diff --git a/arkindex/documents/api/elements.py b/arkindex/documents/api/elements.py
index 4c371922c2e43cccf83554c9e37f3f2105f7ef70..2b49261767b8938a8951dff76aff687e8e2ffbf3 100644
--- a/arkindex/documents/api/elements.py
+++ b/arkindex/documents/api/elements.py
@@ -1043,15 +1043,6 @@ class RemoveSelectionAutoSchema(AutoSchema):
     get=extend_schema(
         operation_id='ListSelection',
         description='List all selected elements',
-        parameters=[
-            OpenApiParameter(
-                'with_best_classes',
-                description='Returns best classifications for each element. '
-                            'If not set, elements best_classes field will always be null',
-                type=bool,
-                required=False,
-            ),
-        ],
     )
 )
 class ManageSelection(SelectionMixin, ListAPIView):
@@ -1068,13 +1059,7 @@ class ManageSelection(SelectionMixin, ListAPIView):
             raise ValidationError(['Selection is not available on this instance.'])
 
     def get_queryset(self):
-        filtered_queryset = self.get_selection().select_related('type', 'corpus', 'image__server').order_by('corpus', 'type__slug', 'name', 'id')
-
-        with_best_classes = self.request.query_params.get('with_best_classes')
-        if with_best_classes and with_best_classes.lower() not in ('false', '0'):
-            return filtered_queryset.prefetch_related(best_classifications_prefetch)
-
-        return filtered_queryset
+        return self.get_selection().select_related('type', 'corpus', 'image__server').order_by('corpus', 'type__slug', 'name', 'id')
 
     # TODO: Use many=True on the response without causing Spectacular to see a paginated list
     @extend_schema(
diff --git a/arkindex/documents/tests/test_selection_api.py b/arkindex/documents/tests/test_selection_api.py
index f1d2d9221bc1dfa87a794e45cff446f65d5bac9b..830c4dc7ac47ec0c094f02dd68da81aca6b6944b 100644
--- a/arkindex/documents/tests/test_selection_api.py
+++ b/arkindex/documents/tests/test_selection_api.py
@@ -133,17 +133,6 @@ class TestElementsAPI(FixtureAPITestCase):
             [str(self.page.id), str(self.vol.id)]
         )
 
-        response = self.client.get(reverse('api:elements-selection') + '?with_best_classes=true')
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        results = response.json()['results']
-        self.assertEqual(len(results), 2)
-        self.assertCountEqual(
-            [result['id'] for result in results],
-            [str(self.page.id), str(self.vol.id)]
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(results[0]['best_classes'], [])
-        self.assertEqual(results[1]['best_classes'], [])
-
     def test_delete_requires_login(self):
         self.client.post(
             reverse('api:elements-selection'),
@@ -284,16 +273,3 @@ class TestElementsAPI(FixtureAPITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(results), 2)
         self.assertEqual(results[0]['id'], str(self.page.id))
         self.assertEqual(results[1]['id'], str(self.vol.id))
-
-    def test_list_selection_with_best_classes(self):
-        self.user.selected_elements.add(self.page, self.vol)
-        self.client.force_login(self.user)
-        with self.assertNumQueries(5):
-            response = self.client.get(reverse('api:elements-selection') + '?with_best_classes=true')
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        results = response.json()['results']
-        self.assertEqual(len(results), 2)
-        self.assertEqual(results[0]['id'], str(self.page.id))
-        self.assertEqual(results[0]['best_classes'], [])
-        self.assertEqual(results[1]['id'], str(self.vol.id))
-        self.assertEqual(results[1]['best_classes'], [])