diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/browse/components/TableBrowser/TableBrowser.jsx b/frontend/src/metabase/browse/components/TableBrowser/TableBrowser.jsx
index a667da9a9cb0e17992d9e8344724f453b43880bb..752b203b7c0d7ecc0032275dfa1810c3c255c97c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/browse/components/TableBrowser/TableBrowser.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/browse/components/TableBrowser/TableBrowser.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import Database from "metabase/entities/databases";
 import EntityItem from "metabase/components/EntityItem";
 import Icon from "metabase/components/Icon";
 import { Grid, GridItem } from "metabase/components/Grid";
-import TableInfoPopover from "metabase/components/MetadataInfo/TableInfoPopover";
 
 import { ANALYTICS_CONTEXT, ITEM_WIDTHS } from "../../constants";
 import BrowseHeader from "../BrowseHeader";
@@ -46,22 +45,18 @@ const TableBrowser = ({
       <Grid>
         {tables.map(table => (
           <GridItem key={table.id} width={ITEM_WIDTHS}>
-            <TableInfoPopover table={table} placement="bottom-start">
-              <TableCard hoverable={isSyncCompleted(table)}>
-                <TableLink
-                  to={
-                    isSyncCompleted(table) ? getTableUrl(table, metadata) : ""
-                  }
-                  data-metabase-event={`${ANALYTICS_CONTEXT};Table Click`}
-                >
-                  <TableBrowserItem
-                    table={table}
-                    dbId={dbId}
-                    xraysEnabled={xraysEnabled}
-                  />
-                </TableLink>
-              </TableCard>
-            </TableInfoPopover>
+            <TableCard hoverable={isSyncCompleted(table)}>
+              <TableLink
+                to={isSyncCompleted(table) ? getTableUrl(table, metadata) : ""}
+                data-metabase-event={`${ANALYTICS_CONTEXT};Table Click`}
+              >
+                <TableBrowserItem
+                  table={table}
+                  dbId={dbId}
+                  xraysEnabled={xraysEnabled}
+                />
+              </TableLink>
+            </TableCard>
           </GridItem>
         ))}
       </Grid>
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/DataSelector.jsx b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/DataSelector.jsx
index e2b0498047751408b8316c3fc2cc30217a657106..cf072d6b1b2854065d1de26373fa78d31faaabea 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/DataSelector.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/DataSelector.jsx
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ import ListSearchField from "metabase/components/ListSearchField";
 import ExternalLink from "metabase/core/components/ExternalLink";
 import Icon from "metabase/components/Icon";
 import PopoverWithTrigger from "metabase/components/PopoverWithTrigger";
-import DimensionInfoPopover from "metabase/components/MetadataInfo/DimensionInfoPopover";
 import AccordionList from "metabase/components/AccordionList";
 import LoadingAndErrorWrapper from "metabase/components/LoadingAndErrorWrapper";
-import TableInfoPopover from "metabase/components/MetadataInfo/TableInfoPopover";
 
 import MetabaseSettings from "metabase/lib/settings";
 import { getSchemaName } from "metabase/lib/schema";
@@ -1464,17 +1462,6 @@ const TablePicker = ({
             item.table ? <Icon name="table2" size={18} /> : null
           }
           showItemArrows={hasNextStep}
-          renderItemWrapper={(itemContent, item) => {
-            if (item.table?.id != null) {
-              return (
-                <TableInfoPopover table={item.table}>
-                  {itemContent}
-                </TableInfoPopover>
-              );
-            }
-
-            return itemContent;
-          }}
         />
         {isSavedQuestionList && (
           <div className="bg-light p2 text-centered border-top">
@@ -1511,15 +1498,6 @@ const TablePicker = ({
 };
 
 class FieldPicker extends Component {
-  renderItemWrapper = (itemContent, item) => {
-    const dimension = item.field?.dimension?.();
-    return (
-      <DimensionInfoPopover dimension={dimension}>
-        {itemContent}
-      </DimensionInfoPopover>
-    );
-  };
-
   render() {
     const {
       isLoading,
@@ -1581,7 +1559,6 @@ class FieldPicker extends Component {
               <Icon name={item.field.dimension().icon()} size={18} />
             ) : null
           }
-          renderItemWrapper={this.renderItemWrapper}
         />
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/DimensionList.jsx b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/DimensionList.jsx
index ddd7c26da6bda2473285bf263f2d387e1a47a711..eeabbc474b04cf0f3c28fa7612a15023956e3ab2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/DimensionList.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/DimensionList.jsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import AccordionList from "metabase/components/AccordionList";
 import Icon from "metabase/components/Icon";
 import PopoverWithTrigger from "metabase/components/PopoverWithTrigger";
 import Tooltip from "metabase/components/Tooltip";
-import DimensionInfoPopover from "metabase/components/MetadataInfo/DimensionInfoPopover";
 
 import { FieldDimension } from "metabase-lib/lib/Dimension";
 import { DimensionPicker } from "./DimensionPicker";
@@ -173,21 +172,6 @@ export default class DimensionList extends Component {
     );
   }
 
-  renderItemWrapper = (itemContent, item) => {
-    if (item.dimension) {
-      const dimension = this._getDimensionFromItem(item);
-      if (dimension) {
-        return (
-          <DimensionInfoPopover dimension={dimension}>
-            {itemContent}
-          </DimensionInfoPopover>
-        );
-      }
-    }
-
-    return itemContent;
-  };
-
   _getDimensionFromItem(item) {
     const {
       enableSubDimensions,
@@ -251,7 +235,6 @@ export default class DimensionList extends Component {
         onChange={this.handleChange}
         itemIsSelected={this.itemIsSelected}
         renderItemExtra={this.renderItemExtra}
-        renderItemWrapper={this.renderItemWrapper}
         getItemClassName={() => "hover-parent hover--display"}
       />
     );
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/data-search/SearchResultWithInfoPopover.jsx b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/data-search/SearchResultWithInfoPopover.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index e80a45ff2f8ef846c35c3eb6092c52a47ae3451f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/data-search/SearchResultWithInfoPopover.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import React from "react";
-import PropTypes from "prop-types";
-
-import SearchResult from "metabase/search/components/SearchResult";
-import TableInfoPopover from "metabase/components/MetadataInfo/TableInfoPopover";
-
-SearchResultWithInfoPopover.propTypes = {
-  item: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-  onSelect: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-};
-
-const OFFSET = [0, 3];
-
-export function SearchResultWithInfoPopover({ item, onSelect }) {
-  switch (item.model) {
-    case "table":
-      return (
-        <TableInfoPopover
-          placement="right-start"
-          offset={OFFSET}
-          table={{
-            id: item.table_id,
-            description: item.table_description,
-          }}
-        >
-          <li>
-            <SearchResult result={item} onClick={onSelect} compact />
-          </li>
-        </TableInfoPopover>
-      );
-    default:
-      return (
-        <li>
-          <SearchResult result={item} onClick={onSelect} compact />
-        </li>
-      );
-  }
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/data-search/SearchResults.jsx b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/data-search/SearchResults.jsx
index f3b23c688e3d7ca11ec5c93dab5a47d2022b22d4..f4b18854c8eebf84bdafcb8368c1d8dc48aa6220 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/data-search/SearchResults.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/data-search/SearchResults.jsx
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import PropTypes from "prop-types";
 import { t } from "ttag";
 
 import Icon from "metabase/components/Icon";
+import SearchResult from "metabase/search/components/SearchResult";
 import { DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT } from "metabase/lib/constants";
 import Search from "metabase/entities/search";
 
-import { SearchResultWithInfoPopover } from "./SearchResultWithInfoPopover";
-
 const propTypes = {
   databaseId: PropTypes.string,
   searchQuery: PropTypes.string.required,
@@ -52,11 +51,9 @@ export function SearchResults({
           return (
             <ul>
               {list.map(item => (
-                <SearchResultWithInfoPopover
-                  key={`${item.id}_${item.model}`}
-                  item={item}
-                  onSelect={onSelect}
-                />
+                <li key={`${item.id}_${item.model}`}>
+                  <SearchResult result={item} onClick={onSelect} compact />
+                </li>
               ))}
             </ul>
           );
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/expressions/ExpressionEditorSuggestions.jsx b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/expressions/ExpressionEditorSuggestions.jsx
index 54c189f310fb2ec4a25386bb683a6e2575c7e7d0..ca107e6a3ac55b355a63a7ae69a09ac2f6d4d842 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/expressions/ExpressionEditorSuggestions.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/expressions/ExpressionEditorSuggestions.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { color } from "metabase/lib/colors";
 
 import Icon from "metabase/components/Icon";
 import Popover from "metabase/components/Popover";
-import DimensionInfoPopover from "metabase/components/MetadataInfo/DimensionInfoPopover";
 
 import { ListItemStyled, UlStyled } from "./ExpressionEditorSuggestions.styled";
 
@@ -119,13 +118,7 @@ export default class ExpressionEditorSuggestions extends React.Component {
               </ListItemStyled>
             );
 
-            return suggestion.dimension ? (
-              <DimensionInfoPopover key={key} dimension={suggestion.dimension}>
-                {listItem}
-              </DimensionInfoPopover>
-            ) : (
-              <React.Fragment key={key}>{listItem}</React.Fragment>
-            );
+            return <React.Fragment key={key}>{listItem}</React.Fragment>;
           })}
         </UlStyled>
       </Popover>
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/notebook/steps/FieldsPicker.jsx b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/notebook/steps/FieldsPicker.jsx
index 77e70cff7fc722f671717a77d827beae4690a515..9732393d31f932d3ad1b2c67b521e092290d3f8e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/notebook/steps/FieldsPicker.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/notebook/steps/FieldsPicker.jsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import React from "react";
 import { t } from "ttag";
 
 import PopoverWithTrigger from "metabase/components/PopoverWithTrigger";
-import DimensionInfoPopover from "metabase/components/MetadataInfo/DimensionInfoPopover";
 import CheckBox from "metabase/core/components/CheckBox";
 import StackedCheckBox from "metabase/components/StackedCheckBox";
 
@@ -49,19 +48,17 @@ export default function FieldsPicker({
           </li>
         )}
         {dimensions.map(dimension => (
-          <DimensionInfoPopover dimension={dimension} key={dimension.key()}>
-            <li className="px1 pb1 flex align-center">
-              <CheckBox
-                disabled={disableSelected && selected.has(dimension.key())}
-                checked={selected.has(dimension.key())}
-                label={dimension.displayName()}
-                onChange={() => {
-                  onToggleDimension(dimension, !selected.has(dimension.key()));
-                }}
-                className="mr1"
-              />
-            </li>
-          </DimensionInfoPopover>
+          <li key={dimension.key()} className="px1 pb1 flex align-center">
+            <CheckBox
+              disabled={disableSelected && selected.has(dimension.key())}
+              checked={selected.has(dimension.key())}
+              label={dimension.displayName()}
+              onChange={() => {
+                onToggleDimension(dimension, !selected.has(dimension.key()));
+              }}
+              className="mr1"
+            />
+          </li>
         ))}
       </ul>
     </PopoverWithTrigger>
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/view/sidebars/SummarizeSidebar/DimensionList/DimensionListItem/DimensionListItem.jsx b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/view/sidebars/SummarizeSidebar/DimensionList/DimensionListItem/DimensionListItem.jsx
index e514d23dea738916ee73a51b086777c102192503..c119d25cb497a61c867e869f0bb53c3be9d3e5e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/view/sidebars/SummarizeSidebar/DimensionList/DimensionListItem/DimensionListItem.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/query_builder/components/view/sidebars/SummarizeSidebar/DimensionList/DimensionListItem/DimensionListItem.jsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { t } from "ttag";
 
 import Tooltip from "metabase/components/Tooltip";
 import PopoverWithTrigger from "metabase/components/PopoverWithTrigger";
-import DimensionInfoPopover from "metabase/components/MetadataInfo/DimensionInfoPopover";
 import { DimensionPicker } from "metabase/query_builder/components/DimensionPicker";
 import Icon from "metabase/components/Icon";
 
@@ -70,65 +69,63 @@ export const DimensionListItem = ({
   const handleChange = () => onChangeDimension(dimension);
 
   return (
-    <DimensionInfoPopover dimension={dimension}>
-      <DimensionListItemRoot
-        data-testid="dimension-list-item"
-        isSelected={isSelected}
-        aria-selected={isSelected}
-      >
-        <DimensionListItemContent>
-          <DimensionListItemTitleContainer onClick={handleChange}>
-            <DimensionListItemIcon name={iconName} size={18} />
-            <DimensionListItemTitle data-testid="dimension-list-item-name">
-              {name}
-            </DimensionListItemTitle>
-          </DimensionListItemTitleContainer>
-
-          {tag && <DimensionListItemTag>{tag}</DimensionListItemTag>}
-
-          {hasSubDimensions && selectedSubDimensionName && (
-            <PopoverWithTrigger
-              triggerClasses="align-self-stretch"
-              triggerElement={
-                <SubDimensionButton data-testid="dimension-list-item-binning">
-                  {selectedSubDimensionName}
-                </SubDimensionButton>
-              }
-              sizeToFit
-            >
-              {({ onClose }) => (
-                <DimensionPicker
-                  className="scroll-y text-green"
-                  dimension={selectedSubDimension}
-                  dimensions={subDimensions}
-                  onChangeDimension={dimension => {
-                    onSubDimensionChange(dimension);
-                    onClose();
-                  }}
-                />
-              )}
-            </PopoverWithTrigger>
-          )}
-
-          {isSelected && (
-            <DimensionListItemRemoveButton aria-label="Remove dimension">
-              <Icon name="close" onClick={handleRemove} />
-            </DimensionListItemRemoveButton>
-          )}
-        </DimensionListItemContent>
-
-        {!isSelected && (
-          <Tooltip tooltip={t`Add grouping`}>
-            <DimensionListItemAddButton
-              onClick={handleAdd}
-              aria-label="Add dimension"
-            >
-              <Icon name="add" size={12} />
-            </DimensionListItemAddButton>
-          </Tooltip>
+    <DimensionListItemRoot
+      data-testid="dimension-list-item"
+      isSelected={isSelected}
+      aria-selected={isSelected}
+    >
+      <DimensionListItemContent>
+        <DimensionListItemTitleContainer onClick={handleChange}>
+          <DimensionListItemIcon name={iconName} size={18} />
+          <DimensionListItemTitle data-testid="dimension-list-item-name">
+            {name}
+          </DimensionListItemTitle>
+        </DimensionListItemTitleContainer>
+
+        {tag && <DimensionListItemTag>{tag}</DimensionListItemTag>}
+
+        {hasSubDimensions && selectedSubDimensionName && (
+          <PopoverWithTrigger
+            triggerClasses="align-self-stretch"
+            triggerElement={
+              <SubDimensionButton data-testid="dimension-list-item-binning">
+                {selectedSubDimensionName}
+              </SubDimensionButton>
+            }
+            sizeToFit
+          >
+            {({ onClose }) => (
+              <DimensionPicker
+                className="scroll-y text-green"
+                dimension={selectedSubDimension}
+                dimensions={subDimensions}
+                onChangeDimension={dimension => {
+                  onSubDimensionChange(dimension);
+                  onClose();
+                }}
+              />
+            )}
+          </PopoverWithTrigger>
         )}
-      </DimensionListItemRoot>
-    </DimensionInfoPopover>
+
+        {isSelected && (
+          <DimensionListItemRemoveButton aria-label="Remove dimension">
+            <Icon name="close" onClick={handleRemove} />
+          </DimensionListItemRemoveButton>
+        )}
+      </DimensionListItemContent>
+
+      {!isSelected && (
+        <Tooltip tooltip={t`Add grouping`}>
+          <DimensionListItemAddButton
+            onClick={handleAdd}
+            aria-label="Add dimension"
+          >
+            <Icon name="add" size={12} />
+          </DimensionListItemAddButton>
+        </Tooltip>
+      )}
+    </DimensionListItemRoot>
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend/test/metabase/scenarios/onboarding/reference/databases.cy.spec.js b/frontend/test/metabase/scenarios/onboarding/reference/databases.cy.spec.js
index e6255d21f400515c791c9dfa6e3f11c79345ec8b..560d9bb0b474e06527038ddedb68103a7733791e 100644
--- a/frontend/test/metabase/scenarios/onboarding/reference/databases.cy.spec.js
+++ b/frontend/test/metabase/scenarios/onboarding/reference/databases.cy.spec.js
@@ -77,27 +77,6 @@ describe("scenarios > reference > databases", () => {
       checkQuestionSourceDatabasesOrder("Native query");
     });
   });
-
-  it("should show a popover with metadata related to the table", () => {
-    cy.visit("/browse/1");
-    cy.findByText("Products").trigger("mouseenter");
-
-    popover().within(() => {
-      // check for the table's description
-      cy.contains(
-        "Includes a catalog of all the products ever sold by the famed Sample Company.",
-      );
-
-      // check for table column metadata
-      cy.findByText("8 columns");
-
-      // check that fk links are shown
-      cy.findByText("Orders");
-      cy.findByText("Reviews").click();
-      // check that the links are clickable
-      cy.location("pathname").should("eq", "/question");
-    });
-  });
 });
 
 function checkReferenceDatabasesOrder() {