diff --git a/tiledb/sm/array/array.h b/tiledb/sm/array/array.h
index fffcee67387..d9f0c8b6f48 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/array/array.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/array/array.h
@@ -764,7 +764,6 @@ class Array {
    * has not been computed or loaded it will be loaded first
    */
   const NDRange non_empty_domain();
-
   /**
    * Retrieves the array metadata object that is already loaded. If it's not yet
    * loaded it will be empty.
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_global_order_reader.cc b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_global_order_reader.cc
index 8eebf95e5e1..e2ddeb8ce51 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_global_order_reader.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_global_order_reader.cc
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ Status SparseGlobalOrderReader<BitmapType>::dowork() {
   auto timer_se = stats_->start_timer("dowork");
   stats_->add_counter("loop_num", 1);
 
-  subarray_.reset_default_ranges();
-
   // Check that the query condition is valid.
   if (condition_.has_value()) {
     throw_if_not_ok(condition_->check(array_schema_));
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_unordered_with_dups_reader.cc b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_unordered_with_dups_reader.cc
index 1364d2cedb2..e5740481c82 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_unordered_with_dups_reader.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/query/readers/sparse_unordered_with_dups_reader.cc
@@ -122,13 +122,12 @@ void SparseUnorderedWithDupsReader<BitmapType>::refresh_config() {
 
 template <class BitmapType>
 Status SparseUnorderedWithDupsReader<BitmapType>::dowork() {
-  auto timer_se = stats_->start_timer("dowork");
-  stats_->add_counter("loop_num", 1);
-
   // Subarray is not known to be explicitly set until buffers are deserialized
-  subarray_.reset_default_ranges();
   include_coords_ = subarray_.is_set();
 
+  auto timer_se = stats_->start_timer("dowork");
+  stats_->add_counter("loop_num", 1);
+
   // Make sure user didn't request delete timestamps.
   if (buffers_.count(constants::delete_timestamps) != 0) {
     return logger_->status(Status_SparseUnorderedWithDupsReaderError(
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.cc b/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.cc
index 8cff533f0ec..4f4d6e62f5e 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.cc
@@ -2131,29 +2131,6 @@ void Subarray::add_default_label_ranges(dimension_size_type dim_num) {
   label_range_subset_.resize(dim_num, nullopt);
 }
 
-void Subarray::reset_default_ranges() {
-  if (array_->non_empty_domain_computed()) {
-    auto dim_num = array_->array_schema_latest().dim_num();
-    auto& domain{array_->array_schema_latest().domain()};
-
-    // Process all dimensions one by one.
-    for (unsigned d = 0; d < dim_num; d++) {
-      // Only enter the check if there are only one range set on the dimension.
-      if (!is_default_[d] && range_subset_[d].num_ranges() == 1) {
-        // If the range set is the same as the non empty domain.
-        auto& ned = array_->non_empty_domain()[d];
-        if (ned == range_subset_[d][0]) {
-          // Reset the default flag and reset the range subset to be default.
-          is_default_[d] = true;
-          auto dim{domain.dimension_ptr(d)};
-          range_subset_[d] = RangeSetAndSuperset(
-              dim->type(), dim->domain(), true, coalesce_ranges_);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 void Subarray::compute_range_offsets() {
   range_offsets_.clear();
 
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.h b/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.h
index 665f0b3a859..4b2fa5563f0 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/subarray/subarray.h
@@ -1306,17 +1306,6 @@ class Subarray {
    */
   void add_default_label_ranges(dimension_size_type dim_num);
 
-  /**
-   * Reset ranges to default if possible before a read operation for sparse
-   * reads. We have a lot of optimizations in the sparse readers when no ranges
-   * are specified. Python will set ranges that are equal to the non empty
-   * domain, which will negate those optimizations. When the non empty domain is
-   * computed for the array, it is low performance cost to see if the ranges set
-   * are equal to the non empty domain. If they are, we can reset them to be
-   * default.
-   */
-  void reset_default_ranges();
-
  private:
   /* ********************************* */
   /*        PRIVATE DATA TYPES         */