diff --git a/api/go1.26.txt b/api/go1.26.txt
index 87bcebd1af5..0706895bbdf 100644
--- a/api/go1.26.txt
+++ b/api/go1.26.txt
@@ -88,11 +88,6 @@ pkg crypto/x509, func OIDFromASN1OID(asn1.ObjectIdentifier) (OID, error) #75325
 pkg crypto/x509, method (ExtKeyUsage) OID() OID #75325
 pkg crypto/x509, method (ExtKeyUsage) String() string #56866
 pkg crypto/x509, method (KeyUsage) String() string #56866
-pkg database/sql/driver, type RowsColumnScanner interface { Close, Columns, Next, ScanColumn } #67546
-pkg database/sql/driver, type RowsColumnScanner interface, Close() error #67546
-pkg database/sql/driver, type RowsColumnScanner interface, Columns() []string #67546
-pkg database/sql/driver, type RowsColumnScanner interface, Next([]Value) error #67546
-pkg database/sql/driver, type RowsColumnScanner interface, ScanColumn(interface{}, int) error #67546
 pkg debug/elf, const R_LARCH_CALL36 = 110 #75562
 pkg debug/elf, const R_LARCH_CALL36 R_LARCH #75562
 pkg debug/elf, const R_LARCH_TLS_DESC32 = 13 #75562
diff --git a/src/database/sql/driver/driver.go b/src/database/sql/driver/driver.go
index 487870be632..d0892e80fc2 100644
--- a/src/database/sql/driver/driver.go
+++ b/src/database/sql/driver/driver.go
@@ -515,18 +515,6 @@ type RowsColumnTypePrecisionScale interface {
 	ColumnTypePrecisionScale(index int) (precision, scale int64, ok bool)
 }
 
-// RowsColumnScanner may be implemented by [Rows]. It allows the driver to completely
-// take responsibility for how values are scanned and replace the normal [database/sql].
-// scanning path. This allows drivers to directly support types that do not implement
-// [database/sql.Scanner].
-type RowsColumnScanner interface {
-	Rows
-
-	// ScanColumn copies the column in the current row into the value pointed at by
-	// dest. It returns [ErrSkip] to fall back to the normal [database/sql] scanning path.
-	ScanColumn(dest any, index int) error
-}
-
 // Tx is a transaction.
 type Tx interface {
 	Commit() error
diff --git a/src/database/sql/sql.go b/src/database/sql/sql.go
index 85b9ffc37d9..4be450ca876 100644
--- a/src/database/sql/sql.go
+++ b/src/database/sql/sql.go
@@ -3396,16 +3396,7 @@ func (rs *Rows) scanLocked(dest ...any) error {
 	}
 
 	for i, sv := range rs.lastcols {
-		err := driver.ErrSkip
-
-		if rcs, ok := rs.rowsi.(driver.RowsColumnScanner); ok {
-			err = rcs.ScanColumn(dest[i], i)
-		}
-
-		if err == driver.ErrSkip {
-			err = convertAssignRows(dest[i], sv, rs)
-		}
-
+		err := convertAssignRows(dest[i], sv, rs)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf(`sql: Scan error on column index %d, name %q: %w`, i, rs.rowsi.Columns()[i], err)
 		}
diff --git a/src/database/sql/sql_test.go b/src/database/sql/sql_test.go
index 6ee85058558..e8a65600973 100644
--- a/src/database/sql/sql_test.go
+++ b/src/database/sql/sql_test.go
@@ -4200,102 +4200,6 @@ func TestNamedValueCheckerSkip(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-type rcsDriver struct {
-	fakeDriver
-}
-
-func (d *rcsDriver) Open(dsn string) (driver.Conn, error) {
-	c, err := d.fakeDriver.Open(dsn)
-	fc := c.(*fakeConn)
-	fc.db.allowAny = true
-	return &rcsConn{fc}, err
-}
-
-type rcsConn struct {
-	*fakeConn
-}
-
-func (c *rcsConn) PrepareContext(ctx context.Context, q string) (driver.Stmt, error) {
-	stmt, err := c.fakeConn.PrepareContext(ctx, q)
-	if err != nil {
-		return stmt, err
-	}
-	return &rcsStmt{stmt.(*fakeStmt)}, nil
-}
-
-type rcsStmt struct {
-	*fakeStmt
-}
-
-func (s *rcsStmt) QueryContext(ctx context.Context, args []driver.NamedValue) (driver.Rows, error) {
-	rows, err := s.fakeStmt.QueryContext(ctx, args)
-	if err != nil {
-		return rows, err
-	}
-	return &rcsRows{rows.(*rowsCursor)}, nil
-}
-
-type rcsRows struct {
-	*rowsCursor
-}
-
-func (r *rcsRows) ScanColumn(dest any, index int) error {
-	switch d := dest.(type) {
-	case *int64:
-		*d = 42
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return driver.ErrSkip
-}
-
-func TestRowsColumnScanner(t *testing.T) {
-	Register("RowsColumnScanner", &rcsDriver{})
-	db, err := Open("RowsColumnScanner", "")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	defer db.Close()
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel()
-
-	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "CREATE|t|str=string,n=int64")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("exec create", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = db.ExecContext(ctx, "INSERT|t|str=?,n=?", "foo", int64(1))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("exec insert", err)
-	}
-	var (
-		str string
-		i64 int64
-		i   int
-		f64 float64
-		ui  uint
-	)
-	err = db.QueryRowContext(ctx, "SELECT|t|str,n,n,n,n|").Scan(&str, &i64, &i, &f64, &ui)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("select", err)
-	}
-
-	list := []struct{ got, want any }{
-		{str, "foo"},
-		{i64, int64(42)},
-		{i, int(1)},
-		{f64, float64(1)},
-		{ui, uint(1)},
-	}
-
-	for index, item := range list {
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(item.got, item.want) {
-			t.Errorf("got %#v wanted %#v for index %d", item.got, item.want, index)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestOpenConnector(t *testing.T) {
 	Register("testctx", &fakeDriverCtx{})
 	db, err := Open("testctx", "people")