diff --git a/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/pool.rs b/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/pool.rs
index 55f91576e1c5..014e2ee3d089 100644
--- a/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/pool.rs
+++ b/datafusion/execution/src/memory_pool/pool.rs
@@ -58,11 +58,7 @@ impl MemoryPool for UnboundedMemoryPool {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct GreedyMemoryPool {
     pool_size: usize,
-    // Pool size limit for each consumer, if one of the consumer exceeds the limit, error is returned
-    pool_size_per_consumer: HashMap<String, usize>,
     used: AtomicUsize,
-    // Memory usage for each consumer, used to check aginst `pool_size_per_consumer`
-    used_per_consumer: RwLock<HashMap<String, AtomicUsize>>,
 }
 
 impl GreedyMemoryPool {
@@ -71,67 +67,21 @@ impl GreedyMemoryPool {
         debug!("Created new GreedyMemoryPool(pool_size={pool_size})");
         Self {
             pool_size,
-            pool_size_per_consumer: Default::default(),
             used: AtomicUsize::new(0),
-            used_per_consumer: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
         }
     }
-
-    pub fn with_pool_size_per_consumer(
-        mut self,
-        pool_size_per_consumer: HashMap<String, usize>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        self.pool_size_per_consumer = pool_size_per_consumer;
-        self
-    }
 }
 
 impl MemoryPool for GreedyMemoryPool {
-    fn grow(&self, reservation: &MemoryReservation, additional: usize) {
-        let consumer_name = reservation.consumer().name();
+    fn grow(&self, _reservation: &MemoryReservation, additional: usize) {
         self.used.fetch_add(additional, Ordering::Relaxed);
-
-        let mut used_per_consumer = self.used_per_consumer.write();
-        let consumer_usage = used_per_consumer
-            .entry(consumer_name.to_string())
-            .or_insert_with(|| AtomicUsize::new(0));
-        consumer_usage.fetch_add(additional, Ordering::Relaxed);
     }
 
-    fn shrink(&self, reservation: &MemoryReservation, shrink: usize) {
-        let consumer_name = reservation.consumer().name();
-
+    fn shrink(&self, _reservation: &MemoryReservation, shrink: usize) {
         self.used.fetch_sub(shrink, Ordering::Relaxed);
-
-        let mut used_per_consumer = self.used_per_consumer.write();
-        let consumer_usage = used_per_consumer
-            .entry(consumer_name.to_string())
-            .or_insert_with(|| AtomicUsize::new(0));
-        consumer_usage.fetch_sub(shrink, Ordering::Relaxed);
     }
 
     fn try_grow(&self, reservation: &MemoryReservation, additional: usize) -> Result<()> {
-        let consumer_name = reservation.consumer().name();
-
-        if let Some(pool_size) = self.pool_size_per_consumer.get(consumer_name) {
-            let mut used_per_consumer = self.used_per_consumer.write();
-            let consumer_usage = used_per_consumer
-                .entry(consumer_name.to_string())
-                .or_insert_with(|| AtomicUsize::new(0));
-            consumer_usage
-                .fetch_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |used| {
-                    let new_used = used + additional;
-                    (new_used <= *pool_size).then_some(new_used)
-                })
-                .map_err(|used| {
-                    insufficient_capacity_err(
-                        reservation,
-                        additional,
-                        pool_size.saturating_sub(used),
-                    )
-                })?;
-        }
-
         self.used
             .fetch_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |used| {
                 let new_used = used + additional;
diff --git a/datafusion/execution/src/runtime_env.rs b/datafusion/execution/src/runtime_env.rs
index d7eddaf60ab1..3c7ea5a67a3a 100644
--- a/datafusion/execution/src/runtime_env.rs
+++ b/datafusion/execution/src/runtime_env.rs
@@ -233,23 +233,6 @@ impl RuntimeEnvBuilder {
         )))
     }
 
-    /// Set memory limit per consumer, if not set, by default is the same as the total pool size
-    /// For example, if pool size is 4000, repartition is 3000. Total pool size: 4000,
-    /// RepartitionExec pool size: 3000, SortPreservingMergeExec pool size: 4000
-    pub fn with_memory_limit_per_consumer(
-        self,
-        max_memory: usize,
-        memory_fraction: f64,
-        pool_size_per_consumer: HashMap<String, usize>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let pool_size = (max_memory as f64 * memory_fraction) as usize;
-        self.with_memory_pool(Arc::new(TrackConsumersPool::new(
-            GreedyMemoryPool::new(pool_size)
-                .with_pool_size_per_consumer(pool_size_per_consumer),
-            NonZeroUsize::new(5).unwrap(),
-        )))
-    }
-
     /// Use the specified path to create any needed temporary files
     pub fn with_temp_file_path(self, path: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Self {
         self.with_disk_manager(DiskManagerConfig::new_specified(vec![path.into()]))
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/sorts/sort_preserving_merge.rs b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/sorts/sort_preserving_merge.rs
index 8f3e91e7046b..22a28669bf02 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/sorts/sort_preserving_merge.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/sorts/sort_preserving_merge.rs
@@ -355,18 +355,11 @@ mod tests {
     use datafusion_physical_expr_common::physical_expr::PhysicalExpr;
 
     use futures::{FutureExt, Stream, StreamExt};
-    use hashbrown::HashMap;
     use tokio::time::timeout;
 
     fn generate_task_ctx_for_round_robin_tie_breaker() -> Result<Arc<TaskContext>> {
-        let mut pool_per_consumer = HashMap::new();
-        // Bytes from 660_000 to 30_000_000 (or even more) are all valid limits
-        pool_per_consumer.insert("RepartitionExec[0]".to_string(), 10_000_000);
-        pool_per_consumer.insert("RepartitionExec[1]".to_string(), 10_000_000);
-
         let runtime = RuntimeEnvBuilder::new()
-            // Random large number for total mem limit, we only care about RepartitionExec only
-            .with_memory_limit_per_consumer(2_000_000_000, 1.0, pool_per_consumer)
+            .with_memory_limit(20_000_000, 1.0)
             .build_arc()?;
         let config = SessionConfig::new();
         let task_ctx = TaskContext::default()