diff --git a/scripts/opam_utils.sh b/scripts/opam_utils.sh
index 89abdde0515..e13a6fa8798 100644
--- a/scripts/opam_utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/opam_utils.sh
@@ -70,12 +70,3 @@ opam_switch_create_if_needed () {
 }
 
 opam_require_version_2
-
-# removes packages that cannot be found by ocamlfind
-opam_remove_broken_package () {
-    local pkg="$1"
-    if ! ocamlfind query "${pkg}"; then
-        echo "ocamlfind cannot find ${pkg} package. Removing the package..."
-        opam remove "${pkg}" || true
-    fi
-}