diff --git a/src/Mimi.jl b/src/Mimi.jl
index 6384de72b..441d05079 100644
--- a/src/Mimi.jl
+++ b/src/Mimi.jl
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export
     is_last,
     is_time,
     is_timestep,
-    load_comps,
     modeldef,
     name,
     parameters, 
diff --git a/src/utils/misc.jl b/src/utils/misc.jl
index 1be1d2f6e..3fbaafa5e 100644
--- a/src/utils/misc.jl
+++ b/src/utils/misc.jl
@@ -57,20 +57,3 @@ function pretty_string(s::String)
 end
 
 pretty_string(s::Symbol) = pretty_string(string(s))
-
-"""
-    load_comps(dirname::String="./components")
-
-Call include() on all the files in the indicated directory `dirname`.
-This avoids having modelers create a long list of include()
-statements. Just put all the components in a directory.
-"""
-function load_comps(dirname::String="./components")
-    files = readdir(dirname)
-    for file in files
-        if endswith(file, ".jl")
-            pathname = joinpath(dirname, file)
-            include(pathname)
-        end
-    end
-end
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