diff --git a/cmd/ftl/cmd_call.go b/cmd/ftl/cmd_call.go
index 2866b613f2..f53c42ca6b 100644
--- a/cmd/ftl/cmd_call.go
+++ b/cmd/ftl/cmd_call.go
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
-	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"connectrpc.com/connect"
 	"github.com/alecthomas/errors"
@@ -20,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/block/ftl/common/reflection"
 	"github.com/block/ftl/internal/rpc"
 	"github.com/block/ftl/internal/rpc/headers"
-	"github.com/block/ftl/internal/schema/schemaeventsource"
 	status "github.com/block/ftl/internal/terminal"
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@ type callCmd struct {
 func (c *callCmd) Run(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	verbClient ftlv1connect.VerbServiceClient,
-	schemaClient *schemaeventsource.EventSource,
 ) error {
 	if err := rpc.Wait(ctx, backoff.Backoff{Max: time.Second * 2}, c.Wait, verbClient); err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
@@ -54,13 +50,12 @@ func (c *callCmd) Run(
 
 	logger.Debugf("Calling %s", c.Verb)
 
-	return errors.WithStack(callVerb(ctx, verbClient, schemaClient, c.Verb, requestJSON, c.Verbose, c))
+	return errors.WithStack(callVerb(ctx, verbClient, c.Verb, requestJSON, c.Verbose, c))
 }
 
 func callVerb(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	verbClient ftlv1connect.VerbServiceClient,
-	schemaClient *schemaeventsource.EventSource,
 	verb reflection.Ref,
 	requestJSON []byte,
 	verbose bool,
@@ -73,14 +68,6 @@ func callVerb(
 		Body: requestJSON,
 	}))
 
-	if cerr := new(connect.Error); errors.As(err, &cerr) && cerr.Code() == connect.CodeNotFound {
-		suggestions, err := findSuggestions(ctx, schemaClient, verb)
-
-		// If we have suggestions, return a helpful error message, otherwise continue to the original error.
-		if err == nil {
-			return errors.Errorf("verb not found: %s\n\nDid you mean one of these?\n%s", verb, strings.Join(suggestions, "\n"))
-		}
-	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
@@ -114,83 +101,3 @@ func callVerb(
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-// findSuggestions looks up the schema and finds verbs that are similar to the one that was not found
-// it uses the levenshtein distance to determine similarity - if the distance is less than 40% of the length of the verb,
-// it returns an error if no closely matching suggestions are found
-func findSuggestions(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	schemaClient *schemaeventsource.EventSource,
-	verb reflection.Ref,
-) ([]string, error) {
-	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
-
-	// lookup the verbs
-	schemaClient.WaitForInitialSync(ctx)
-	res := schemaClient.CanonicalView()
-	verbs := []string{}
-
-	// build a list of all the verbs
-	for _, module := range res.InternalModules() {
-		for _, v := range module.Verbs() {
-			verbName := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", module.Name, v.Name)
-			if verbName == fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", verb.Module, verb.Name) {
-				break
-			}
-
-			verbs = append(verbs, module.Name+"."+v.Name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	suggestions := []string{}
-
-	logger.Debugf("Found %d verbs", len(verbs))
-	needle := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", verb.Module, verb.Name)
-
-	// only consider suggesting verbs that are within 40% of the length of the needle
-	distanceThreshold := int(float64(len(needle))*0.4) + 1
-	for _, verb := range verbs {
-		d := levenshtein(verb, needle)
-		logger.Debugf("Verb %s distance %d", verb, d)
-
-		if d <= distanceThreshold {
-			suggestions = append(suggestions, verb)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(suggestions) > 0 {
-		return suggestions, nil
-	}
-
-	return nil, errors.Errorf("no suggestions found")
-}
-
-// Levenshtein computes the Levenshtein distance between two strings.
-//
-// credit goes to https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithm_Implementation/Strings/Levenshtein_distance#Go
-func levenshtein(a, b string) int {
-	f := make([]int, utf8.RuneCountInString(b)+1)
-
-	for j := range f {
-		f[j] = j
-	}
-
-	for _, ca := range a {
-		j := 1
-		fj1 := f[0] // fj1 is the value of f[j - 1] in last iteration
-		f[0]++
-		for _, cb := range b {
-			mn := min(f[j]+1, f[j-1]+1) // delete & insert
-			if cb != ca {
-				mn = min(mn, fj1+1) // change
-			} else {
-				mn = min(mn, fj1) // matched
-			}
-
-			fj1, f[j] = f[j], mn // save f[j] to fj1(j is about to increase), update f[j] to mn
-			j++
-		}
-	}
-
-	return f[len(f)-1]
-}
diff --git a/cmd/ftl/cmd_replay.go b/cmd/ftl/cmd_replay.go
index 5fd82a69ef..67652d1c0a 100644
--- a/cmd/ftl/cmd_replay.go
+++ b/cmd/ftl/cmd_replay.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/url"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"connectrpc.com/connect"
@@ -62,11 +61,6 @@ func (c *replayCmd) Run(
 		}
 	}
 	if !found {
-		suggestions, err := findSuggestions(ctx, eventSource, c.Verb)
-		// if we have suggestions, return a helpful error message. otherwise continue to the original error
-		if err == nil {
-			return errors.Errorf("verb not found: %s\n\nDid you mean one of these?\n%s", c.Verb, strings.Join(suggestions, "\n"))
-		}
 		return errors.Errorf("verb not found: %s", c.Verb)
 	}
 
@@ -109,5 +103,5 @@ func (c *replayCmd) Run(
 		ConsoleEndpoint: c.ConsoleEndpoint,
 		Verbose:         c.Verbose,
 	}
-	return errors.WithStack(callVerb(ctx, verbClient, eventSource, c.Verb, []byte(requestJSON), c.Verbose, cmd))
+	return errors.WithStack(callVerb(ctx, verbClient, c.Verb, []byte(requestJSON), c.Verbose, cmd))
 }