diff --git a/util/remove_openssl.rb b/util/remove_openssl.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a98f227f28de5c..00000000000000
--- a/util/remove_openssl.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require "rbconfig"
-require "fileutils"
-
-class OpensslSimulator
-  attr_reader :openssl_rb, :openssl_gemspec, :openssl_ext
-
-  def initialize
-    archdir = RbConfig::CONFIG["archdir"]
-    rubylibdir = RbConfig::CONFIG["rubylibdir"]
-    default_specifications_dir = Gem.default_specifications_dir
-
-    @openssl_rb = File.join(rubylibdir, "openssl.rb")
-    @openssl_gemspec = Dir.glob("#{default_specifications_dir}/openssl-*.gemspec").first
-
-    @openssl_ext = if RUBY_PLATFORM == "java"
-                     File.join(rubylibdir, "jopenssl.jar")
-                   else
-                     File.join(archdir, "openssl.so")
-                   end
-  end
-
-  def hide_openssl
-    hide_file openssl_rb
-    hide_file openssl_ext
-    hide_file openssl_gemspec if openssl_gemspec
-  end
-
-  def unhide_openssl
-    unhide_file openssl_gemspec if openssl_gemspec
-    unhide_file openssl_ext
-    unhide_file openssl_rb
-  end
-
-  private
-
-  def hide_file(file)
-    FileUtils.mv file, file + "_"
-  end
-
-  def unhide_file(file)
-    FileUtils.mv file + "_", file
-  end
-end
-
-if $0 == __FILE__
-  openssl_simulate = OpensslSimulator.new
-
-  if ARGV[0] == "--revert"
-    openssl_simulate.unhide_openssl
-  else
-    openssl_simulate.hide_openssl
-  end
-end