diff --git a/src/apollo/queries.js b/src/apollo/queries.js
index a5676220cc..138d8a3a49 100644
--- a/src/apollo/queries.js
+++ b/src/apollo/queries.js
@@ -1,61 +1,5 @@
 import gql from 'graphql-tag';
 
-/** query for runsList sidebar */
-export const GET_RUNS = gql`
-  query getRunsList {
-    runsList {
-      gitSha
-      id
-    }
-  }
-`;
-
-/** query for runMetadata and runDataset components */
-export const GET_RUN_DATA = gql`
-  query getRunData($runIds: [ID!]!, $showDiff: Boolean) {
-    runMetadata(runIds: $runIds) {
-      id
-      author
-      gitBranch
-      gitSha
-      runCommand
-    }
-    plots: runTrackingData(runIds: $runIds, showDiff: $showDiff, group: PLOT) {
-      ...trackingDatasetFields
-    }
-    metrics: runTrackingData(
-      runIds: $runIds
-      showDiff: $showDiff
-      group: METRIC
-    ) {
-      ...trackingDatasetFields
-    }
-    JSONData: runTrackingData(
-      runIds: $runIds
-      showDiff: $showDiff
-      group: JSON
-    ) {
-      ...trackingDatasetFields
-    }
-  }
-
-  fragment trackingDatasetFields on TrackingDataset {
-    data
-    datasetName
-    datasetType
-    runIds
-  }
-`;
-
-/** query for runMetricsData  */
-export const GET_METRIC_PLOT_DATA = gql`
-  query getMetricPlotData($limit: Int) {
-    runMetricsData(limit: $limit) {
-      data
-    }
-  }
-`;
-
 /** query for obtaining installed and latest Kedro-Viz versions */
 export const GET_VERSIONS = gql`
   query getVersion {
diff --git a/src/apollo/schema.graphql b/src/apollo/schema.graphql
index 2fd62c4204..3aa405737e 100644
--- a/src/apollo/schema.graphql
+++ b/src/apollo/schema.graphql
@@ -1,83 +1,8 @@
-"""
-The `JSON` scalar type represents JSON values as specified by [ECMA-404](https://ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-404_2nd_edition_december_2017.pdf).
-"""
-scalar JSON @specifiedBy(url: "https://ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-404_2nd_edition_december_2017.pdf")
-
-"""Metric data"""
-type MetricPlotDataset {
-  data: JSON!
-}
-
-type Mutation {
-  """Update run metadata"""
-  updateRunDetails(runId: ID!, runInput: RunInput!): UpdateRunDetailsResponse!
-}
-
 type Query {
-  """Get metadata for specified run_ids from the session store"""
-  runMetadata(runIds: [ID!]!): [Run!]!
-
-  """Get metadata for all runs from the session store"""
-  runsList: [Run!]!
-
-  """Get tracking datasets for specified group and run_ids"""
-  runTrackingData(runIds: [ID!]!, group: TrackingDatasetGroup!, showDiff: Boolean = true): [TrackingDataset!]!
-
-  """Get metrics data for a limited number of recent runs"""
-  runMetricsData(limit: Int = 25): MetricPlotDataset!
-
   """Get the installed and latest Kedro-Viz versions"""
   version: Version!
 }
 
-"""Run metadata"""
-type Run {
-  author: String
-  bookmark: Boolean
-  gitBranch: String
-  gitSha: String
-  id: ID!
-  notes: String
-  runCommand: String
-  title: String!
-}
-
-"""Input to update run metadata"""
-input RunInput {
-  bookmark: Boolean = null
-  notes: String = null
-  title: String = null
-}
-
-"""Tracking data for a Run"""
-type TrackingDataset {
-  data: JSON!
-  datasetName: String!
-  datasetType: String!
-  runIds: [ID!]!
-}
-
-"""Group to show kind of tracking data"""
-enum TrackingDatasetGroup {
-  PLOT
-  METRIC
-  JSON
-}
-
-"""Response for unsuccessful update of run metadata"""
-type UpdateRunDetailsFailure {
-  id: ID!
-  errorMessage: String!
-}
-
-"""Response for update of run metadata"""
-union UpdateRunDetailsResponse = UpdateRunDetailsSuccess | UpdateRunDetailsFailure
-
-"""Response for successful update of run metadata"""
-type UpdateRunDetailsSuccess {
-  run: Run!
-}
-
 """Installed and latest Kedro-Viz versions"""
 type Version {
   installed: String!
diff --git a/src/apollo/schema.js b/src/apollo/schema.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c031bdb66..0000000000
--- a/src/apollo/schema.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-import { SchemaLink } from '@apollo/client/link/schema';
-import { makeExecutableSchema } from '@graphql-tools/schema';
-import GraphQLJSON, { GraphQLJSONObject } from 'graphql-type-json';
-
-import gql from 'graphql-tag';
-
-const typeDefs = gql`
-  """
-  Generic scalar type representing a JSON object
-  """
-  scalar JSONObject
-
-  type Mutation {
-    updateRunDetails(
-      runId: ID!
-      runInput: RunInput!
-    ): UpdateUserDetailsResponse!
-  }
-
-  type Query {
-    runsList: [Run!]!
-    runMetadata(runIds: [ID!]!): [Run!]!
-    runTrackingData(
-      runIds: [ID!]!
-      showDiff: Boolean = false
-    ): [TrackingDataset!]!
-  }
-
-  type Run {
-    id: ID!
-    title: String!
-    author: String
-    gitBranch: String
-    gitSha: String
-    bookmark: Boolean
-    notes: String
-    runCommand: String
-  }
-
-  input RunInput {
-    bookmark: Boolean = null
-    title: String = null
-    notes: String = null
-  }
-
-  type TrackingDataset {
-    datasetName: String
-    datasetType: String
-    data: JSONObject
-  }
-
-  type UpdateRunDetailsFailure {
-    id: ID!
-    errorMessage: String!
-  }
-
-  union UpdateUserDetailsResponse =
-      UpdateUserDetailsSuccess
-    | UpdateRunDetailsFailure
-
-  type UpdateUserDetailsSuccess {
-    run: Run!
-  }
-`;
-
-const resolvers = {
-  JSON: GraphQLJSON,
-  JSONObject: GraphQLJSONObject,
-};
-
-export const schemaLink = new SchemaLink({
-  schema: makeExecutableSchema({ typeDefs, resolvers }),
-});