diff --git a/pkg/distributor/push.go b/pkg/distributor/push.go
index 4566d72d375..2d4946412fd 100644
--- a/pkg/distributor/push.go
+++ b/pkg/distributor/push.go
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ func handler(
 		if sourceIPs != nil {
 			source := sourceIPs.Get(r)
 			if source != "" {
-				ctx = util.AddSourceIPsToOutgoingContext(ctx, source)
 				logger = utillog.WithSourceIPs(source, logger)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/util/extract_forwarded.go b/pkg/util/extract_forwarded.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a4bab540a3..00000000000
--- a/pkg/util/extract_forwarded.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-// Provenance-includes-location: https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex/blob/master/pkg/util/extract_forwarded.go
-// Provenance-includes-license: Apache-2.0
-// Provenance-includes-copyright: The Cortex Authors.
-
-package util
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
-)
-
-// ipAddressesKey is key for the GRPC metadata where the IP addresses are stored
-const ipAddressesKey = "extract-forwarded-x-forwarded-for"
-
-// GetSourceIPsFromOutgoingCtx extracts the source field from the GRPC context
-func GetSourceIPsFromOutgoingCtx(ctx context.Context) string {
-	md, ok := metadata.FromOutgoingContext(ctx)
-	if !ok {
-		return ""
-	}
-	ipAddresses, ok := md[ipAddressesKey]
-	if !ok {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return ipAddresses[0]
-}
-
-// GetSourceIPsFromIncomingCtx extracts the source field from the GRPC context
-func GetSourceIPsFromIncomingCtx(ctx context.Context) string {
-	ipAddresses := metadata.ValueFromIncomingContext(ctx, ipAddressesKey)
-	if len(ipAddresses) == 0 {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return ipAddresses[0]
-}
-
-// AddSourceIPsToOutgoingContext adds the given source to the GRPC context
-func AddSourceIPsToOutgoingContext(ctx context.Context, source string) context.Context {
-	if source != "" {
-		ctx = metadata.AppendToOutgoingContext(ctx, ipAddressesKey, source)
-	}
-	return ctx
-}
-
-// AddSourceIPsToIncomingContext adds the given source to the GRPC context
-func AddSourceIPsToIncomingContext(ctx context.Context, source string) context.Context {
-	if source != "" {
-		md := metadata.Pairs(ipAddressesKey, source)
-		ctx = metadata.NewIncomingContext(ctx, md)
-	}
-	return ctx
-}
diff --git a/pkg/util/extract_forwarded_test.go b/pkg/util/extract_forwarded_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e020b980f0..00000000000
--- a/pkg/util/extract_forwarded_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
-// Provenance-includes-location: https://github.com/cortexproject/cortex/blob/master/pkg/util/extract_forwarded_test.go
-// Provenance-includes-license: Apache-2.0
-// Provenance-includes-copyright: The Cortex Authors.
-
-package util
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
-)
-
-func TestGetSourceFromOutgoingCtx(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name  string
-		key   string
-		value string
-		want  string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:  "No value in key",
-			key:   ipAddressesKey,
-			value: "",
-			want:  "",
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "Value in key",
-			key:   ipAddressesKey,
-			value: "172.16.1.1",
-			want:  "172.16.1.1",
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "Stored under wrong key",
-			key:   "wrongkey",
-			value: "172.16.1.1",
-			want:  "",
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// Test extracting from incoming context
-			ctx := context.Background()
-			if tt.value != "" {
-				md := metadata.Pairs(tt.key, tt.value)
-				ctx = metadata.NewIncomingContext(ctx, md)
-			}
-			got := GetSourceIPsFromIncomingCtx(ctx)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
-
-			// Test extracting from outgoing context
-			ctx = context.Background()
-			if tt.value != "" {
-				md := metadata.Pairs(tt.key, tt.value)
-				ctx = metadata.NewOutgoingContext(ctx, md)
-			}
-			got = GetSourceIPsFromOutgoingCtx(ctx)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
-		})
-	}
-}