diff --git a/src/Forms/GridField/GridFieldExportButton.php b/src/Forms/GridField/GridFieldExportButton.php
index 9e56b76aa..9fc3ad3f3 100644
--- a/src/Forms/GridField/GridFieldExportButton.php
+++ b/src/Forms/GridField/GridFieldExportButton.php
@@ -223,10 +223,6 @@ class GridFieldExportButton extends AbstractGridFieldComponent implements GridFi
 
         // Remove limit as the list may be paginated, we want the full list for the export
         $items = $items->limit(null);
-        // Use Generator in applicable cases to reduce memory consumption
-        $items = $items instanceof DataList
-            ? $items->getGenerator()
-            : $items;
 
         /** @var DataObject $item */
         foreach ($items as $item) {
diff --git a/src/ORM/DataList.php b/src/ORM/DataList.php
index e68c42dea..e9f65b04d 100644
--- a/src/ORM/DataList.php
+++ b/src/ORM/DataList.php
@@ -790,20 +790,6 @@ class DataList extends ViewableData implements SS_List, Filterable, Sortable, Li
         return $this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns a generator for this DataList
-     *
-     * @return \Generator&DataObject[]
-     */
-    public function getGenerator()
-    {
-        $query = $this->dataQuery->query()->execute();
-
-        while ($row = $query->record()) {
-            yield $this->createDataObject($row);
-        }
-    }
-
     public function debug()
     {
         $val = "<h2>" . static::class . "</h2><ul>";
@@ -1214,7 +1200,7 @@ class DataList extends ViewableData implements SS_List, Filterable, Sortable, Li
      */
     public function removeAll()
     {
-        foreach ($this->getGenerator() as $item) {
+        foreach ($this as $item) {
             $this->remove($item);
         }
         return $this;