diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryCompilationErrors.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryCompilationErrors.scala
index 09dfa6b3b603b..c422b32c5ec20 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryCompilationErrors.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/errors/QueryCompilationErrors.scala
@@ -1593,10 +1593,6 @@ private[sql] object QueryCompilationErrors extends QueryErrorsBase with Compilat
     notSupportedForV2TablesError("SHOW CREATE TABLE AS SERDE")
   }
 
-  def showColumnsNotSupportedForV2TablesError(): Throwable = {
-    notSupportedForV2TablesError("SHOW COLUMNS")
-  }
-
   def repairTableNotSupportedForV2TablesError(): Throwable = {
     notSupportedForV2TablesError("MSCK REPAIR TABLE")
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/DataSourceV2SQLSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/DataSourceV2SQLSuite.scala
index 294e4c715f1a6..7493f005ff320 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/DataSourceV2SQLSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/DataSourceV2SQLSuite.scala
@@ -2374,6 +2374,8 @@ class DataSourceV2SQLSuiteV1Filter
     val t = "testcat.ns1.ns2.tbl"
     withTable(t) {
       spark.sql(s"CREATE TABLE $t (id bigint, data string) USING foo")
+      checkAnswer(sql(s"SHOW COLUMNS FROM $t IN testcat.ns1.ns2"), Seq(Row("id"), Row("data")))
+      checkAnswer(sql(s"SHOW COLUMNS in $t"), Seq(Row("id"), Row("data")))
       checkAnswer(sql(s"SHOW COLUMNS FROM $t"), Seq(Row("id"), Row("data")))
     }
   }