diff --git a/pkg/sqlcache/informer/listoption_indexer.go b/pkg/sqlcache/informer/listoption_indexer.go
index 3dd3069b..412ab9ef 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlcache/informer/listoption_indexer.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlcache/informer/listoption_indexer.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/rancher/steve/pkg/sqlcache/sqltypes"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
diff --git a/pkg/sqlcache/informer/listoption_indexer_test.go b/pkg/sqlcache/informer/listoption_indexer_test.go
index a79d41de..16255ecd 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlcache/informer/listoption_indexer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlcache/informer/listoption_indexer_test.go
@@ -817,27 +817,6 @@ func TestListByOptions(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedErr:       nil,
 	})
 
-	tests = append(tests, testCase{
-		description: "ListByOptions sorting when # fields != # sort orders should return an error",
-		listOptions: sqltypes.ListOptions{
-			Sort: sqltypes.Sort{
-				Fields: [][]string{{"metadata", "somefield"}, {"status", "someotherfield"}},
-				Orders: []sqltypes.SortOrder{sqltypes.DESC, sqltypes.ASC, sqltypes.ASC},
-			},
-		},
-		partitions: []partition.Partition{},
-		ns:         "",
-		expectedStmt: `SELECT o.object, o.objectnonce, o.dekid FROM "something" o
-  JOIN "something_fields" f ON o.key = f.key
-  WHERE
-    (FALSE)
-  ORDER BY f."metadata.somefield" DESC, f."status.someotherfield" ASC`,
-		returnList:        []any{&unstructured.Unstructured{Object: unstrTestObjectMap}, &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: unstrTestObjectMap}},
-		expectedList:      &unstructured.UnstructuredList{Object: map[string]interface{}{"items": []map[string]interface{}{unstrTestObjectMap, unstrTestObjectMap}}, Items: []unstructured.Unstructured{{Object: unstrTestObjectMap}, {Object: unstrTestObjectMap}}},
-		expectedContToken: "",
-		expectedErr:       fmt.Errorf("sort fields length 2 != sort orders length 3"),
-	})
-
 	tests = append(tests, testCase{
 		description: "ListByOptions with Pagination.PageSize set should set limit to PageSize in prepared sql.Stmt",
 		listOptions: sqltypes.ListOptions{
diff --git a/pkg/sqlcache/sqltypes/types.go b/pkg/sqlcache/sqltypes/types.go
index 98f5d9c4..6c052648 100644
--- a/pkg/sqlcache/sqltypes/types.go
+++ b/pkg/sqlcache/sqltypes/types.go
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ type ListOptions struct {
 //
 // If more than one value is given for the `Match` field, we do an "IN (<values>)" test
 type Filter struct {
-	Field          []string
-	Matches        []string
-	Op             Op
-	Partial        bool
+	Field   []string
+	Matches []string
+	Op      Op
+	Partial bool
 }
 
 // OrFilter represents a set of possible fields to filter by, where an item may match any filter in the set to be included in the result.
@@ -65,20 +65,10 @@ type SortList struct {
 	SortDirectives []Sort
 }
 
-type SortList struct {
-	SortDirectives []Sort
-}
-
 // Pagination represents how to return paginated results.
 type Pagination struct {
 	PageSize int
-	Page  int
-}
-
-func NewSortList() *SortList {
-	return &SortList{
-		SortDirectives: []Sort{},
-	}
+	Page     int
 }
 
 func NewSortList() *SortList {