diff --git a/source/libs/executor/inc/tsort.h b/source/libs/executor/inc/tsort.h
index fd3581e2bfa86d9761eae6448ad249f178c96f15..c8b1b3ee513bc508de5187c8d39ace4ae5e4b7f8 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/inc/tsort.h
+++ b/source/libs/executor/inc/tsort.h
@@ -130,12 +130,6 @@ bool tsortIsNullVal(STupleHandle* pVHandle, int32_t colId);
  */
 void* tsortGetValue(STupleHandle* pVHandle, int32_t colId);
 
-/**
- *
- * @param pVHandle
- * @return
- */
-uint64_t tsortGetGroupId(STupleHandle* pVHandle);
 /**
  *
  * @param pSortHandle
diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/sortoperator.c b/source/libs/executor/src/sortoperator.c
index 95f9514b0778d26b0933628d16aa7da891abee23..3034f409f7b0cd840dd6eeb3ffeabb8598e961b6 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/sortoperator.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/sortoperator.c
@@ -231,10 +231,6 @@ typedef struct SMultiwaySortMergeOperatorInfo {
 
   SSDataBlock* pInputBlock;
   int64_t startTs;  // sort start time
-
-  bool  hasGroupId;
-  uint64_t groupId;
-  STupleHandle *prefetchedTuple;
 } SMultiwaySortMergeOperatorInfo;
 
 int32_t doOpenMultiwaySortMergeOperator(SOperatorInfo* pOperator) {
@@ -273,70 +269,6 @@ int32_t doOpenMultiwaySortMergeOperator(SOperatorInfo* pOperator) {
   return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-SSDataBlock* getMultiwaySortedBlockData(SSortHandle* pHandle, SSDataBlock* pDataBlock, int32_t capacity,
-                                SArray* pColMatchInfo, SMultiwaySortMergeOperatorInfo* pInfo) {
-  blockDataCleanup(pDataBlock);
-
-  SSDataBlock* p = tsortGetSortedDataBlock(pHandle);
-  if (p == NULL) {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-
-  blockDataEnsureCapacity(p, capacity);
-
-  while (1) {
-
-    STupleHandle* pTupleHandle = NULL;
-    if (pInfo->prefetchedTuple == NULL) {
-      pTupleHandle = tsortNextTuple(pHandle);
-    } else {
-      pTupleHandle = pInfo->prefetchedTuple;
-      pInfo->prefetchedTuple = NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (pTupleHandle == NULL) {
-      break;
-    }
-
-    uint64_t tupleGroupId = tsortGetGroupId(pTupleHandle);
-    if (!pInfo->hasGroupId) {
-      pInfo->groupId = tupleGroupId;
-      pInfo->hasGroupId = true;
-      appendOneRowToDataBlock(p, pTupleHandle);
-    } else if (pInfo->groupId == tupleGroupId) {
-      appendOneRowToDataBlock(p, pTupleHandle);
-    } else {
-      pInfo->prefetchedTuple = pTupleHandle;
-      pInfo->groupId = tupleGroupId;
-      break;
-    }
-
-    if (p->info.rows >= capacity) {
-      break;
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  if (p->info.rows > 0) {
-    int32_t numOfCols = taosArrayGetSize(pColMatchInfo);
-    for (int32_t i = 0; i < numOfCols; ++i) {
-      SColMatchInfo* pmInfo = taosArrayGet(pColMatchInfo, i);
-      ASSERT(pmInfo->matchType == COL_MATCH_FROM_SLOT_ID);
-
-      SColumnInfoData* pSrc = taosArrayGet(p->pDataBlock, pmInfo->srcSlotId);
-      SColumnInfoData* pDst = taosArrayGet(pDataBlock->pDataBlock, pmInfo->targetSlotId);
-      colDataAssign(pDst, pSrc, p->info.rows);
-    }
-
-    pDataBlock->info.rows = p->info.rows;
-    pDataBlock->info.capacity = p->info.rows;
-  }
-
-  blockDataDestroy(p);
-  return (pDataBlock->info.rows > 0) ? pDataBlock : NULL;
-}
-
-
 SSDataBlock* doMultiwaySortMerge(SOperatorInfo* pOperator) {
   if (pOperator->status == OP_EXEC_DONE) {
     return NULL;
@@ -351,11 +283,7 @@ SSDataBlock* doMultiwaySortMerge(SOperatorInfo* pOperator) {
   }
 
   SSDataBlock* pBlock =
-      getMultiwaySortedBlockData(pInfo->pSortHandle,
-                         pInfo->binfo.pRes,
-                         pOperator->resultInfo.capacity,
-                         pInfo->pColMatchInfo,
-                                 pInfo);
+      getSortedBlockData(pInfo->pSortHandle, pInfo->binfo.pRes, pOperator->resultInfo.capacity, pInfo->pColMatchInfo);
 
   if (pBlock != NULL) {
     pOperator->resultInfo.totalRows += pBlock->info.rows;
diff --git a/source/libs/executor/src/tsort.c b/source/libs/executor/src/tsort.c
index 846da4a32a248a8eb4c4e91f0a0a0791df84facb..3705d0a57b2d83d87cba3f038244a011cb637fee 100644
--- a/source/libs/executor/src/tsort.c
+++ b/source/libs/executor/src/tsort.c
@@ -709,10 +709,6 @@ void* tsortGetValue(STupleHandle* pVHandle, int32_t colIndex) {
   return colDataGetData(pColInfo, pVHandle->rowIndex);
 }
 
-uint64_t tsortGetGroupId(STupleHandle* pVHandle) {
-  return pVHandle->pBlock->info.groupId;
-}
-
 SSortExecInfo tsortGetSortExecInfo(SSortHandle* pHandle) {
   SSortExecInfo info = {0};
 
diff --git a/tests/script/tsim/query/scalarNull.sim b/tests/script/tsim/query/scalarNull.sim
index 07bd5e57cd1d2c24e712a57c0f66aa4f764b8ccf..b08ac1d3d9abe157915ec25c438d82e2774ced04 100644
--- a/tests/script/tsim/query/scalarNull.sim
+++ b/tests/script/tsim/query/scalarNull.sim
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ if $rows != 0 then
   return -1
 endi
 sql select * from tb1 where null;
-print $rows
 if $rows != 0 then
   return -1
 endi