diff --git a/src/fs.ts b/src/fs.ts
index 1059628..82ee297 100644
--- a/src/fs.ts
+++ b/src/fs.ts
@@ -78,27 +78,3 @@ export async function writeSecureFile<T extends PathLike>(
   await fs.writeFile(outputPath, data, opts);
   return outputPath;
 }
-
-/**
- * removeFile removes the file at the given path. If the file does not exist, it
- * does nothing.
- *
- * @param filePath Path of the file on disk to delete.
- *
- * @returns A boolean, true if the file was deleted, false otherwise.
- *
- * @deprecated Use #forceRemove instead.
- */
-export async function removeFile(filePath: PathLike): Promise<boolean> {
-  try {
-    await fs.unlink(filePath);
-    return true;
-  } catch (err) {
-    if (isNotFoundError(err)) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    const msg = errorMessage(err);
-    throw new Error(`Failed to remove "${filePath}": ${msg}`);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/tests/fs.test.ts b/tests/fs.test.ts
index da88e75..9f96e7b 100644
--- a/tests/fs.test.ts
+++ b/tests/fs.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { promises as fs } from 'fs';
 import { constants as fsconstants } from 'fs';
 import { randomFilepath } from '../src/random';
 
-import { isEmptyDir, forceRemove, removeFile, writeSecureFile } from '../src/fs';
+import { isEmptyDir, forceRemove, writeSecureFile } from '../src/fs';
 
 describe('fs', { concurrency: true }, async () => {
   test('#forceRemove', async (suite) => {
@@ -74,25 +74,6 @@ describe('fs', { concurrency: true }, async () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test('#removeFile', async (suite) => {
-    await suite.test('deletes the file', async () => {
-      const filepath = randomFilepath();
-      await fs.writeFile(filepath, 'my data');
-      const deleted = await removeFile(filepath);
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(deleted, true);
-
-      await assert.rejects(async () => {
-        await fs.access(filepath, fsconstants.F_OK);
-      }, /ENOENT/);
-    });
-
-    await suite.test('does nothing when the file does not exist', async () => {
-      const filepath = '/not/a/file';
-      const deleted = await removeFile(filepath);
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(deleted, false);
-    });
-  });
-
   test('#writeSecureFile', async (suite) => {
     await suite.test('writes a file', async () => {
       const filepath = randomFilepath();