayFrom(
     eb
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/asset.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/asset.repository.ts
index 9c0a4b1fad..52c390c162 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/asset.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/asset.repository.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   hasPeople,
   searchAssetBuilder,
   truncatedDate,
-  withAlbums,
   withExif,
   withFaces,
   withFacesAndPeople,
@@ -381,16 +380,6 @@ export class AssetRepository {
     await this.db.deleteFrom('assets').where('ownerId', '=', ownerId).execute();
   }
 
-  async getByAlbumId(pagination: PaginationOptions, albumId: string): Paginated<AssetEntity> {
-    const items = await withAlbums(this.db.selectFrom('assets'), { albumId })
-      .selectAll('assets')
-      .where('deletedAt', 'is', null)
-      .orderBy('fileCreatedAt', 'desc')
-      .execute();
-
-    return paginationHelper(items as any as AssetEntity[], pagination.take);
-  }
-
   async getByDeviceIds(ownerId: string, deviceId: string, deviceAssetIds: string[]): Promise<string[]> {
     const assets = await this.db
       .selectFrom('assets')
@@ -760,7 +749,11 @@ export class AssetRepository {
       .selectFrom('assets')
       .selectAll('assets')
       .$call(withExif)
-      .$if(!!options.albumId, (qb) => withAlbums(qb, { albumId: options.albumId }))
+      .$if(!!options.albumId, (qb) =>
+        qb
+          .innerJoin('albums_assets_assets', 'albums_assets_assets.assetsId', 'assets.id')
+          .where('albums_assets_assets.albumsId', '=', options.albumId!),
+      )
       .$if(!!options.personId, (qb) => hasPeople(qb, [options.personId!]))
       .$if(!!options.userIds, (qb) => qb.where('assets.ownerId', '=', anyUuid(options.userIds!)))
       .$if(options.isArchived !== undefined, (qb) => qb.where('assets.isArchived', '=', options.isArchived!))
diff --git a/server/test/repositories/asset.repository.mock.ts b/server/test/repositories/asset.repository.mock.ts
index f33b487888..2418b6aa64 100644
--- a/server/test/repositories/asset.repository.mock.ts
+++ b/server/test/repositories/asset.repository.mock.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ export const newAssetRepositoryMock = (): Mocked<RepositoryInterface<AssetReposi
     getByDayOfYear: vitest.fn(),
     getByIds: vitest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
     getByIdsWithAllRelations: vitest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]),
-    getByAlbumId: vitest.fn(),
     getByDeviceIds: vitest.fn(),
     getByUserId: vitest.fn(),
     getById: vitest.fn(),