diff --git a/py-polars/polars/io/database/_cursor_proxies.py b/py-polars/polars/io/database/_cursor_proxies.py
index d758338cfacd..1b55abde5426 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/io/database/_cursor_proxies.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/io/database/_cursor_proxies.py
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ def execute(self, query: str, **execute_options: Any) -> Self:
         self.query = query
         return self
 
-    def _client_query(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]: ...
-
     def fetchall(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
         """Fetch all results (as a list of dictionaries)."""
         return _read_surreal_query_sync(