diff --git a/src/v/datalake/BUILD b/src/v/datalake/BUILD
index 5e717d0b657f..fed4bd5f4b5c 100644
--- a/src/v/datalake/BUILD
+++ b/src/v/datalake/BUILD
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ redpanda_cc_library(
     ],
     hdrs = [
         "data_writer_interface.h",
-        "schemaless_translator.h",
     ],
     implementation_deps = [
         "@fmt",
@@ -157,12 +156,9 @@ redpanda_cc_library(
     visibility = [":__subpackages__"],
     deps = [
         ":base_types",
-        ":table_definition",
         "//src/v/base",
-        "//src/v/datalake/coordinator:data_file",
         "//src/v/iceberg:datatypes",
         "//src/v/iceberg:values",
-        "//src/v/serde",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/src/v/datalake/CMakeLists.txt b/src/v/datalake/CMakeLists.txt
index ea5b89be7180..c59c9e0043e3 100644
--- a/src/v/datalake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/v/datalake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ v_cc_library(
     record_schema_resolver.cc
     record_translator.cc
     schema_registry.cc
-    schemaless_translator.cc
     schema_avro.cc
     schema_protobuf.cc
     partitioning_writer.cc
diff --git a/src/v/datalake/schemaless_translator.cc b/src/v/datalake/schemaless_translator.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 6facaf42ad1f..000000000000
--- a/src/v/datalake/schemaless_translator.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2024 Redpanda Data, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed as a Redpanda Enterprise file under the Redpanda Community
- * License (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/blob/master/licenses/rcl.md
- */
-
-#include "datalake/schemaless_translator.h"
-
-#include "datalake/table_definition.h"
-#include "iceberg/values.h"
-
-namespace datalake {
-
-iceberg::struct_value schemaless_translator::translate_event(
-  iobuf key, iobuf value, int64_t timestamp, int64_t offset) const {
-    using namespace iceberg;
-    struct_value res;
-    res.fields.emplace_back(long_value(offset));
-    res.fields.emplace_back(timestamp_value(timestamp));
-    res.fields.emplace_back(binary_value(std::move(key)));
-    res.fields.emplace_back(binary_value(std::move(value)));
-    return res;
-}
-
-iceberg::struct_type schemaless_translator::get_schema() const {
-    return schemaless_struct_type();
-}
-
-} // namespace datalake
diff --git a/src/v/datalake/schemaless_translator.h b/src/v/datalake/schemaless_translator.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b2c80d734810..000000000000
--- a/src/v/datalake/schemaless_translator.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2024 Redpanda Data, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed as a Redpanda Enterprise file under the Redpanda Community
- * License (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/blob/master/licenses/rcl.md
- */
-#pragma once
-
-#include "bytes/iobuf.h"
-#include "iceberg/datatypes.h"
-#include "iceberg/values.h"
-
-#include <cstdint>
-#include <utility>
-
-namespace datalake {
-class schemaless_translator {
-public:
-    iceberg::struct_value translate_event(
-      iobuf key, iobuf value, int64_t timestamp, int64_t offset) const;
-
-    iceberg::struct_type get_schema() const;
-};
-} // namespace datalake