diff --git a/datasette/utils/asgi.py b/datasette/utils/asgi.py
index 20047bb5..62a2a0c8 100644
--- a/datasette/utils/asgi.py
+++ b/datasette/utils/asgi.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class Request:
 
     @property
     def raw_args(self):
+        # Deprecated, undocumented - may be removed in Datasette 1.0
         return {key: value[0] for key, value in self.args.items()}
 
     async def post_vars(self):
diff --git a/datasette/views/database.py b/datasette/views/database.py
index 92e24f84..cd27dd5f 100644
--- a/datasette/views/database.py
+++ b/datasette/views/database.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class DatabaseView(DataView):
         if request.args.get("sql"):
             if not self.ds.config("allow_sql"):
                 raise DatasetteError("sql= is not allowed", status=400)
-            sql = request.raw_args.pop("sql")
+            sql = request.args.get("sql")
             validate_sql_select(sql)
             return await QueryView(self.ds).data(
                 request, database, hash, sql, _size=_size, metadata=metadata
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class QueryView(DataView):
         metadata=None,
         _size=None,
     ):
-        params = request.raw_args
+        params = {key: request.args.get(key) for key in request.args}
         if "sql" in params:
             params.pop("sql")
         if "_shape" in params:
diff --git a/datasette/views/table.py b/datasette/views/table.py
index 3289e58b..aab4bbe3 100644
--- a/datasette/views/table.py
+++ b/datasette/views/table.py
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ class TableView(RowTableShared):
 
         extra_args = {}
         # Handle ?_size=500
-        page_size = _size or request.raw_args.get("_size")
+        page_size = _size or request.args.get("_size")
         if page_size:
             if page_size == "max":
                 page_size = self.ds.max_returned_rows
@@ -558,8 +558,8 @@ class TableView(RowTableShared):
             sql_no_limit=sql_no_limit.rstrip(), limit=page_size + 1, offset=offset
         )
 
-        if request.raw_args.get("_timelimit"):
-            extra_args["custom_time_limit"] = int(request.raw_args["_timelimit"])
+        if request.args.get("_timelimit"):
+            extra_args["custom_time_limit"] = int(request.args["_timelimit"])
 
         results = await db.execute(sql, params, truncate=True, **extra_args)
 
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ class RowView(RowTableShared):
             "units": self.ds.table_metadata(database, table).get("units", {}),
         }
 
-        if "foreign_key_tables" in (request.raw_args.get("_extras") or "").split(","):
+        if "foreign_key_tables" in (request.args.get("_extras") or "").split(","):
             data["foreign_key_tables"] = await self.foreign_key_tables(
                 database, table, pk_values
             )
diff --git a/docs/internals.rst b/docs/internals.rst
index 5535ceb1..5bcb9da9 100644
--- a/docs/internals.rst
+++ b/docs/internals.rst
@@ -260,9 +260,6 @@ The request object is passed to various plugin hooks. It represents an incoming
 ``.args`` - RequestParameters
     An object representing the parsed querystring parameters, see below.
 
-``.raw_args`` - dictionary
-    A dictionary mapping querystring keys to values. If multiple keys of the same kind are provided, e.g. ``?foo=1&foo=2``, only the first value will be present in this dictionary.
-
 The object also has one awaitable method:
 
 ``await request.post_vars()`` - dictionary