diff --git a/datafusion/sql/src/statement.rs b/datafusion/sql/src/statement.rs
index ed6eeab28445c..c89c2a622e038 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/src/statement.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/src/statement.rs
@@ -1248,6 +1248,10 @@ impl<S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'_, S> {
                     plan_err!("Delete-order-by clause not yet supported")?;
                 }
 
+                if limit.is_some() {
+                    return plan_err!("Delete-limit clause is not supported");
+                }
+
                 if !optimizer_hints.is_empty() {
                     plan_err!("Optimizer hints not supported")?;
                 }
@@ -1256,7 +1260,7 @@ impl<S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'_, S> {
                 }
 
                 let table_name = self.get_delete_target(from)?;
-                self.delete_to_plan(&table_name, selection, limit)
+                self.delete_to_plan(&table_name, selection)
             }
 
             Statement::Merge(merge) => self.merge_to_plan(merge),
@@ -2346,7 +2350,6 @@ impl<S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'_, S> {
         &self,
         table_name: &ObjectName,
         predicate_expr: Option<SQLExpr>,
-        limit: Option<SQLExpr>,
     ) -> Result<LogicalPlan> {
         // Do a table lookup to verify the table exists
         let table_ref = self.object_name_to_table_reference(table_name.clone())?;
@@ -2360,7 +2363,7 @@ impl<S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'_, S> {
                 .build()?;
         let mut planner_context = PlannerContext::new();
 
-        let mut source = match predicate_expr {
+        let source = match predicate_expr {
             None => scan,
             Some(predicate_expr) => {
                 let filter_expr =
@@ -2377,14 +2380,6 @@ impl<S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'_, S> {
             }
         };
 
-        if let Some(limit) = limit {
-            let empty_schema = DFSchema::empty();
-            let limit = self.sql_to_expr(limit, &empty_schema, &mut planner_context)?;
-            source = LogicalPlanBuilder::from(source)
-                .limit_by_expr(None, Some(limit))?
-                .build()?
-        }
-
         let plan = LogicalPlan::Dml(DmlStatement::new(
             table_ref,
             table_source,
diff --git a/datafusion/sql/tests/sql_integration.rs b/datafusion/sql/tests/sql_integration.rs
index 3e683a54daf53..5a48c52ef570d 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/tests/sql_integration.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/tests/sql_integration.rs
@@ -850,6 +850,17 @@ fn plan_delete() {
     );
 }
 
+#[rstest]
+#[case("delete from person limit 1")]
+#[case("delete from person where id = 1 limit 1")]
+fn plan_delete_rejects_limit(#[case] sql: &str) {
+    let err = logical_plan(sql).expect_err("DELETE LIMIT should be rejected");
+    assert_eq!(
+        err.strip_backtrace(),
+        "Error during planning: Delete-limit clause is not supported"
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn plan_delete_quoted_identifier_case_sensitive() {
     let sql =
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/delete.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/delete.slt
index 5c2da467bb995..3be629e241ab3 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/delete.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/delete.slt
@@ -117,29 +117,11 @@ physical_plan_error This feature is not implemented: Physical plan does not supp
 
 # Delete with limit
 
-query TT
-explain delete from t1 limit 10
-----
-logical_plan
-01)Dml: op=[Delete] table=[t1]
-02)--Limit: skip=0, fetch=10
-03)----TableScan: t1
-physical_plan
-01)CooperativeExec
-02)--MemDeleteExec
+statement error DataFusion error: Error during planning: Delete-limit clause is not supported
+delete from t1 limit 10;
 
-
-query TT
-explain delete from t1 where a = 1 and b = '2' limit 10
-----
-logical_plan
-01)Dml: op=[Delete] table=[t1]
-02)--Limit: skip=0, fetch=10
-03)----Filter: CAST(t1.a AS Int64) = Int64(1) AND t1.b = CAST(Utf8("2") AS Utf8View)
-04)------TableScan: t1
-physical_plan
-01)CooperativeExec
-02)--MemDeleteExec: predicate=[CAST(a@0 AS Int64) = 1, b@1 = CAST(2 AS Utf8View)]
+statement error DataFusion error: Error during planning: Delete-limit clause is not supported
+delete from t1 where a = 1 and b = '2' limit 10;
 
 # Config reset
 statement ok