diff --git a/src/Explorer/Tabs/SettingsTabV2.tsx b/src/Explorer/Tabs/SettingsTabV2.tsx
index afb29d774..f87290d91 100644
--- a/src/Explorer/Tabs/SettingsTabV2.tsx
+++ b/src/Explorer/Tabs/SettingsTabV2.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { ActionType, OpenCollectionTab, TabKind } from "Contracts/ActionContracts";
 import React from "react";
 import * as ViewModels from "../../Contracts/ViewModels";
-import { useTabs } from "../../hooks/useTabs";
 import { SettingsComponent } from "../Controls/Settings/SettingsComponent";
 import TabsBase from "./TabsBase";
 
@@ -24,21 +23,6 @@ export class CollectionSettingsTabV2 extends SettingsTabV2 {
     };
   }
 
-  public canDuplicate(): boolean {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  public duplicateTab(): void {
-    const newTab = new CollectionSettingsTabV2({
-      tabKind: ViewModels.CollectionTabKind.CollectionSettingsV2,
-      title: this.tabTitle(),
-      tabPath: "",
-      collection: this.collection,
-      node: this.collection,
-    });
-    useTabs.getState().activateNewTab(newTab);
-  }
-
   public onActivate(): void {
     super.onActivate();
     this.collection.selectedSubnodeKind(ViewModels.CollectionTabKind.CollectionSettingsV2);
diff --git a/test/sql/duplicateTab.spec.ts b/test/sql/duplicateTab.spec.ts
index d1de09f80..eeaf40e32 100644
--- a/test/sql/duplicateTab.spec.ts
+++ b/test/sql/duplicateTab.spec.ts
@@ -77,25 +77,6 @@ test("Duplicate Query tab preserves query text in new tab", async () => {
   expect(editorText).toContain("duplicate-query-test");
 });
 
-test("Duplicate Scale & Settings tab opens a second settings tab", async () => {
-  await explorer.openScaleAndSettings(context);
-
-  // Wait for the settings tab pane to be attached
-  const tab0 = explorer.tab("tab0");
-  await expect(tab0).toBeAttached({ timeout: 30_000 });
-
-  // Right-click the tab nav header
-  await explorer.tabNavHeader("tab0").click({ button: "right" });
-
-  const duplicateMenuItem = explorer.tabContextMenuItem("Duplicate tab");
-  await expect(duplicateMenuItem).toBeVisible();
-  await duplicateMenuItem.click();
-
-  // A second settings tab should appear
-  const tab1 = explorer.tab("tab1");
-  await expect(tab1).toBeAttached({ timeout: 30_000 });
-});
-
 test("Duplicate tab menu item is not shown for the Home tab", async () => {
   // The Home tab (ReactTabKind) is never duplicable
   await explorer.tabNavHeader("Home").click({ button: "right" });