diff --git a/flows/msg.go b/flows/msg.go
index 881fc820c..7240e07c2 100644
--- a/flows/msg.go
+++ b/flows/msg.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package flows
 
 import (
-	"database/sql/driver"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
 
@@ -220,14 +217,3 @@ func (b BroadcastTranslations) ForContact(e envs.Environment, c *Contact, baseLa
 	// finally return the base language
 	return b[baseLanguage], baseLanguage
 }
-
-// Scan supports reading translation values from JSON in database
-func (t *BroadcastTranslations) Scan(value any) error {
-	b, ok := value.([]byte)
-	if !ok {
-		return errors.New("failed type assertion to []byte")
-	}
-	return json.Unmarshal(b, &t)
-}
-
-func (t BroadcastTranslations) Value() (driver.Value, error) { return json.Marshal(t) }
diff --git a/flows/msg_test.go b/flows/msg_test.go
index 28f0b03c2..750d156b9 100644
--- a/flows/msg_test.go
+++ b/flows/msg_test.go
@@ -146,15 +146,6 @@ func TestBroadcastTranslations(t *testing.T) {
 	assertTranslation("kin", []i18n.Language{"eng", "spa"}, "Hello", "eng")   // uses default flow language
 	assertTranslation("kin", []i18n.Language{"spa", "eng"}, "Hola", "spa")    // uses default flow language
 	assertTranslation("kin", []i18n.Language{"kin"}, "Hello", "eng")          // uses base language
-
-	val, err := bcastTrans.Value()
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.JSONEq(t, `{"eng": {"text": "Hello"}, "fra": {"text": "Bonjour"}, "spa": {"text": "Hola"}}`, string(val.([]byte)))
-
-	var bt flows.BroadcastTranslations
-	err = bt.Scan([]byte(`{"spa": {"text": "Adios"}}`))
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, flows.BroadcastTranslations{"spa": {Text: "Adios"}}, bt)
 }
 
 func TestMsgTemplating(t *testing.T) {