diff --git a/wagtail/admin/views/generic/models.py b/wagtail/admin/views/generic/models.py
index b94bbde596..a52d312c65 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/views/generic/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/admin/views/generic/models.py
@@ -240,18 +240,6 @@ class IndexView(
 
         return queryset
 
-    def paginate_queryset(self, queryset, page_size):
-        paginator = self.get_paginator(
-            queryset,
-            page_size,
-            orphans=self.get_paginate_orphans(),
-            allow_empty_first_page=self.get_allow_empty(),
-        )
-
-        page_number = self.request.GET.get(self.page_kwarg)
-        page = paginator.get_page(page_number)
-        return (paginator, page, page.object_list, page.has_other_pages())
-
     def filter_queryset(self, queryset):
         # construct filter instance (self.filters) if not created already
         if self.filterset_class and self.filters is None:
diff --git a/wagtail/snippets/tests/test_snippets.py b/wagtail/snippets/tests/test_snippets.py
index 4e8878b7eb..2dc9b03258 100644
--- a/wagtail/snippets/tests/test_snippets.py
+++ b/wagtail/snippets/tests/test_snippets.py
@@ -135,12 +135,13 @@ class TestSnippetListView(WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.context["page_obj"][0].text, "advert 10")
 
     def test_simple_pagination(self):
-
-        pages = ["0", "1", "-1", "9999", "Not a page"]
-        for page in pages:
-            response = self.get({"p": page})
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
-            self.assertTemplateUsed(response, "wagtailsnippets/snippets/index.html")
+        # page numbers in range should be accepted
+        response = self.get({"p": 1})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, "wagtailsnippets/snippets/index.html")
+        # page numbers out of range should return 404
+        response = self.get({"p": 9999})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
 
     def test_displays_add_button(self):
         self.assertContains(self.get(), "Add advert")
diff --git a/wagtail/users/tests/test_admin_views.py b/wagtail/users/tests/test_admin_views.py
index 1595358e48..f3f8ca19c3 100644
--- a/wagtail/users/tests/test_admin_views.py
+++ b/wagtail/users/tests/test_admin_views.py
@@ -136,10 +136,12 @@ class TestGroupUsersView(WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
         self.assertIn(self.test_user, results)
 
     def test_pagination(self):
-        pages = ["0", "1", "-1", "9999", "Not a page"]
-        for page in pages:
-            response = self.get({"p": page})
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        # page numbers in range should be accepted
+        response = self.get({"p": 1})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        # page numbers out of range should return 404
+        response = self.get({"p": 9999})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
 
 
 class TestGroupUsersResultsView(WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
@@ -226,10 +228,12 @@ class TestUserIndexView(WagtailTestUtils, TestCase):
         self.assertIn(self.test_user, results)
 
     def test_pagination(self):
-        pages = ["0", "1", "-1", "9999", "Not a page"]
-        for page in pages:
-            response = self.get({"p": page})
-            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        # page numbers in range should be accepted
+        response = self.get({"p": 1})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        # page numbers out of range should return 404
+        response = self.get({"p": 9999})
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
 
     def test_valid_ordering(self):
         # checking that only valid ordering used, in case of `IndexView` the valid