diff --git a/secboot/keyring/keyring.go b/secboot/keyring/keyring.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 286f9f4431d..00000000000
--- a/secboot/keyring/keyring.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-// -*- Mode: Go; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-
-
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2022 Canonical Ltd
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-package keyring
-
-import (
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
-)
-
-const (
-	userKeyType = "user"
-	userKeyring = -4
-)
-
-func formatDesc(devicePath, purpose, prefix string) string {
-	return prefix + ":" + devicePath + ":" + purpose
-}
-
-func AddKeyToUserKeyring(key []byte, devicePath, purpose, prefix string) error {
-	_, err := unix.AddKey(userKeyType, formatDesc(devicePath, purpose, prefix), key, userKeyring)
-	return err
-}