diff --git a/superset/databases/api.py b/superset/databases/api.py
index f1d3f34db..40980dc87 100644
--- a/superset/databases/api.py
+++ b/superset/databases/api.py
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ class DatabaseRestApi(BaseSupersetModelRestApi):
         self.incr_stats("init", self.select_star.__name__)
         try:
             result = database.select_star(
-                table_name, schema_name, latest_partition=True, show_cols=True
+                table_name, schema_name, latest_partition=True
             )
         except NoSuchTableError:
             self.incr_stats("error", self.select_star.__name__)
diff --git a/superset/databases/utils.py b/superset/databases/utils.py
index 21abd7b9c..8de4bb6f2 100644
--- a/superset/databases/utils.py
+++ b/superset/databases/utils.py
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ def get_table_metadata(
         "selectStar": database.select_star(
             table_name,
             schema=schema_name,
-            show_cols=True,
             indent=True,
             cols=columns,
             latest_partition=True,
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/databases/api_tests.py b/tests/integration_tests/databases/api_tests.py
index 249b95396..7f65c5bd4 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/databases/api_tests.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/databases/api_tests.py
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ class TestDatabaseApi(SupersetTestCase):
                     "indexes": [],
                     "name": "wrong_table",
                     "primaryKey": {"constrained_columns": None, "name": None},
-                    "selectStar": "SELECT\nFROM wrong_table\nLIMIT 100\nOFFSET 0",
+                    "selectStar": "SELECT\n  *\nFROM wrong_table\nLIMIT 100\nOFFSET 0",
                 },
             )
         elif example_db.backend == "mysql":
@@ -1550,8 +1550,6 @@ class TestDatabaseApi(SupersetTestCase):
         uri = f"api/v1/database/{example_db.id}/select_star/birth_names/"
         rv = self.client.get(uri)
         self.assertEqual(rv.status_code, 200)
-        response = json.loads(rv.data.decode("utf-8"))
-        self.assertIn("gender", response["result"])
 
     def test_get_select_star_not_allowed(self):
         """