diff --git a/pkg/promlib/go.mod b/pkg/promlib/go.mod
index 8eadeaaabc9..8461b5c93a5 100644
--- a/pkg/promlib/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/promlib/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/grafana/dskit v0.0.0-20240905221822-931a021fb06b
 	github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.260.3
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
-	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.61.0
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v1.8.2-0.20221021121301-51a44e6657c3
diff --git a/pkg/promlib/go.sum b/pkg/promlib/go.sum
index 767e03c2064..f0286a21c4a 100644
--- a/pkg/promlib/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/promlib/go.sum
@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@ github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 h1:EGfNDEx6MqHz8B3uNV6QAib1UR2Lm97sHi3ocA6ESJ4=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 h1:P2Ga83D34wi1o9J6Wh1mRuqd4mF/x/lgBS7N7AbDhec=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5/go.mod h1:hPp6KlRPjbx+hW8ykQs1w3UBbZlj6HuIJcUGPhkA7kY=
-github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible h1:HRMgzkcYKYpi3C8ajMPV8OFXaaRUnok+kx1WdO15EQc=
-github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:3Qf8kWWT7OJRJbdiICTKqZju1ZixQ/KpMGzzAfe6+WQ=
 github.com/perimeterx/marshmallow v1.1.5 h1:a2LALqQ1BlHM8PZblsDdidgv1mWi1DgC2UmX50IvK2s=
 github.com/perimeterx/marshmallow v1.1.5/go.mod h1:dsXbUu8CRzfYP5a87xpp0xq9S3u0Vchtcl8we9tYaXw=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.21 h1:yOVMLb6qSIDP67pl/5F7RepeKYu/VmTyEXvuMI5d9mQ=
diff --git a/pkg/promlib/library.go b/pkg/promlib/library.go
index 1f35360be54..111e0a51986 100644
--- a/pkg/promlib/library.go
+++ b/pkg/promlib/library.go
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/datasource"
 	sdkhttpclient "github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/httpclient"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/instancemgmt"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/log"
-	"github.com/patrickmn/go-cache"
 	apiv1 "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/api/prometheus/v1"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/promlib/client"
@@ -27,9 +25,8 @@ type Service struct {
 }
 
 type instance struct {
-	queryData    *querydata.QueryData
-	resource     *resource.Resource
-	versionCache *cache.Cache
+	queryData *querydata.QueryData
+	resource  *resource.Resource
 }
 
 type ExtendOptions func(ctx context.Context, settings backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings, clientOpts *sdkhttpclient.Options, log log.Logger) error
@@ -77,9 +74,8 @@ func newInstanceSettings(httpClientProvider *sdkhttpclient.Provider, log log.Log
 		}
 
 		return instance{
-			queryData:    qd,
-			resource:     r,
-			versionCache: cache.New(time.Minute*1, time.Minute*5),
+			queryData: qd,
+			resource:  r,
 		}, nil
 	}
 }
@@ -110,19 +106,6 @@ func (s *Service) CallResource(ctx context.Context, req *backend.CallResourceReq
 	}
 
 	switch {
-	case strings.EqualFold(req.Path, "version-detect"):
-		versionObj, found := i.versionCache.Get("version")
-		if found {
-			return sender.Send(versionObj.(*backend.CallResourceResponse))
-		}
-
-		vResp, err := i.resource.DetectVersion(ctx, req)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		i.versionCache.Set("version", vResp, cache.DefaultExpiration)
-		return sender.Send(vResp)
-
 	case strings.EqualFold(req.Path, "suggestions"):
 		resp, err := i.resource.GetSuggestions(ctx, req)
 		if err != nil {