diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5741521ee..e8e64fd8d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Fix OpenAPI broken docs link by @taimoorzaeem in #4080
 - Fix OpenAPI specification incorrectly exposing GET methods for volatile functions by @joelonsql in #4174
 - Fix empty spread embeddings return unexpected SQL error by @taimoorzaeem in #3887
-- Fix `Accept: application/geo+json` generating an invalid query when PostGIS is not available by @steve-chavez in #4245
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/SchemaCache.hs b/src/PostgREST/SchemaCache.hs
index 37120663a..df21aede2 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/SchemaCache.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/SchemaCache.hs
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ querySchemaCache conf@AppConfig{..} = do
   reps    <- SQL.statement conf $ dataRepresentations prepared
   mHdlers <- SQL.statement conf $ mediaHandlers prepared
   tzones  <- SQL.statement mempty $ timezones prepared
-  hasPgis <- SQL.statement conf $ postgisFunc prepared
   _       <-
     let sleepCall = SQL.Statement "select pg_sleep($1 / 1000.0)" (param HE.int4) HD.noResult prepared in
     whenJust configInternalSCSleep (`SQL.statement` sleepCall) -- only used for testing
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ querySchemaCache conf@AppConfig{..} = do
     , dbRelationships = getOverrideRelationshipsMap rels cRels
     , dbRoutines = funcs
     , dbRepresentations = reps
-    , dbMediaHandlers = HM.union mHdlers $ initialMediaHandlers hasPgis -- the custom handlers will override the initial ones
+    , dbMediaHandlers = HM.union mHdlers initialMediaHandlers -- the custom handlers will override the initial ones
     , dbTimezones = tzones
     }
   where
@@ -1049,14 +1048,12 @@ allViewsKeyDependencies =
       having ncol = array_length(array_agg(row(col.attname, view_columns) order by pks_fks.ord), 1)
       |]
 
-initialMediaHandlers :: Bool -> MediaHandlerMap
-initialMediaHandlers hasPostgisFunc =
+initialMediaHandlers :: MediaHandlerMap
+initialMediaHandlers =
   HM.insert (RelAnyElement, MediaType.MTAny            ) (BuiltinOvAggJson,    MediaType.MTApplicationJSON) $
   HM.insert (RelAnyElement, MediaType.MTApplicationJSON) (BuiltinOvAggJson,    MediaType.MTApplicationJSON) $
   HM.insert (RelAnyElement, MediaType.MTTextCSV        ) (BuiltinOvAggCsv,     MediaType.MTTextCSV) $
-  (if hasPostgisFunc
-    then HM.insert (RelAnyElement, MediaType.MTGeoJSON        ) (BuiltinOvAggGeoJson, MediaType.MTGeoJSON)
-    else mempty)
+  HM.insert (RelAnyElement, MediaType.MTGeoJSON        ) (BuiltinOvAggGeoJson, MediaType.MTGeoJSON)
   HM.empty
 
 mediaHandlers :: Bool -> SQL.Statement AppConfig MediaHandlerMap
@@ -1142,35 +1139,6 @@ timezones = SQL.Statement sql HE.noParams decodeTimezones
     decodeTimezones :: HD.Result TimezoneNames
     decodeTimezones = S.fromList <$> HD.rowList (column HD.text)
 
-
--- Find the postgis function that has the signature:
--- st_asgeojson(record,...) returns text
-postgisFunc :: Bool -> SQL.Statement AppConfig Bool
-postgisFunc = SQL.Statement sql params decoder
-  where
-    params =
-      (map escapeIdent . toList . configDbSchemas >$< arrayParam HE.text) <>
-      (map escapeIdent . toList . configDbExtraSearchPath >$< arrayParam HE.text)
-    decoder = HD.singleRow (column HD.bool)
-    sql = encodeUtf8 [trimming|
-    SELECT
-      exists(
-        SELECT
-          1
-        FROM pg_catalog.pg_proc      AS p
-        JOIN pg_catalog.pg_depend    AS d
-          ON  d.objid   = p.oid
-          AND d.deptype = 'e'
-        JOIN pg_catalog.pg_extension AS e
-          ON e.oid   = d.refobjid
-        WHERE p.pronamespace   = ANY($$1::regnamespace[] || $$2::regnamespace[])
-          AND p.proname        = 'st_asgeojson'
-          AND e.extname        = 'postgis'
-          AND p.proargtypes[0] = 'record'::regtype
-          AND pg_get_function_result(p.oid) = 'text'
-      );
-    |]
-
 param :: HE.Value a -> HE.Params a
 param = HE.param . HE.nonNullable
 
diff --git a/test/io/__snapshots__/test_cli/test_schema_cache_snapshot[dbMediaHandlers].yaml b/test/io/__snapshots__/test_cli/test_schema_cache_snapshot[dbMediaHandlers].yaml
index 442adf959..7ad8a3f44 100644
--- a/test/io/__snapshots__/test_cli/test_schema_cache_snapshot[dbMediaHandlers].yaml
+++ b/test/io/__snapshots__/test_cli/test_schema_cache_snapshot[dbMediaHandlers].yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
   - - tag: BuiltinOvAggCsv
     - tag: MTTextCSV
 
+- - - tag: RelAnyElement
+    - tag: MTGeoJSON
+  - - tag: BuiltinOvAggGeoJson
+    - tag: MTGeoJSON
+
 - - - tag: RelAnyElement
     - tag: MTApplicationJSON
   - - tag: BuiltinOvAggJson
diff --git a/test/io/test_io.py b/test/io/test_io.py
index 4fb93f435..33c7d781e 100644
--- a/test/io/test_io.py
+++ b/test/io/test_io.py
@@ -1137,18 +1137,6 @@ def test_no_pool_connection_required_on_bad_embedding(defaultenv):
         assert response.status_code == 400
 
 
-def test_no_pool_connection_required_on_unavailable_postgis(defaultenv):
-    "no pool connection should be consumed when PostGIS is not available, the request should be quickly rejected at the plan level"
-
-    headers = {
-        "Accept": "application/geo+json",
-    }
-
-    with run(env=defaultenv, no_pool_connection_available=True) as postgrest:
-        response = postgrest.session.get("/projects", headers=headers)
-        assert response.status_code == 406
-
-
 # https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest/issues/2620
 def test_notify_reloading_catalog_cache(defaultenv):
     "notify should reload the connection catalog cache"