diff --git a/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/get.js b/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/get.js
index 238dd2754a..ab6aef45ed 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/get.js
+++ b/ghost/core/core/frontend/helpers/get.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const Sentry = require('@sentry/node');
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const jsonpath = require('jsonpath');
-const nqlLang = require('@tryghost/nql-lang');
 
 const messages = {
     mustBeCalledAsBlock: 'The {\\{{helperName}}} helper must be called as a block. E.g. {{#{helperName}}}...{{/{helperName}}}',
@@ -132,54 +131,6 @@ function parseOptions(globals, data, options) {
  */
 async function makeAPICall(resource, controllerName, action, apiOptions) {
     const controller = api[controllerName];
-    let makeRequest = () => controller[action](apiOptions);
-
-    // Only do the optimisation on posts
-    if (resource === 'posts' && apiOptions.filter) {
-        try {
-            const parsedFilter = nqlLang.parse(apiOptions.filter);
-            // Support either `id:blah` or `id:blah+other:stuff`
-            if (parsedFilter.$and || parsedFilter.id) {
-                const queries = parsedFilter.$and || [parsedFilter.id];
-
-                for (const query of queries) {
-                    if ('id' in query) {
-                        if ('$ne' in query.id) {
-                            // This checks that there is only one occurence of a negative id filter
-                            // So we know it's safe to use the `replace` method
-                            if (apiOptions.filter.split('id:-').length === 2) {
-                                const idToFilter = query.id.$ne;
-
-                                // The default limit is 15, the addition order is to cast apiOptions.limit to a number
-                                let limit = apiOptions.limit;
-                                limit = apiOptions.limit && apiOptions.limit !== 'all' ? 1 + apiOptions.limit : 16;
-
-                                // We replace with id:-null so we don't have to deal with leading/trailing AND operators
-                                const filter = apiOptions.filter.replace(/id:-[a-f0-9A-F]{24}/, 'id:-null');
-
-                                makeRequest = async () => {
-                                    const result = await controller[action]({
-                                        ...apiOptions,
-                                        limit,
-                                        filter
-                                    });
-
-                                    return {
-                                        ...result,
-                                        posts: result?.posts?.filter((post) => {
-                                            return post.id !== idToFilter;
-                                        }).slice(0, limit - 1) || []
-                                    };
-                                };
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (err) {
-            logging.warn(err);
-        }
-    }
 
     let timer;
 
@@ -190,7 +141,7 @@ async function makeAPICall(resource, controllerName, action, apiOptions) {
             const logLevel = config.get('optimization:getHelper:timeout:level') || 'error';
             const threshold = config.get('optimization:getHelper:timeout:threshold');
 
-            const apiResponse = makeRequest();
+            const apiResponse = controller[action](apiOptions);
 
             const timeout = new Promise((resolve) => {
                 timer = setTimeout(() => {
@@ -210,7 +161,7 @@ async function makeAPICall(resource, controllerName, action, apiOptions) {
             response = await Promise.race([apiResponse, timeout]);
             clearTimeout(timer);
         } else {
-            response = await makeRequest();
+            response = await controller[action](apiOptions);
         }
 
         return response;
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-frontend/helpers/get.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-frontend/helpers/get.test.js
index b37bbd237f..b45541746f 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-frontend/helpers/get.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-frontend/helpers/get.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const assert = require('assert/strict');
 const should = require('should');
 const sinon = require('sinon');
 const testUtils = require('../../utils');
@@ -99,112 +98,6 @@ describe('e2e {{#get}} helper', function () {
         locals = {root: {_locals: {}}};
     });
 
-    describe('Filter optimisation', function () {
-        it('Returns the correct posts with a solo negative filter', async function () {
-            await get.call({}, 'posts', {
-                hash: {
-                    limit: 1
-                },
-                data: {},
-                locals,
-                fn,
-                inverse
-            });
-            const firstPostUsually = fn.firstCall.args[0].posts[0];
-            await get.call({}, 'posts', {
-                hash: {
-                    filter: `id:-${firstPostUsually.id}`,
-                    limit: 5
-                },
-                data: {},
-                locals,
-                fn,
-                inverse
-            });
-            assert.equal(fn.secondCall.args[0].posts.length, 5);
-            const foundFilteredPost = fn.secondCall.args[0].posts.find(post => post.id === firstPostUsually.id);
-            assert.equal(foundFilteredPost, undefined);
-        });
-        it('Returns the correct posts with a sandwiched negative filter', async function () {
-            await get.call({}, 'posts', {
-                hash: {
-                    filter: `tag:-hash-hidden+visibility:public`,
-                    limit: 1
-                },
-                data: {},
-                locals,
-                fn,
-                inverse
-            });
-            const firstPostUsually = fn.firstCall.args[0].posts[0];
-            await get.call({}, 'posts', {
-                hash: {
-                    filter: `visibility:public+id:-${firstPostUsually.id}+tag:-hash-hidden`,
-                    limit: 5
-                },
-                data: {},
-                locals,
-                fn,
-                inverse
-            });
-            assert.equal(fn.secondCall.args[0].posts.length, 5);
-            const foundFilteredPost = fn.secondCall.args[0].posts.find(post => post.id === firstPostUsually.id);
-            assert.equal(foundFilteredPost, undefined);
-        });
-        it('Returns the correct posts with a prefix negative filter', async function () {
-            await get.call({}, 'posts', {
-                hash: {
-                    filter: `tag:-hash-hidden`,
-                    limit: 1
-                },
-                data: {},
-                locals,
-                fn,
-                inverse
-            });
-            const firstPostUsually = fn.firstCall.args[0].posts[0];
-            await get.call({}, 'posts', {
-                hash: {
-                    filter: `id:-${firstPostUsually.id}+tag:-hash-hidden`,
-                    limit: 5
-                },
-                data: {},
-                locals,
-                fn,
-                inverse
-            });
-            assert.equal(fn.secondCall.args[0].posts.length, 5);
-            const foundFilteredPost = fn.secondCall.args[0].posts.find(post => post.id === firstPostUsually.id);
-            assert.equal(foundFilteredPost, undefined);
-        });
-        it('Returns the correct posts with a suffix negative filter', async function () {
-            await get.call({}, 'posts', {
-                hash: {
-                    filter: `tag:-hash-hidden`,
-                    limit: 1
-                },
-                data: {},
-                locals,
-                fn,
-                inverse
-            });
-            const firstPostUsually = fn.firstCall.args[0].posts[0];
-            await get.call({}, 'posts', {
-                hash: {
-                    filter: `tag:-hash-hidden+id:-${firstPostUsually.id}`,
-                    limit: 5
-                },
-                data: {},
-                locals,
-                fn,
-                inverse
-            });
-            assert.equal(fn.secondCall.args[0].posts.length, 5);
-            const foundFilteredPost = fn.secondCall.args[0].posts.find(post => post.id === firstPostUsually.id);
-            assert.equal(foundFilteredPost, undefined);
-        });
-    });
-
     describe('{{access}} property', function () {
         let member;