diff --git a/utils/compare/compare.go b/utils/compare/compare.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 13ec52f386cb..000000000000
--- a/utils/compare/compare.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2019-2023, Ava Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
-// See the file LICENSE for licensing terms.
-
-package compare
-
-// Returns true iff the slices have the same elements, regardless of order.
-func UnsortedEquals[T comparable](a, b []T) bool {
-	if len(a) != len(b) {
-		return false
-	}
-	m := make(map[T]int, len(a))
-	for _, v := range a {
-		m[v]++
-	}
-	for _, v := range b {
-		switch count := m[v]; count {
-		case 0:
-			// There were more instances of [v] in [b] than [a].
-			return false
-		case 1:
-			delete(m, v)
-		default:
-			m[v] = count - 1
-		}
-	}
-	return len(m) == 0
-}
diff --git a/utils/compare/compare_test.go b/utils/compare/compare_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e46bc838f72b..000000000000
--- a/utils/compare/compare_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (C) 2019-2023, Ava Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
-// See the file LICENSE for licensing terms.
-
-package compare
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-)
-
-func TestUnsortedEquals(t *testing.T) {
-	require := require.New(t)
-
-	require.True(UnsortedEquals([]int{}, []int{}))
-	require.True(UnsortedEquals(nil, []int{}))
-	require.True(UnsortedEquals([]int{}, nil))
-	require.False(UnsortedEquals([]int{1}, nil))
-	require.False(UnsortedEquals(nil, []int{1}))
-	require.True(UnsortedEquals([]int{1}, []int{1}))
-	require.False(UnsortedEquals([]int{1, 2}, []int{}))
-	require.False(UnsortedEquals([]int{1, 2}, []int{1}))
-	require.False(UnsortedEquals([]int{1}, []int{1, 2}))
-	require.True(UnsortedEquals([]int{2, 1}, []int{1, 2}))
-	require.True(UnsortedEquals([]int{1, 2}, []int{2, 1}))
-}