diff --git a/clients/shared/App/Auth/GuardianTokenFileReader.swift b/clients/shared/App/Auth/GuardianTokenFileReader.swift
index 78c01dd3e0f..41963a49753 100644
--- a/clients/shared/App/Auth/GuardianTokenFileReader.swift
+++ b/clients/shared/App/Auth/GuardianTokenFileReader.swift
@@ -188,24 +188,6 @@ public enum GuardianTokenFileReader {
             : .importValid(creds)
     }
 
-    /// Deletes any CLI-persisted guardian token on disk for the given
-    /// assistant. Used by forced re-bootstrap paths to avoid re-importing a
-    /// stale/revoked token that shares the same file. A missing file is
-    /// treated as success.
-    @discardableResult
-    public static func deleteTokenFile(assistantId: String) -> Bool {
-        let path = guardianTokenPath(for: assistantId, paths: VellumPaths.current)
-        guard FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: path) else { return true }
-        do {
-            try FileManager.default.removeItem(atPath: path)
-            log.info("Deleted guardian token file at \(path, privacy: .public)")
-            return true
-        } catch {
-            log.warning("Failed to delete guardian token file at \(path, privacy: .public): \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)")
-            return false
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Deletes the guardian-token file for the given assistant across every
     /// `VellumEnvironment`'s config dir.
     ///