diff --git a/pkg/logql/chainedevaluator.go b/pkg/logql/chainedevaluator.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 346dd6992c..0000000000
--- a/pkg/logql/chainedevaluator.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package logql
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/iter"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-)
-
-// ChainedEvaluator is an evaluator which chains multiple other evaluators,
-// deferring to the first successful one.
-type ChainedEvaluator struct {
-	evaluators []Evaluator
-}
-
-// StepEvaluator attempts the embedded evaluators until one succeeds or they all error.
-func (c *ChainedEvaluator) StepEvaluator(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	nextEvaluator Evaluator,
-	expr SampleExpr,
-	p Params,
-) (stepper StepEvaluator, err error) {
-	for _, eval := range c.evaluators {
-		if stepper, err = eval.StepEvaluator(ctx, nextEvaluator, expr, p); err == nil {
-			return stepper, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, err
-}
-
-// Iterator attempts the embedded evaluators until one succeeds or they all error.
-func (c *ChainedEvaluator) Iterator(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	expr LogSelectorExpr,
-	p Params,
-) (iterator iter.EntryIterator, err error) {
-	for _, eval := range c.evaluators {
-		if iterator, err = eval.Iterator(ctx, expr, p); err == nil {
-			return iterator, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, err
-}
-
-// NewChainedEvaluator constructs a ChainedEvaluator from one or more Evaluators
-func NewChainedEvaluator(evals ...Evaluator) (*ChainedEvaluator, error) {
-	if len(evals) == 0 {
-		return nil, errors.New("must supply an Evaluator")
-	}
-	return &ChainedEvaluator{
-		evaluators: evals,
-	}, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/logql/downstreamer.go b/pkg/logql/downstreamer.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 96fdef69dc..0000000000
--- a/pkg/logql/downstreamer.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package logql
-
-// Downstreamer is an interface for deferring responsibility for query execution.
-// It is decoupled from but consumed by a downStreamEvaluator to dispatch ASTs.
-type Downstreamer interface {
-	// Downstream(*LokiRequest) (*LokiResponse, error)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/logql/sharding.go b/pkg/logql/sharding.go
index d8ae72ea3e..5141a160d3 100644
--- a/pkg/logql/sharding.go
+++ b/pkg/logql/sharding.go
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 package logql
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/querier/astmapper"
-	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/iter"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
 )
 
 // DownstreamSampleExpr is a SampleExpr which signals downstream computation
@@ -59,96 +55,3 @@ func (c ConcatLogSelectorExpr) String() string {
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s ++ %s", c.LogSelectorExpr.String(), c.next.String())
 }
-
-// downstreamEvaluator is an evaluator which handles shard aware AST nodes
-type downstreamEvaluator struct{ Downstreamer }
-
-// Evaluator returns a StepEvaluator for a given SampleExpr
-func (ev *downstreamEvaluator) StepEvaluator(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	nextEv Evaluator,
-	expr SampleExpr,
-	params Params,
-) (StepEvaluator, error) {
-	switch e := expr.(type) {
-	case DownstreamSampleExpr:
-		// downstream to a querier
-		return nil, errors.New("unimplemented")
-
-	case ConcatSampleExpr:
-		// ensure they all impl the same (SampleExpr, LogSelectorExpr) & concat
-		var xs []StepEvaluator
-		cur := &e
-
-		for cur != nil {
-			eval, err := ev.StepEvaluator(ctx, nextEv, cur.SampleExpr, params)
-			if err != nil {
-				// Close previously opened StepEvaluators
-				for _, x := range xs {
-					x.Close()
-				}
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			xs = append(xs, eval)
-			cur = cur.next
-		}
-
-		return ConcatEvaluator(xs)
-
-	default:
-		return nil, EvaluatorUnsupportedType(expr, ev)
-	}
-}
-
-// Iterator returns the iter.EntryIterator for a given LogSelectorExpr
-func (ev *downstreamEvaluator) Iterator(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	expr LogSelectorExpr,
-	params Params,
-) (iter.EntryIterator, error) {
-	switch e := expr.(type) {
-	case DownstreamLogSelectorExpr:
-		// downstream to a querier
-		return nil, errors.New("unimplemented")
-	case ConcatLogSelectorExpr:
-		var iters []iter.EntryIterator
-		cur := &e
-		for cur != nil {
-			iterator, err := ev.Iterator(ctx, e, params)
-			if err != nil {
-				// Close previously opened StepEvaluators
-				for _, x := range iters {
-					x.Close()
-				}
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			iters = append(iters, iterator)
-		}
-		return iter.NewHeapIterator(ctx, iters, params.Direction()), nil
-	}
-	return nil, errors.New("unimplemented")
-}
-
-// ConcatEvaluator joins multiple StepEvaluators.
-// Contract: They must be of identical start, end, and step values.
-func ConcatEvaluator(evaluators []StepEvaluator) (StepEvaluator, error) {
-	return newStepEvaluator(
-		func() (done bool, ts int64, vec promql.Vector) {
-			var cur promql.Vector
-			for _, eval := range evaluators {
-				done, ts, cur = eval.Next()
-				vec = append(vec, cur...)
-			}
-			return done, ts, vec
-
-		},
-		func() (lastErr error) {
-			for _, eval := range evaluators {
-				if err := eval.Close(); err != nil {
-					lastErr = err
-				}
-			}
-			return lastErr
-		},
-	)
-}