diff --git a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/DataFrame.php b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/DataFrame.php
index c6138fb73..282e624ad 100644
--- a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/DataFrame.php
+++ b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/DataFrame.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Flow\ETL;
 
-use function Flow\ETL\DSL\ref;
 use Flow\ETL\DSL\To;
 use Flow\ETL\DSL\Transform;
 use Flow\ETL\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@
 use Flow\ETL\Row\Reference;
 use Flow\ETL\Row\References;
 use Flow\ETL\Row\Schema;
-use Flow\ETL\Row\Sort;
 use Flow\ETL\Transformer\CallbackRowTransformer;
 use Flow\ETL\Transformer\CrossJoinRowsTransformer;
 use Flow\ETL\Transformer\DropDuplicatesTransformer;
@@ -610,28 +608,15 @@ public function select(string|Reference ...$entries) : self
 
     /**
      * @lazy
-     *
-     * @psalm-suppress DeprecatedClass
      */
-    public function sortBy(Sort|EntryReference ...$entries) : self
+    public function sortBy(EntryReference ...$entries) : self
     {
         $this
             ->cache($this->context->config->id())
             ->run();
 
         $this->pipeline = $this->pipeline->cleanCopy();
-
-        $sortBy = [];
-
-        foreach ($entries as $entry) {
-            if ($entry instanceof Sort) {
-                $sortBy[] = $entry->isAsc() ? ref($entry->name())->asc() : ref($entry->name())->desc();
-            } else {
-                $sortBy[] = $entry;
-            }
-        }
-
-        $this->pipeline->source($this->context->config->externalSort()->sortBy(...$sortBy));
+        $this->pipeline->source($this->context->config->externalSort()->sortBy(...$entries));
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/Row/Sort.php b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/Row/Sort.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e3768f440..000000000
--- a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/Row/Sort.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Flow\ETL\Row;
-
-/**
- * @deprecated Please use ref("col")->desc() or ref("col")->asc() instead
- */
-final class Sort
-{
-    private function __construct(
-        private readonly string $column,
-        private readonly string $order
-    ) {
-    }
-
-    public static function asc(string $column) : self
-    {
-        return new self($column, 'asc');
-    }
-
-    public static function desc(string $column) : self
-    {
-        return new self($column, 'desc');
-    }
-
-    public function isAsc() : bool
-    {
-        return $this->order === 'asc';
-    }
-
-    public function name() : string
-    {
-        return $this->column;
-    }
-}