diff --git a/pkg/pattern/ingester.go b/pkg/pattern/ingester.go
index 2ead4b7768e3..8864a03960bc 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/ingester.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/ingester.go
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import (
 
 	ring_client "github.com/grafana/dskit/ring/client"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/pattern/iter"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/logproto"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/pattern/clientpool"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/pattern/drain"
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/pattern/iter"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/util"
 	util_log "github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/util/log"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/ingester_querier.go b/pkg/pattern/ingester_querier.go
index dbee330680af..2220a2ef41d8 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/ingester_querier.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/ingester_querier.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func (q *IngesterQuerier) forGivenIngesters(ctx context.Context, replicationSet
 		ingester := ingester
 		i := i
 		g.Go(func() error {
-      client, err := q.ringClient.pool.GetClientFor(ingester.Addr)
+			client, err := q.ringClient.pool.GetClientFor(ingester.Addr)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/ingester_test.go b/pkg/pattern/ingester_test.go
index e5ecf9b1a84a..90b1845a90c3 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/ingester_test.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/ingester_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/logproto"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/pattern/iter"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/push"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/pattern/drain"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/push"
 )
 
 func TestInstancePushQuery(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/instance.go b/pkg/pattern/instance.go
index 940f014271fb..e19ba040ff71 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/instance.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/instance.go
@@ -151,10 +151,6 @@ func (i *instance) createStream(_ context.Context, pushReqStream logproto.Stream
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create stream: %w", err)
 	}
 	return s, nil
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create stream: %w", err)
-	}
-	return s, nil
 }
 
 func (i *instance) getHashForLabels(ls labels.Labels) model.Fingerprint {
diff --git a/pkg/pattern/stream.go b/pkg/pattern/stream.go
index fefe4ee37cef..5f2bd9a42685 100644
--- a/pkg/pattern/stream.go
+++ b/pkg/pattern/stream.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type stream struct {
 	labelHash    uint64
 	patterns     *drain.Drain
 	mtx          sync.Mutex
+	logger       log.Logger
 
 	lastTs int64
 }
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func newStream(
 		labels:       labels,
 		labelsString: labels.String(),
 		labelHash:    labels.Hash(),
+		logger:       logger,
 		patterns: drain.New(drainCfg, guessedFormat, &drain.Metrics{
 			PatternsEvictedTotal:  metrics.patternsDiscardedTotal.WithLabelValues(instanceID, guessedFormat, "false"),
 			PatternsPrunedTotal:   metrics.patternsDiscardedTotal.WithLabelValues(instanceID, guessedFormat, "true"),
diff --git a/pkg/querier-rf1/handler.go b/pkg/querier-rf1/handler.go
index f7ade2b23721..92e1fa8e6402 100644
--- a/pkg/querier-rf1/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/querier-rf1/handler.go
@@ -131,14 +131,6 @@ func (h *Handler) Do(ctx context.Context, req queryrangebase.Request) (queryrang
 		}
 
 		return &queryrange.DetectedLabelsResponse{Response: result}, nil
-	case *logproto.QuerySamplesRequest:
-		result, err := h.api.SamplesHandler(ctx, concrete)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return &queryrange.QuerySamplesResponse{
-			Response: result,
-		}, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported query type %T", req)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/querier-rf1/http.go b/pkg/querier-rf1/http.go
index 875647deb7e8..279d52bf9ccc 100644
--- a/pkg/querier-rf1/http.go
+++ b/pkg/querier-rf1/http.go
@@ -297,19 +297,6 @@ func (q *QuerierAPI) PatternsHandler(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.QueryPat
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
-func (q *QuerierAPI) SamplesHandler(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.QuerySamplesRequest) (*logproto.QuerySamplesResponse, error) {
-	resp, err := q.querier.SelectMetricSamples(ctx, req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if resp == nil { // Some stores don't implement this
-		return &logproto.QuerySamplesResponse{
-			Series: []logproto.Series{},
-		}, nil
-	}
-	return resp, nil
-}
-
 func (q *QuerierAPI) validateMaxEntriesLimits(ctx context.Context, expr syntax.Expr, limit uint32) error {
 	tenantIDs, err := tenant.TenantIDs(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/querier-rf1/querier.go b/pkg/querier-rf1/querier.go
index 9504fe23482a..e5e4c2206275 100644
--- a/pkg/querier-rf1/querier.go
+++ b/pkg/querier-rf1/querier.go
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ type Querier interface {
 	DetectedFields(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.DetectedFieldsRequest) (*logproto.DetectedFieldsResponse, error)
 	Patterns(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.QueryPatternsRequest) (*logproto.QueryPatternsResponse, error)
 	DetectedLabels(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.DetectedLabelsRequest) (*logproto.DetectedLabelsResponse, error)
-	SelectMetricSamples(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.QuerySamplesRequest) (*logproto.QuerySamplesResponse, error)
 }
 
 type Limits querier_limits.Limits
@@ -906,7 +905,6 @@ func streamsForFieldDetection(i iter.EntryIterator, size uint32) (logqlmodel.Str
 
 type PatterQuerier interface {
 	Patterns(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.QueryPatternsRequest) (*logproto.QueryPatternsResponse, error)
-	Samples(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.QuerySamplesRequest) (*logproto.QuerySamplesResponse, error)
 }
 
 func (q *Rf1Querier) WithPatternQuerier(pq querier.PatterQuerier) {
@@ -924,7 +922,3 @@ func (q *Rf1Querier) Patterns(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.QueryPatternsRe
 
 	return res, err
 }
-
-func (q *Rf1Querier) SelectMetricSamples(_ context.Context, _ *logproto.QuerySamplesRequest) (*logproto.QuerySamplesResponse, error) {
-	return nil, httpgrpc.Errorf(http.StatusBadRequest, "not implmented")
-}
diff --git a/pkg/querier/querier_mock_test.go b/pkg/querier/querier_mock_test.go
index e04aa0381022..cff1f67637a1 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/querier_mock_test.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/querier_mock_test.go
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@ func (q *querierMock) DetectedLabels(ctx context.Context, req *logproto.Detected
 	return resp.(*logproto.DetectedLabelsResponse), err
 }
 
+func (q *querierMock) WithPatternQuerier(_ PatterQuerier) {}
+
 type engineMock struct {
 	util.ExtendedMock
 }
diff --git a/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip.go b/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip.go
index 0755858058d4..f553c61dafb6 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/queryrange/roundtrip.go
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ func NewDetectedLabelsTripperware(cfg Config, logger log.Logger, l Limits, schem
 			StatsCollectorMiddleware(),
 			NewLimitsMiddleware(l),
 			base.InstrumentMiddleware("split_by_interval", metrics.InstrumentMiddlewareMetrics),
-			SplitByIntervalMiddleware(schema.Configs, limits, merger, splitter, metrics.SplitByMetrics)}
+			SplitByIntervalMiddleware(schema.Configs, limits, merger, splitter, metrics.SplitByMetrics),
+		}
 
 		if cfg.MaxRetries > 0 {
 			queryRangeMiddleware = append(