diff --git a/internal/cmd/operator-sdk/generate/internal/genutil.go b/internal/cmd/operator-sdk/generate/internal/genutil.go
index 7fb154dd0c3..8e5554f64ab 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/operator-sdk/generate/internal/genutil.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/operator-sdk/generate/internal/genutil.go
@@ -99,40 +99,6 @@ func makeCRDFileName(group, resource string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s.yaml", group, resource)
 }
 
-// WriteObjectsToFilesLegacy creates dir then writes each object in objs to a
-// file in legacy format in dir.
-func WriteObjectsToFilesLegacy(dir string, objs ...interface{}) error {
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	seenFiles := make(map[string]struct{})
-	for _, obj := range objs {
-		var fileName string
-		switch t := obj.(type) {
-		case apiextv1.CustomResourceDefinition:
-			fileName = makeCRDFileNameLegacy(t.Spec.Group, t.Spec.Names.Plural)
-		case apiextv1beta1.CustomResourceDefinition:
-			fileName = makeCRDFileNameLegacy(t.Spec.Group, t.Spec.Names.Plural)
-		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("unknown object type: %T", t)
-		}
-
-		if _, hasFile := seenFiles[fileName]; hasFile {
-			return fmt.Errorf("duplicate file cannot be written: %s", fileName)
-		}
-		if err := writeObjectToFile(dir, obj, fileName); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		seenFiles[fileName] = struct{}{}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func makeCRDFileNameLegacy(group, resource string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_crd.yaml", group, resource)
-}
-
 // writeObjectToFile marshals crd to bytes and writes them to dir in file.
 func writeObjectToFile(dir string, obj interface{}, fileName string) error {
 	f, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(dir, fileName))
diff --git a/internal/generate/clusterserviceversion/clusterserviceversion_test.go b/internal/generate/clusterserviceversion/clusterserviceversion_test.go
index f6ab7ddefe8..5f7744d19f0 100644
--- a/internal/generate/clusterserviceversion/clusterserviceversion_test.go
+++ b/internal/generate/clusterserviceversion/clusterserviceversion_test.go
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 
+	"github.com/blang/semver"
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/format"
-
-	"github.com/blang/semver"
 	operatorversion "github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/lib/version"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry/pkg/lib/bundle"
diff --git a/internal/util/projutil/project_util.go b/internal/util/projutil/project_util.go
index 39a7220c7fe..b7a75744f91 100644
--- a/internal/util/projutil/project_util.go
+++ b/internal/util/projutil/project_util.go
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ const (
 	GoModEnv   = "GO111MODULE"
 )
 
+// Default config file path.
+const configFile = "PROJECT"
+
 // OperatorType - the type of operator
 type OperatorType = string
 
@@ -76,9 +79,6 @@ func HasProjectFile() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// Default config file path.
-const configFile = "PROJECT"
-
 // ReadConfig returns a configuration if a file containing one exists at the
 // default path (project root).
 func ReadConfig() (*config.Config, error) {