diff --git a/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/utils/ids.go b/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/utils/ids.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 776895ad4d..0000000000
--- a/internal/signalfx-agent/pkg/utils/ids.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package utils
-
-import (
-	"strconv"
-	"sync"
-)
-
-// NewIDGenerator returns a function that will produce, for any given generator
-// instance, a unique, non-empty, string value each time it is called.
-func NewIDGenerator() func() string {
-	lock := sync.Mutex{}
-	nextID := 0
-
-	return func() string {
-		lock.Lock()
-		defer lock.Unlock()
-
-		nextID++
-		return strconv.Itoa(nextID)
-	}
-}