diff --git a/oxide-node-api-shim/index.js b/oxide-node-api-shim/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 85eff736e471..000000000000
--- a/oxide-node-api-shim/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-let log = require('../lib/util/log').default
-
-// This should be a temporary file.
-//
-// Right now we require `@tailwindcss/oxide` as one of the packages in package.json. This contains
-// all the necessary Rust bindings. However, we won't ship those bindings by default yet, and
-// therefore you need to install the explicit oxide-insiders version where the Rust bindings are
-// available.
-//
-// To ensure that this doesn't break existing builds of the insiders release, we will use this shim
-// to implement all the APIs and show a warning in case you are trying to run `OXIDE=1 npx
-// tailwindcs ...` without having installed the oxide-insiders version.
-module.exports.parseCandidateStringsFromFiles = function parseCandidateStringsFromFiles(
-  _changedContent
-) {
-  log.warn('oxide-required', [
-    'It looks like you are trying to run Tailwind CSS with the OXIDE=1 environment variable.',
-    'This version does not have the necessary Rust bindings, so please install the `tailwindcss@insiders-oxide` version instead.',
-  ])
-  return []
-}
diff --git a/oxide-node-api-shim/package.json b/oxide-node-api-shim/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 831cef156bae..000000000000
--- a/oxide-node-api-shim/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "@tailwindcss/oxide-shim",
-  "main": "./index.js",
-  "license": "MIT"
-}
diff --git a/package.stable.json b/package.stable.json
index 57aafc1ef488..bd3b563532c4 100644
--- a/package.stable.json
+++ b/package.stable.json
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     "stubs/*.stub.js",
     "nesting/*",
     "types/**/*",
-    "oxide-node-api-shim",
     "*.d.ts",
     "*.css",
     "*.js"
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@
     "postcss": "^8.0.9"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@tailwindcss/oxide": "file:./oxide-node-api-shim",
     "arg": "^5.0.2",
     "chokidar": "^3.5.3",
     "color-name": "^1.1.4",
diff --git a/src/lib/expandTailwindAtRules.js b/src/lib/expandTailwindAtRules.js
index d4688f74c929..504575755ab6 100644
--- a/src/lib/expandTailwindAtRules.js
+++ b/src/lib/expandTailwindAtRules.js
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import log from '../util/log'
 import cloneNodes from '../util/cloneNodes'
 import { defaultExtractor } from './defaultExtractor'
 
-import oxide from '@tailwindcss/oxide'
-
 let env = sharedState.env
 
 const builtInExtractors = {
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ export default function expandTailwindAtRules(context) {
 
     if (env.OXIDE) {
       // TODO: Pass through or implement `extractor`
-      for (let candidate of oxide.parseCandidateStringsFromFiles(
+      for (let candidate of require('@tailwindcss/oxide').parseCandidateStringsFromFiles(
         context.changedContent
         // Object.assign({}, builtInTransformers, context.tailwindConfig.content.transform)
       )) {