diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/allowlists/BUILD.bazel b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/allowlists/BUILD.bazel
index e6671c05c1..e5ca2c8e27 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/allowlists/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/allowlists/BUILD.bazel
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ cc_library(
         "editions.cc",
         "empty_package.cc",
         "open_enum.cc",
-        "unused_imports.cc",
     ],
     hdrs = ["allowlists.h"],
     copts = COPTS,
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/allowlists/unused_imports.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/allowlists/unused_imports.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index d9d4b6f70d..0000000000
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/allowlists/unused_imports.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
-// Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
-//
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
-// https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
-
-#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
-#include "google/protobuf/compiler/allowlists/allowlist.h"
-#include "google/protobuf/compiler/allowlists/allowlists.h"
-
-namespace google {
-namespace protobuf {
-namespace compiler {
-
-// NOTE: Allowlists in this file are not accepting new entries unless otherwise
-// specified.
-// TODO: Remove when empty.
-static constexpr auto kUnusedImports = internal::MakeAllowlist({
-// Intentionally left blank.
-});
-
-bool IsUnusedImportFile(absl::string_view file) {
-  return kUnusedImports.Allows(file);
-}
-}  // namespace compiler
-}  // namespace protobuf
-}  // namespace google