diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/admin/databases/components/DatabaseList/DatabaseList.jsx b/frontend/src/metabase/admin/databases/components/DatabaseList/DatabaseList.jsx
index c7cb2e6f6265fae8b1fc08c1819c3b99c2f790c5..a028ab9955bd5f342409e7ab86fc007bd7402ee1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/admin/databases/components/DatabaseList/DatabaseList.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/admin/databases/components/DatabaseList/DatabaseList.jsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import FormMessage from "metabase/components/form/FormMessage";
 import AdminS from "metabase/css/admin.module.css";
 import ButtonsS from "metabase/css/components/buttons.module.css";
 import CS from "metabase/css/core/index.css";
-import DatabaseSyncModal from "metabase/databases/containers/DatabaseSyncModal";
+import { DatabaseSyncModal } from "metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal";
 import { isSyncCompleted } from "metabase/lib/syncing";
 import { PLUGIN_FEATURE_LEVEL_PERMISSIONS } from "metabase/plugins";
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/api/api.ts b/frontend/src/metabase/api/api.ts
index f16782be4f309c456181c07f711810d4f53fab62..a888f8004e358216c7e146e258d2253070ba735f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/api/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/api/api.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { createApi } from "@reduxjs/toolkit/query/react";
+import { createApi, skipToken } from "@reduxjs/toolkit/query/react";
+export { skipToken };
 
 import { apiQuery } from "./query";
 import { TAG_TYPES } from "./tags";
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/api/database-candidates.ts b/frontend/src/metabase/api/database-candidates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c7d93392b39306e143dbf7d1e2900ace75221533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/api/database-candidates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Api } from "metabase/api";
+import type { DatabaseCandidate, DatabaseId } from "metabase-types/api";
+
+// a "database candidate" is a set of sample x-rays we suggest for new users
+export const databaseCandidatesApi = Api.injectEndpoints({
+  endpoints: builder => ({
+    listDatabaseCandidates: builder.query<DatabaseCandidate[], DatabaseId>({
+      query: id => `/api/automagic-dashboards/database/${id}/candidates`,
+    }),
+  }),
+});
+
+export const { useListDatabaseCandidatesQuery } = databaseCandidatesApi;
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/api/index.ts b/frontend/src/metabase/api/index.ts
index 868d5d6335b5784f06b5721a0fdc9f5315fa5ec8..50e0ae088f9992884155ed3d370259e70bd33f89 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/api/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/api/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export * from "./api";
 export * from "./api-key";
 export * from "./card";
 export * from "./database";
+export * from "./database-candidates";
 export * from "./dataset";
 export * from "./field";
 export * from "./login-history";
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/index.ts b/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/index.ts
index 2e1837c7037dbc536150d77f487c62ce724b8179..cf956d375d2cd6a10b3ef94e8ef21bd078f94afc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export * from "./use-bookmark-list-query";
 export * from "./use-collection-list-query";
 export * from "./use-collection-query";
 export * from "./use-dashboard-query";
-export * from "./use-database-candidate-list-query";
 export * from "./use-database-list-query";
 export * from "./use-database-query";
 export * from "./use-group-list-query";
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/use-database-candidate-list-query/index.ts b/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/use-database-candidate-list-query/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 70cff8c35b062af9b8cc92513d54e08d4d3d879a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/use-database-candidate-list-query/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export * from "./use-database-candidate-list-query";
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/use-database-candidate-list-query/use-database-candidate-list-query.ts b/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/use-database-candidate-list-query/use-database-candidate-list-query.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 15b4157797e58e8c19aa01e90543b5ec6dc9450d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/use-database-candidate-list-query/use-database-candidate-list-query.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import DatabaseCandidates from "metabase/entities/database-candidates";
-import type {
-  DatabaseCandidateListQuery,
-  DatabaseCandidate,
-} from "metabase-types/api";
-
-import type {
-  UseEntityListQueryProps,
-  UseEntityListQueryResult,
-} from "../use-entity-list-query";
-import { useEntityListQuery } from "../use-entity-list-query";
-
-/**
- * @deprecated use "metabase/api" instead
- */
-export const useDatabaseCandidateListQuery = (
-  props: UseEntityListQueryProps<DatabaseCandidateListQuery> = {},
-): UseEntityListQueryResult<DatabaseCandidate> => {
-  return useEntityListQuery(props, {
-    fetchList: DatabaseCandidates.actions.fetchList,
-    getList: DatabaseCandidates.selectors.getList,
-    getLoading: DatabaseCandidates.selectors.getLoading,
-    getLoaded: DatabaseCandidates.selectors.getLoaded,
-    getError: DatabaseCandidates.selectors.getError,
-    getListMetadata: DatabaseCandidates.selectors.getListMetadata,
-  });
-};
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/use-database-candidate-list-query/use-database-candidate-list-query.unit.spec.tsx b/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/use-database-candidate-list-query/use-database-candidate-list-query.unit.spec.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c04233dcdedd28387fe2fc910c32b8ad47cdd6b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/common/hooks/entity-framework/use-database-candidate-list-query/use-database-candidate-list-query.unit.spec.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-import { setupDatabaseCandidatesEndpoint } from "__support__/server-mocks";
-import {
-  renderWithProviders,
-  screen,
-  waitForLoaderToBeRemoved,
-} from "__support__/ui";
-import LoadingAndErrorWrapper from "metabase/components/LoadingAndErrorWrapper";
-import { createMockDatabaseCandidate } from "metabase-types/api/mocks";
-
-import { useDatabaseCandidateListQuery } from "./use-database-candidate-list-query";
-
-const TEST_DB_ID = 1;
-const TEST_DB_CANDIDATE = createMockDatabaseCandidate();
-
-const TestComponent = () => {
-  const {
-    data = [],
-    isLoading,
-    error,
-  } = useDatabaseCandidateListQuery({
-    query: { id: TEST_DB_ID },
-  });
-
-  if (isLoading || error) {
-    return <LoadingAndErrorWrapper loading={isLoading} error={error} />;
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <div>
-      {data.map((item, index) => (
-        <div key={index}>{item.schema}</div>
-      ))}
-    </div>
-  );
-};
-
-const setup = () => {
-  setupDatabaseCandidatesEndpoint(TEST_DB_ID, [TEST_DB_CANDIDATE]);
-  renderWithProviders(<TestComponent />);
-};
-
-describe("useDatabaseCandidateListQuery", () => {
-  it("should be initially loading", () => {
-    setup();
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("loading-spinner")).toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-
-  it("should show data from the response", async () => {
-    setup();
-    await waitForLoaderToBeRemoved();
-    expect(screen.getByText(TEST_DB_CANDIDATE.schema)).toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.tsx b/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.tsx
index 7eb826ab8a21ef9435a21571084410fbca33dc5a..76dbca8f2c8de827fe173f72ead56e95e8421eed 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import cx from "classnames";
 import { jt, t } from "ttag";
 
+import { useListDatabaseCandidatesQuery, skipToken } from "metabase/api";
+import { useDatabaseListQuery } from "metabase/common/hooks";
+import { useSetting } from "metabase/common/hooks/use-setting";
 import Button from "metabase/core/components/Button";
 import Link from "metabase/core/components/Link";
 import ButtonsS from "metabase/css/components/buttons.module.css";
+import type { DatabaseCandidate, TableCandidate } from "metabase-types/api";
 
 import {
   ModalMessage,
@@ -14,12 +18,38 @@ import {
   ModalCloseIcon,
 } from "./DatabaseSyncModal.styled";
 
+const getSampleUrl = (candidates: DatabaseCandidate[]) => {
+  const tables = candidates.flatMap(d => d.tables);
+  const table =
+    tables.find((t: TableCandidate) => t.title.includes("Orders")) ?? tables[0];
+  return table?.url;
+};
+
+const useSampleDatabaseLink = () => {
+  const { data: databases } = useDatabaseListQuery();
+  const xraysEnabled = useSetting("enable-xrays");
+  const sampleDatabase = databases?.find(d => d.is_sample);
+
+  const { data: databaseCandidates } = useListDatabaseCandidatesQuery(
+    sampleDatabase?.id && xraysEnabled ? sampleDatabase.id : skipToken,
+  );
+
+  const sampleUrl = databaseCandidates
+    ? getSampleUrl(databaseCandidates)
+    : undefined;
+
+  return sampleUrl;
+};
+
 export interface DatabaseSyncModalProps {
   sampleUrl?: string;
   onClose?: () => void;
 }
 
-const DatabaseSyncModal = ({ sampleUrl, onClose }: DatabaseSyncModalProps) => {
+export const DatabaseSyncModalView = ({
+  sampleUrl,
+  onClose,
+}: DatabaseSyncModalProps) => {
   return (
     <ModalRoot>
       <ModalBody>
@@ -56,5 +86,8 @@ const DatabaseSyncModal = ({ sampleUrl, onClose }: DatabaseSyncModalProps) => {
   );
 };
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export -- deprecated usage
-export default DatabaseSyncModal;
+export const DatabaseSyncModal = ({ onClose }: { onClose: () => void }) => {
+  const sampleUrl = useSampleDatabaseLink();
+
+  return <DatabaseSyncModalView sampleUrl={sampleUrl} onClose={onClose} />;
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.unit.spec.tsx b/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.unit.spec.tsx
index 30a77cac7627b79fb0c89d3603bbaeb4f0dcc97e..216c0194735dae3befde9b711fb2f1d1130abff7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.unit.spec.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.unit.spec.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 
-import DatabaseSyncModal from "./DatabaseSyncModal";
+import { DatabaseSyncModalView } from "./DatabaseSyncModal";
 
 describe("DatabaseSyncModal", () => {
   it("should render with a table from the sample database", () => {
-    render(<DatabaseSyncModal sampleUrl={"/auto/table/1"} />);
+    render(<DatabaseSyncModalView sampleUrl={"/auto/table/1"} />);
 
     expect(screen.getByText("Explore sample data")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ describe("DatabaseSyncModal", () => {
   it("should render with no sample database", async () => {
     const onClose = jest.fn();
 
-    render(<DatabaseSyncModal onClose={onClose} />);
+    render(<DatabaseSyncModalView onClose={onClose} />);
     await userEvent.click(screen.getByText("Got it"));
 
     expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalled();
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/index.ts b/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/index.ts
index 937585c38cf2dc349557346cf97bc90feecc6f1c..c17a9ef0d871c9221c410157e3281da70bb64205 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/databases/components/DatabaseSyncModal/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export -- deprecated usage
-export { default } from "./DatabaseSyncModal";
+export * from "./DatabaseSyncModal";
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/databases/containers/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.tsx b/frontend/src/metabase/databases/containers/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index b6ee6fb324648e9984db8012ac658c2312aa7ac1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/databases/containers/DatabaseSyncModal/DatabaseSyncModal.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import { createSelector } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
-import { connect } from "react-redux";
-import _ from "underscore";
-
-import DatabaseCandidates from "metabase/entities/database-candidates";
-import Databases from "metabase/entities/databases";
-import { getSetting } from "metabase/selectors/settings";
-import type Database from "metabase-lib/v1/metadata/Database";
-import type { DatabaseCandidate } from "metabase-types/api";
-import type { State } from "metabase-types/store";
-
-import DatabaseSyncModal from "../../components/DatabaseSyncModal";
-
-interface DatabaseProps {
-  databases: Database[];
-}
-
-interface CandidatesProps {
-  databaseCandidates: DatabaseCandidate[];
-}
-
-const getSampleQuery = createSelector(
-  (state: State, props: DatabaseProps) => props.databases,
-  (state: State) => getSetting(state, "enable-xrays"),
-  (databases, enableXrays) => {
-    const sampleDatabase = databases.find(d => d.is_sample);
-
-    if (sampleDatabase && enableXrays) {
-      return { id: sampleDatabase.id };
-    }
-  },
-);
-
-const getSampleUrl = createSelector(
-  (state: unknown, props: CandidatesProps) => props.databaseCandidates,
-  candidates => {
-    const tables = candidates.flatMap(d => d.tables);
-    const table = tables.find(t => t.title.includes("Orders")) ?? tables[0];
-    return table?.url;
-  },
-);
-
-const mapStateToProps = (state: unknown, props: CandidatesProps) => ({
-  sampleUrl: getSampleUrl(state, props),
-});
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export -- deprecated usage
-export default _.compose(
-  Databases.loadList(),
-  DatabaseCandidates.loadList({ query: getSampleQuery }),
-  connect(mapStateToProps),
-)(DatabaseSyncModal);
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/databases/containers/DatabaseSyncModal/index.ts b/frontend/src/metabase/databases/containers/DatabaseSyncModal/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 937585c38cf2dc349557346cf97bc90feecc6f1c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/databases/containers/DatabaseSyncModal/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export -- deprecated usage
-export { default } from "./DatabaseSyncModal";
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/entities/database-candidates.js b/frontend/src/metabase/entities/database-candidates.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 91263ef756bd1142e21a7537c7e2cb8fb153f82c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/entities/database-candidates.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { createEntity } from "metabase/lib/entities";
-import { AutoApi } from "metabase/services";
-
-/**
- * @deprecated use "metabase/api" instead
- */
-const DatabaseCandidates = createEntity({
-  name: "databaseCandidates",
-  api: {
-    list: async (query = {}) => {
-      return query.id ? AutoApi.db_candidates(query) : [];
-    },
-  },
-});
-
-export default DatabaseCandidates;
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/entities/index.js b/frontend/src/metabase/entities/index.js
index 30e02cb313961263e4d4c1dcb311b66d013ff2ca..0d6e1dd3fef6f615ed052f8e8746fc0304d94402 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/entities/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/entities/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ export { default as alerts } from "./alerts";
 export { default as collections } from "./collections";
 export { default as snippetCollections } from "./snippet-collections";
 export { default as dashboards } from "./dashboards";
-export { default as databaseCandidates } from "./database-candidates";
 export { default as pulses } from "./pulses";
 export { default as questions } from "./questions";
 export { ModelIndexes as modelIndexes } from "./model-indexes";
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/home/components/HomeXraySection/HomeXraySection.tsx b/frontend/src/metabase/home/components/HomeXraySection/HomeXraySection.tsx
index 3dc7c70bfbdfa81c49c2d502807efcb1729f9b95..a3b9d2497cf5e84db886ae0dcde2b87d1da286a9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/home/components/HomeXraySection/HomeXraySection.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/home/components/HomeXraySection/HomeXraySection.tsx
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { t } from "ttag";
 import _ from "underscore";
 
-import {
-  useDatabaseCandidateListQuery,
-  useDatabaseListQuery,
-} from "metabase/common/hooks";
+import { skipToken, useListDatabaseCandidatesQuery } from "metabase/api";
+import { useDatabaseListQuery } from "metabase/common/hooks";
 import LoadingAndErrorWrapper from "metabase/components/LoadingAndErrorWrapper";
 import Select from "metabase/core/components/Select";
 import { useSelector } from "metabase/lib/redux";
@@ -33,10 +31,9 @@ import {
 export const HomeXraySection = () => {
   const databaseListState = useDatabaseListQuery();
   const database = getXrayDatabase(databaseListState.data);
-  const candidateListState = useDatabaseCandidateListQuery({
-    query: database ? { id: database.id } : undefined,
-    enabled: database != null,
-  });
+  const candidateListState = useListDatabaseCandidatesQuery(
+    database?.id ?? skipToken,
+  );
   const isLoading = databaseListState.isLoading || candidateListState.isLoading;
   const error = databaseListState.error ?? candidateListState.error;