diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
index 5b5f05bc58..876b52c0a6 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
@@ -1309,6 +1309,25 @@ describe.each([
               { auto: 2 },
               { auto: 1 },
             ]))
+
+          // This is important for pagination. The order of results must always
+          // be stable or pagination will break. We don't want the user to need
+          // to specify an order for pagination to work.
+          it("is stable without a sort specified", async () => {
+            let { rows } = await config.api.row.search(table._id!, {
+              tableId: table._id!,
+              query: {},
+            })
+
+            for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+              const response = await config.api.row.search(table._id!, {
+                tableId: table._id!,
+                limit: 1,
+                query: {},
+              })
+              expect(response.rows).toEqual(rows)
+            }
+          })
         })
 
       // TODO(samwho): fix for SQS
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sql.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sql.spec.ts
index 377c1d65e0..4fc964b320 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sql.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/tests/sql.spec.ts
@@ -235,21 +235,6 @@ describe("SQL query builder", () => {
     })
   })
 
-  it("should sort SQL Server tables by the primary key if no sort data is provided", () => {
-    let query = new Sql(SqlClient.MS_SQL, limit)._query(
-      generateReadJson({
-        sort: {},
-        paginate: {
-          limit: 10,
-        },
-      })
-    )
-    expect(query).toEqual({
-      bindings: [10],
-      sql: `select * from (select top (@p0) * from [test] order by [test].[id] asc) as [test]`,
-    })
-  })
-
   it("should not parse JSON string as Date", () => {
     let query = new Sql(SqlClient.POSTGRES, limit)._query(
       generateCreateJson(TABLE_NAME, {