diff --git a/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/azureFunctionsUtils.ts b/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/azureFunctionsUtils.ts
index 593b044668..d19ddbf8ee 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/azureFunctionsUtils.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/azureFunctionsUtils.ts
@@ -617,19 +617,9 @@ export async function promptSelectDatabase(connectionURI: string): Promise<strin
 
 export async function getConnectionURI(connectionInfo: IConnectionInfo): Promise<string | undefined> {
 	const vscodeMssqlApi = await utils.getVscodeMssqlApi();
-
 	let connectionURI: string = '';
 	try {
-		await vscode.window.withProgress(
-			{
-				location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification,
-				title: constants.connectionProgressTitle,
-				cancellable: false
-			}, async (_progress, _token) => {
-				// show progress bar while connecting to the users selected connection profile
-				connectionURI = await vscodeMssqlApi.connect(connectionInfo!);
-			}
-		);
+		connectionURI = await vscodeMssqlApi.connect(connectionInfo);
 	} catch (e) {
 		// mssql connection error will be shown to the user
 		return undefined;
diff --git a/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/constants.ts b/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/constants.ts
index 5d82a8de0a..f7ec2cc726 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/constants.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/constants.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ export const userPasswordLater = localize('userPasswordLater', 'In order to user
 export const openFile = localize('openFile', "Open File");
 export const closeButton = localize('closeButton', "Close");
 export const enterPasswordPrompt = localize('enterPasswordPrompt', '(Optional) Enter connection password to save in local.settings.json');
-export const connectionProgressTitle = localize('connectionProgressTitle', "Testing SQL Server connection...");
 export const enterTableName = localize('enterTableName', 'Enter SQL table to query');
 export const enterViewName = localize('enterViewName', 'Enter SQL view to query');
 export const enterTableNameToUpsert = localize('enterTableNameToUpsert', 'Enter SQL table to upsert into');