diff --git a/src/meta/api/src/schema_api_impl.rs b/src/meta/api/src/schema_api_impl.rs
index 85bca0d09995..404e6b7f1cf2 100644
--- a/src/meta/api/src/schema_api_impl.rs
+++ b/src/meta/api/src/schema_api_impl.rs
@@ -2684,7 +2684,7 @@ impl<KV: kvapi::KVApi<Error = MetaError> + ?Sized> SchemaApi for KV {
                 let table_infos = do_get_table_history(self, db_filter, capacity).await?;
 
                 // A DB can be removed only when all its tables are removed.
-                if vacuum_db && capacity >= table_infos.len() {
+                if vacuum_db && capacity > table_infos.len() {
                     vacuum_ids.push(DroppedId::Db {
                         db_id: db_info.database_id.db_id,
                         db_name: db_info.name_ident.database_name().to_string(),
@@ -3578,31 +3578,6 @@ async fn batch_filter_table_info(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-type TableFilterInfoList<'a> = Vec<(
-    Range<Option<DateTime<Utc>>>,
-    &'a Arc<DatabaseInfo>,
-    u64,
-    String,
-)>;
-
-#[logcall::logcall(input = "")]
-#[fastrace::trace]
-async fn get_gc_table_info(
-    kv_api: &(impl kvapi::KVApi<Error = MetaError> + ?Sized),
-    limit: usize,
-    table_id_list: &TableFilterInfoList<'_>,
-) -> Result<Vec<(Arc<TableInfo>, u64)>, KVAppError> {
-    let table_id_list = &table_id_list[..std::cmp::min(limit, table_id_list.len())];
-
-    let mut filter_tb_infos = vec![];
-
-    for chunk in table_id_list.chunks(DEFAULT_MGET_SIZE) {
-        batch_filter_table_info(kv_api, chunk, &mut filter_tb_infos).await?;
-    }
-
-    Ok(filter_tb_infos)
-}
-
 #[logcall::logcall(input = "")]
 #[fastrace::trace]
 async fn do_get_table_history(
@@ -3610,88 +3585,35 @@ async fn do_get_table_history(
     db_filter: (Range<Option<DateTime<Utc>>>, Arc<DatabaseInfo>),
     limit: usize,
 ) -> Result<Vec<(Arc<TableInfo>, u64)>, KVAppError> {
-    let mut filter_tb_infos = vec![];
-
-    // step 1: list db table name with db id
-    let mut filter_db_info_with_table_id_key_list: Vec<_> = vec![];
-
     let (drop_time_range, db_info) = db_filter;
     let db_id = db_info.database_id.db_id;
 
-    // List tables by tenant, db_id, table_name.
     let dbid_tbname_idlist = TableIdHistoryIdent {
         database_id: db_id,
         table_name: "dummy".to_string(),
     };
     let dir_name = DirName::new(dbid_tbname_idlist);
-    let strm = kv_api.list_pb_keys(&dir_name).await?;
-    let table_id_list_keys = strm.try_collect::<Vec<_>>().await?;
-
-    let keys = table_id_list_keys
-        .iter()
-        .map(|table_id_list_key| (drop_time_range.clone(), &db_info, table_id_list_key.clone()))
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-    filter_db_info_with_table_id_key_list.extend(keys);
-
-    // step 2: list all table id of table by table name
-    let keys = filter_db_info_with_table_id_key_list
-        .iter()
-        .map(|(_, db_info, table_id_list_key)| TableIdHistoryIdent {
-            database_id: db_info.database_id.db_id,
-            table_name: table_id_list_key.table_name.clone(),
-        })
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-    let mut filter_db_info_with_table_id_list: TableFilterInfoList<'_> = vec![];
-    let mut table_id_list_keys_iter = filter_db_info_with_table_id_key_list.into_iter();
-    for c in keys.chunks(DEFAULT_MGET_SIZE) {
-        let strm = kv_api.get_pb_values(c.to_vec()).await?;
-        let table_id_list_vec = strm
-            .try_filter_map(|x| async move { Ok(x) })
-            .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
-            .await?;
+    let table_history_kvs = kv_api.list_pb_vec(&dir_name).await?;
 
-        for seq_table_id_list in table_id_list_vec {
-            let (filter, db_info, table_id_list_key) = table_id_list_keys_iter.next().unwrap();
-            let tb_id_list = seq_table_id_list.data;
-
-            let id_list: Vec<_> = tb_id_list
-                .id_list
-                .iter()
-                .map(|id| {
-                    (
-                        filter.clone(),
-                        db_info,
-                        *id,
-                        table_id_list_key.table_name.clone(),
-                    )
-                })
-                .collect();
+    let mut the_list = vec![];
 
-            filter_db_info_with_table_id_list.extend(id_list);
-            if filter_db_info_with_table_id_list.len() < DEFAULT_MGET_SIZE {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            let ret = get_gc_table_info(kv_api, limit, &filter_db_info_with_table_id_list).await?;
-            filter_tb_infos.extend(ret);
-            filter_db_info_with_table_id_list.clear();
-
-            if filter_tb_infos.len() >= limit {
-                return Ok(filter_tb_infos);
-            }
+    for (ident, table_history) in table_history_kvs {
+        for table_id in table_history.id_list.iter() {
+            the_list.push((
+                drop_time_range.clone(),
+                &db_info,
+                *table_id,
+                ident.table_name.clone(),
+            ));
         }
+    }
 
-        if !filter_db_info_with_table_id_list.is_empty() {
-            let ret = get_gc_table_info(kv_api, limit, &filter_db_info_with_table_id_list).await?;
-            filter_tb_infos.extend(ret);
-            filter_db_info_with_table_id_list.clear();
+    let mut filter_tb_infos = vec![];
 
-            if filter_tb_infos.len() >= limit {
-                return Ok(filter_tb_infos);
-            }
-        }
+    for c in the_list[..std::cmp::min(limit, the_list.len())].chunks(DEFAULT_MGET_SIZE) {
+        let mut infos = vec![];
+        batch_filter_table_info(kv_api, c, &mut infos).await?;
+        filter_tb_infos.extend(infos);
     }
 
     Ok(filter_tb_infos)
@@ -3880,6 +3802,7 @@ async fn update_txn_to_remove_table_history(
         txn.if_then
             .push(txn_op_put_pb(table_id_history_ident, &history, None)?);
     }
+
     Ok(())
 }