diff --git a/plugin/trino-cassandra/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/cassandra/CassandraSession.java b/plugin/trino-cassandra/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/cassandra/CassandraSession.java
index cd5924fa4db7..12ae07bd764d 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-cassandra/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/cassandra/CassandraSession.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-cassandra/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/cassandra/CassandraSession.java
@@ -395,11 +395,6 @@ public List<CassandraPartition> getPartitions(CassandraTable table, List<Set<Obj
             rows = queryPartitionKeysLegacyWithMultipleQueries(table, filterPrefixes);
         }
 
-        if (rows == null) {
-            // just split the whole partition range
-            return ImmutableList.of(CassandraPartition.UNPARTITIONED);
-        }
-
         ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(1000);
         HashMap<ColumnHandle, NullableValue> map = new HashMap<>();
         Set<String> uniquePartitionIds = new HashSet<>();