diff --git a/src/Assets/AssetContainer.php b/src/Assets/AssetContainer.php
index 70c5515f..58db039f 100644
--- a/src/Assets/AssetContainer.php
+++ b/src/Assets/AssetContainer.php
@@ -128,11 +128,6 @@ public function delete()
         return true;
     }
 
-    public function folders($folder = '/', $recursive = false)
-    {
-        return $this->disk()->getFolders($folder, $recursive);
-    }
-
     public function metaFiles($folder = '/', $recursive = false)
     {
         // When requesting files() as-is, we want all of them.
diff --git a/tests/Assets/AssetContainerTest.php b/tests/Assets/AssetContainerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67b8b87b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Assets/AssetContainerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Assets;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Events\QueryExecuted;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Statamic\Facades;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class AssetContainerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    private $container;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        Storage::fake('test', ['url' => '/assets']);
+
+        $this->container = tap(Facades\AssetContainer::make('test')->disk('test'))->save();
+
+        Storage::disk('test')->put('a.jpg', '');
+        Facades\Asset::make()->container('test')->path('a.jpg')->save();
+
+        Storage::disk('test')->put('b.txt', '');
+        Facades\Asset::make()->container('test')->path('b.txt')->save();
+
+        Storage::disk('test')->put('c.txt', '');
+        Facades\Asset::make()->container('test')->path('c.txt')->save();
+
+        Storage::disk('test')->put('d.jpg', '');
+        Facades\Asset::make()->container('test')->path('d.jpg')->save();
+
+        Storage::disk('test')->put('e.jpg', '');
+        Facades\Asset::make()->container('test')->path('e.jpg')->save();
+
+        Storage::disk('test')->put('f.jpg', '');
+        Facades\Asset::make()->container('test')->path('f.jpg')->save();
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function calling_folders_uses_eloquent_asset_container_contents()
+    {
+        $this->expectsDatabaseQueryCount(1);
+
+        $queryExecuted = false;
+        \DB::listen(function (QueryExecuted $query) use (&$queryExecuted) {
+            $queryExecuted = str_contains($query->sql, 'select distinct "folder" from "assets_meta"');
+        });
+
+        $this->container->folders();
+
+        $this->assertTrue($queryExecuted);
+    }
+}