diff --git a/.changeset/wide-years-peel.md b/.changeset/wide-years-peel.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfac5e78c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wide-years-peel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@effect/sql-drizzle": patch
+---
+
+Remove special handling of execute, fix #5714
diff --git a/packages/sql-drizzle/src/internal/patch.ts b/packages/sql-drizzle/src/internal/patch.ts
index d84a37748e0..efbc2fe39e5 100644
--- a/packages/sql-drizzle/src/internal/patch.ts
+++ b/packages/sql-drizzle/src/internal/patch.ts
@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ export const makeRemoteCallback = Effect.gen(function*() {
   return (sql: string, params: Array<any>, method: "all" | "execute" | "get" | "values" | "run") => {
     const runPromise = Runtime.runPromise(currentRuntime ? currentRuntime : constructionRuntime)
     const statement = client.unsafe(sql, params)
-    if (method === "execute") {
-      return runPromise(Effect.either(Effect.map(statement.raw, (header) => ({ rows: [header] })))).then((res) => {
-        if (res._tag === "Left") {
-          throw res.left.cause
-        }
-        return res.right
-      })
-    }
     let effect: Effect.Effect<any, SqlError> = method === "all" || method === "values"
       ? statement.values
       : statement.withoutTransform
diff --git a/packages/sql-drizzle/test/Pg.test.ts b/packages/sql-drizzle/test/Pg.test.ts
index 1a21aee5969..17b1c86db3e 100644
--- a/packages/sql-drizzle/test/Pg.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sql-drizzle/test/Pg.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { SqlClient } from "@effect/sql"
 import * as Pg from "@effect/sql-drizzle/Pg"
 import { assert, describe, it } from "@effect/vitest"
+import { sql as dsql } from "drizzle-orm"
 import * as D from "drizzle-orm/pg-core"
 import { Effect, Layer } from "effect"
 import * as Logger from "effect/Logger"
@@ -35,6 +36,27 @@ describe.sequential("Pg", () => {
     timeout: 60000
   })
 
+  it.effect("execute", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function*() {
+      const sql = yield* SqlClient.SqlClient
+      const db = yield* Pg.PgDrizzle
+
+      yield* sql`CREATE TABLE users (id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT NOT NULL, snake_case TEXT NOT NULL)`
+      yield* db.insert(users).values({ name: "Alice", snakeCase: "alice" })
+
+      const results = yield* db.execute<{
+        id: number
+        name: string
+      }>(dsql`select id, name from users`)
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(results, [{ id: 1, name: "Alice" }])
+    }).pipe(
+      Effect.provide(DrizzlePgLive),
+      Effect.catchTag("ContainerError", () => Effect.void)
+    ), {
+    timeout: 60000
+  })
+
   it.effect("orm", () =>
     Effect.gen(function*() {
       const sql = yield* SqlClient.SqlClient