diff --git a/src/cmd_all/src/common.rs b/src/cmd_all/src/common.rs
index c7df4e5821360..c0e5c10dde5a7 100644
--- a/src/cmd_all/src/common.rs
+++ b/src/cmd_all/src/common.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ pub enum RisingWaveService {
     Frontend(Vec<OsString>),
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     Compactor(Vec<OsString>),
-    ConnectorNode(Vec<OsString>),
 }
 
 impl RisingWaveService {
@@ -34,10 +33,7 @@ impl RisingWaveService {
             RisingWaveService::Compute(args0)
             | RisingWaveService::Meta(args0)
             | RisingWaveService::Frontend(args0)
-            | RisingWaveService::Compactor(args0)
-            | RisingWaveService::ConnectorNode(args0) => {
-                args0.extend(args.iter().map(|s| s.into()))
-            }
+            | RisingWaveService::Compactor(args0) => args0.extend(args.iter().map(|s| s.into())),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd_all/src/playground.rs b/src/cmd_all/src/playground.rs
index 76ca89be17c76..bb3f3d8726680 100644
--- a/src/cmd_all/src/playground.rs
+++ b/src/cmd_all/src/playground.rs
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Parser;
 use tempfile::TempPath;
-use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader};
-use tokio::process::Command;
 use tokio::signal;
 
 use crate::common::{osstrs as common_osstrs, RisingWaveService};
@@ -62,7 +60,6 @@ fn get_services(profile: &str) -> (Vec<RisingWaveService>, bool) {
             ])),
             RisingWaveService::Compute(osstrs([])),
             RisingWaveService::Frontend(osstrs([])),
-            RisingWaveService::ConnectorNode(osstrs([])),
         ],
         "playground-3cn" => vec![
             RisingWaveService::Meta(osstrs([
@@ -120,7 +117,6 @@ fn get_services(profile: &str) -> (Vec<RisingWaveService>, bool) {
                 "--advertise-addr",
                 "127.0.0.1:4566",
             ])),
-            RisingWaveService::ConnectorNode(osstrs([])),
         ],
         _ => {
             tracing::warn!("Unknown playground profile. All components will be started using the default command line options.");
@@ -196,44 +192,6 @@ pub async fn playground(opts: PlaygroundOpts) -> Result<()> {
                 let _compactor_handle =
                     tokio::spawn(async move { risingwave_compactor::start(opts).await });
             }
-            // connector node only supports in docker-playground profile
-            RisingWaveService::ConnectorNode(_) => {
-                let prefix_bin = match profile.as_str() {
-                    "docker-playground" | "online-docker-playground" => {
-                        "/risingwave/bin".to_string()
-                    }
-                    "playground" => std::env::var("PREFIX_BIN").unwrap_or_default(),
-                    _ => "".to_string(),
-                };
-                let cmd_path = Path::new(&prefix_bin)
-                    .join("connector-node")
-                    .join("start-service.sh");
-                if cmd_path.exists() {
-                    tracing::info!("start connector-node with prefix_bin {}", prefix_bin);
-                    let mut child = Command::new(cmd_path)
-                        .arg("-p")
-                        .arg("50051")
-                        .stderr(std::process::Stdio::piped())
-                        .spawn()?;
-                    let stderr = child.stderr.take().unwrap();
-
-                    let _child_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
-                        signal::ctrl_c().await.unwrap();
-                        let _ = child.start_kill();
-                    });
-                    let _stderr_handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
-                        let mut reader = BufReader::new(stderr).lines();
-                        while let Ok(Some(line)) = reader.next_line().await {
-                            tracing::info!(target: "risingwave_connector_node", "{}", line);
-                        }
-                    });
-                } else {
-                    tracing::warn!(
-                        "Will not start connector node since `{}` does not exist.",
-                        cmd_path.display()
-                    );
-                }
-            }
         }
     }