diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 5dfbe3e89..1cf0bfa1f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ Collate:
     'query.R'
     'regularExpressions.R'
     'rownames.R'
-    'rstudioConnections.R'
     'table.R'
     'transactions.R'
     'utils.R'
diff --git a/R/connect.R b/R/connect.R
index 27a2ca800..2b7214b5f 100644
--- a/R/connect.R
+++ b/R/connect.R
@@ -203,9 +203,6 @@ setMethod("dbConnect", "SQLiteDriver",
       }
     )
 
-    # rstudio connections tab
-    on_connection_opened(conn)
-
     conn
   }
 )
@@ -258,9 +255,5 @@ setMethod("dbConnect", "SQLiteConnection", function(drv, ...) {
 #' @rdname SQLite
 setMethod("dbDisconnect", "SQLiteConnection", function(conn, ...) {
   connection_release(conn@ptr)
-
-  # rstudio connections tab
-  on_connection_closed(conn)
-
   invisible(TRUE)
 })
diff --git a/R/rstudioConnections.R b/R/rstudioConnections.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a0a8ba3a..000000000
--- a/R/rstudioConnections.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,155 +0,0 @@
-# Functions used to connect to Connections Pane in Rstudio
-# Implementing connections contract: https://rstudio.github.io/rstudio-extensions/connections-contract.html
-sqlite_ListObjectTypes <- function(con) {
-  object_types <- list(table = list(contains = "data"))
-
-  types <- dbGetQuery(con, "SELECT DISTINCT type FROM sqlite_master")[[1]]
-  if (any(types == "view")) {
-    object_types <- c(object_types, view = list(contains = "data"))
-  }
-  object_types
-}
-
-sqlite_ListObjects <- function(con, catalog = NULL, schema = NULL, name = NULL, type = NULL, ...) {
-  objects <- dbGetQuery(con, "SELECT name,type FROM sqlite_master")
-  objects <- objects[objects$type %in% c("table", "view"), ]
-  objects
-}
-
-sqlite_ListColumns <- function(con, table = NULL, view = NULL,
-                               catalog = NULL, schema = NULL, ...) {
-  if (is.null(table)) {
-    table <- view
-  }
-
-  tb <- dbGetQuery(
-    con,
-    paste("SELECT * FROM", dbQuoteIdentifier(con, table), "WHERE FALSE")
-  )
-
-  name <- names(tb)
-  type <- sapply(tb, class)
-
-  data.frame(
-    name = name,
-    type = type,
-    stringsAsFactors = FALSE
-  )
-}
-
-sqlite_PreviewObject <- function(con, rowLimit, table = NULL, view = NULL, ...) {
-  # extract object name from arguments
-  name <- if (is.null(table)) view else table
-  dbGetQuery(con, paste("SELECT * FROM", dbQuoteIdentifier(con, name)), n = rowLimit)
-}
-
-sqlite_ConnectionIcon <- function(con) {
-  system.file("icons/sqlite.png", package = "RSQLite")
-}
-
-sqlite_ConnectionActions <- function(con) {
-  actions <- list()
-  actions <- c(actions, list(
-    Help = list(
-      icon = "",
-      callback = function() {
-        utils::browseURL("https://rsqlite.r-dbi.org/")
-      }
-    )
-  ))
-
-  actions
-}
-
-
-get_host <- function(con) {
-  if (con@dbname == "") {
-    return("")
-  }
-  paste0("<", con@dbname, ">")
-}
-
-##### Functions that trigger update in Rstudio Connections tab
-
-on_connection_opened <- function(con) {
-  observer <- getOption("connectionObserver")
-  if (is.null(observer)) {
-    return(invisible(NULL))
-  }
-
-  code <- paste0(
-    "library(DBI)
-con <- dbConnect(RSQLite::SQLite(), dbname=\"", con@dbname, "\")
-"
-  )
-  icon <- sqlite_ConnectionIcon(con)
-
-  host <- get_host(con)
-
-  # let observer know that connection has opened
-  observer$connectionOpened(
-    # connection type
-    type = "RSQLite",
-
-    # name displayed in connection pane (to be improved)
-    displayName = paste0(
-      "SQLite ",
-      host,
-      if (con@dbname == "") " (temporary)"
-    ),
-    host = host,
-    icon = icon,
-
-    # connection code
-    connectCode = code,
-
-    # disconnection code
-    disconnect = function() {
-      dbDisconnect(con, shutdown = TRUE)
-    },
-    listObjectTypes = function() {
-      sqlite_ListObjectTypes(con)
-    },
-
-    # table enumeration code
-    listObjects = function(...) {
-      sqlite_ListObjects(con, ...)
-    },
-
-    # column enumeration code
-    listColumns = function(...) {
-      sqlite_ListColumns(con, ...)
-    },
-
-    # table preview code
-    previewObject = function(rowLimit, ...) {
-      sqlite_PreviewObject(con, rowLimit, ...)
-    },
-
-    # other actions that can be executed on this connection
-    actions = sqlite_ConnectionActions(con),
-
-    # raw connection object
-    connectionObject = con
-  )
-}
-
-on_connection_updated <- function(con, hint) {
-  observer <- getOption("connectionObserver")
-  if (is.null(observer)) {
-    return(invisible(NULL))
-  }
-
-  host <- get_host(con)
-  observer$connectionUpdated("RSQLite", host, hint = hint)
-}
-
-on_connection_closed <- function(con) {
-  observer <- getOption("connectionObserver")
-  if (is.null(observer)) {
-    return(invisible(NULL))
-  }
-
-  host <- get_host(con)
-  observer$connectionClosed("RSQLite", host)
-}
diff --git a/R/table.R b/R/table.R
index 36871025f..4505d0a29 100644
--- a/R/table.R
+++ b/R/table.R
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ setMethod("dbWriteTable", c("SQLiteConnection", "character", "data.frame"),
 
     dbCommit(conn, name = savepoint_id)
     on.exit(NULL)
-
-    # rstudio connections tab
-    on_connection_updated(conn, paste0("Updating table '", name, "'"))
-
     invisible(TRUE)
   }
 )
@@ -242,10 +238,6 @@ setMethod("dbWriteTable", c("SQLiteConnection", "character", "character"),
 
     dbCommit(conn, name = savepoint_id)
     on.exit(NULL)
-
-    # rstudio connections tab
-    on_connection_updated(conn, paste0("Updating table '", name, "'"))
-
     invisible(TRUE)
   }
 )
@@ -370,10 +362,6 @@ setMethod("dbRemoveTable", c("SQLiteConnection", "character"),
     }
 
     dbExecute(conn, paste0("DROP TABLE ", extra, name))
-
-    # rstudio connections tab
-    on_connection_updated(conn, paste0("Removing table '", name, "'"))
-
     invisible(TRUE)
   }
 )
diff --git a/inst/icons/sqlite.png b/inst/icons/sqlite.png
deleted file mode 100644
index c113a9fff..000000000
Binary files a/inst/icons/sqlite.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/inst/rstudio/connections.dcf b/inst/rstudio/connections.dcf
deleted file mode 100644
index 0edc4ae7f..000000000
--- a/inst/rstudio/connections.dcf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Name: SQLite
-HelpUrl: https://rsqlite.r-dbi.org/
-Icon: icons/sqlite.png
diff --git a/inst/rstudio/connections/SQLite.R b/inst/rstudio/connections/SQLite.R
deleted file mode 100644
index b4c5df7b8..000000000
--- a/inst/rstudio/connections/SQLite.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-library(RSQLite)
-
-con <- DBI::dbConnect(SQLite(), dbname = "${1:File name}")
-
-## Adding a table to the empty database
-# DBI::dbWriteTable(con, "iris", iris)
-
-## Disconnecting...
-# DBI::dbDisconnect(con)