diff --git a/homeassistant/components/recorder/filters.py b/homeassistant/components/recorder/filters.py
index d44d1d836fee..33a0df382171 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/recorder/filters.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/recorder/filters.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from homeassistant.helpers.entityfilter import CONF_ENTITY_GLOBS
 from homeassistant.helpers.json import json_dumps
 from homeassistant.helpers.typing import ConfigType
 
-from .db_schema import ENTITY_ID_IN_EVENT, OLD_ENTITY_ID_IN_EVENT, States, StatesMeta
+from .db_schema import ENTITY_ID_IN_EVENT, OLD_ENTITY_ID_IN_EVENT, StatesMeta
 
 DOMAIN = "history"
 HISTORY_FILTERS = "history_filters"
@@ -205,19 +205,6 @@ class Filters:
         # - Otherwise: exclude
         return i_entities
 
-    def states_entity_filter(self) -> ColumnElement:
-        """Generate the States.entity_id filter query.
-
-        This is no longer used except by the legacy queries.
-        """
-
-        def _encoder(data: Any) -> Any:
-            """Nothing to encode for states since there is no json."""
-            return data
-
-        # The type annotation should be improved so the type ignore can be removed
-        return self._generate_filter_for_columns((States.entity_id,), _encoder)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-
     def states_metadata_entity_filter(self) -> ColumnElement:
         """Generate the StatesMeta.entity_id filter query."""
 
diff --git a/tests/components/recorder/test_filters.py b/tests/components/recorder/test_filters.py
index 2ba7bfbcd0b4..82cf2e786b82 100644
--- a/tests/components/recorder/test_filters.py
+++ b/tests/components/recorder/test_filters.py
@@ -150,13 +150,5 @@ async def test_an_empty_filter_raises() -> None:
             "No filter configuration provided, check"
             " has_config before calling this method"
         ),
-    ):
-        filters.states_entity_filter()
-    with pytest.raises(
-        RuntimeError,
-        match=(
-            "No filter configuration provided, check"
-            " has_config before calling this method"
-        ),
     ):
         filters.events_entity_filter()