diff --git a/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs b/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs
index 68de35f9a..175d4243f 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/worker/db_worker.cljs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
             [frontend.worker.export :as worker-export]
             [frontend.worker.file :as file]
             [frontend.worker.handler.page :as worker-page]
-            [frontend.worker.handler.page.db-based.rename :as db-worker-page-rename]
             [frontend.worker.handler.page.file-based.rename :as file-worker-page-rename]
             [frontend.worker.rtc.asset-db-listener]
             [frontend.worker.rtc.client-op :as client-op]
@@ -786,7 +785,7 @@
   [repo conn page-uuid new-name]
   (let [config (worker-state/get-config repo)
         f (if (sqlite-util/db-based-graph? repo)
-            db-worker-page-rename/rename!
+            (throw (ex-info "Rename page is a file graph only operation" {}))
             file-worker-page-rename/rename!)]
     (f repo conn config page-uuid new-name)))
 
diff --git a/src/main/frontend/worker/handler/page/db_based/rename.cljs b/src/main/frontend/worker/handler/page/db_based/rename.cljs
deleted file mode 100644
index e64998e58..000000000
--- a/src/main/frontend/worker/handler/page/db_based/rename.cljs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-(ns frontend.worker.handler.page.db-based.rename
-  "DB based page rename"
-  (:require [datascript.core :as d]
-            [clojure.string :as string]
-            [logseq.db :as ldb]
-            [logseq.common.util :as common-util]))
-
-(declare rename-page-aux)
-
-;; FIXME: bring it back, decouple this from page renaming though
-(comment
-  (defn merge-pages!
-    [repo conn config from-page to-page]
-    (let [from-page-name (:block/title from-page)
-          to-page-name (:block/title to-page)]
-      (when (and from-page to-page
-                 (not= from-page-name to-page-name))
-        (let [db @conn
-              to-id (:db/id to-page)
-              from-id (:db/id from-page)
-              datoms (d/datoms @conn :avet :block/page from-id)
-              block-eids (mapv :e datoms)
-              blocks (d/pull-many db '[:db/id :block/page :block/refs :block/path-refs :block/parent] block-eids)
-              blocks-tx-data (map (fn [block]
-                                    (let [id (:db/id block)]
-                                      (cond->
-                                       {:db/id id
-                                        :block/page {:db/id to-id}
-                                        :block/refs (rename-update-block-refs! (:block/refs block) from-id to-id)
-                                        :block/order (db-order/gen-key nil)}
-
-                                        (= (:block/parent block) {:db/id from-id})
-                                        (assoc :block/parent {:db/id to-id})))) blocks)
-              replace-ref-tx-data (replace-page-ref from-page to-page)
-              tx-data (concat blocks-tx-data replace-ref-tx-data)]
-
-          (rename-page-aux repo conn config from-page-name to-page-name
-                           :merge? true
-                           :other-tx tx-data)
-
-          (worker-page/delete! repo conn (:block/uuid from-page) {:rename? true}))))))
-
-(defn- rename-page-aux
-  "Only accepts unsanitized page names"
-  [repo conn page new-name & {:keys [merge? other-tx]}]
-  (let [old-page-name       (:block/title page)
-        new-page-name       (common-util/page-name-sanity-lc new-name)]
-    (when (and repo page)
-      (let [page-txs            (when-not merge?
-                                  [{:db/id               (:db/id page)
-                                    :block/name          new-page-name
-                                    :block/title new-name}])
-            txs (concat page-txs other-tx)]
-        (ldb/transact! conn txs {:outliner-op :rename-page
-                                 :data (cond->
-                                        {:page-id (:db/id page)
-                                         :old-name old-page-name
-                                         :new-name new-name})})))))
-
-(defn- rename-page!
-  "Original names (unsanitized only)"
-  [repo conn page new-name]
-  (rename-page-aux repo conn page new-name)
-  (println "Renamed " (:block/title page) " to " new-name))
-
-(defn rename!
-  [repo conn _config page-uuid new-name & {:keys [persist-op?]
-                                           :or {persist-op? true}}]
-  (let [db @conn]
-    (when-let [page-e (d/entity db [:block/uuid page-uuid])]
-      (let [old-name      (:block/title page-e)
-            new-name      (string/trim new-name)
-            old-page-name (common-util/page-name-sanity-lc old-name)
-            new-page-name (common-util/page-name-sanity-lc new-name)
-            name-changed? (not= old-name new-name)
-            new-page-exists? (and name-changed? (ldb/page-exists? db new-name (:block/type page-e)))]
-        (cond
-          (string/blank? new-name)
-          :invalid-empty-name
-
-          new-page-exists?
-          :rename-page-exists
-
-          (and old-name new-name name-changed?)
-          (if (= old-page-name new-page-name) ; case changed
-            (ldb/transact! conn
-                           [{:db/id (:db/id page-e)
-                             :block/title new-name}]
-                           {:persist-op? persist-op?
-                            :outliner-op :rename-page})
-            (rename-page! repo conn page-e new-name)))))))