diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/phone.test.ts b/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/phone.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2908601b8..000000000
--- a/app/soapbox/utils/__tests__/phone.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import { formatPhoneNumber } from '../phone';
-
-describe('Phone unit tests', () => {
-  it('Properly formats', () => {
-    let number = '';
-    expect(formatPhoneNumber('1', number)).toEqual('');
-
-    number = '5';
-    expect(formatPhoneNumber('1', number)).toEqual('+1 (5');
-
-    number = '55';
-    expect(formatPhoneNumber('1', number)).toEqual('+1 (55');
-
-    number = '555';
-    expect(formatPhoneNumber('1', number)).toEqual('+1 (555');
-
-    number = '55513';
-    expect(formatPhoneNumber('1', number)).toEqual('+1 (555) 13');
-
-    number = '555135';
-    expect(formatPhoneNumber('1', number)).toEqual('+1 (555) 135');
-
-    number = '5551350';
-    expect(formatPhoneNumber('1', number)).toEqual('+1 (555) 135-0');
-
-    number = '5551350123';
-    expect(formatPhoneNumber('1', number)).toEqual('+1 (555) 135-0123');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/app/soapbox/utils/phone.ts b/app/soapbox/utils/phone.ts
index 39dfdbcd7..9cc175f5d 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/utils/phone.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/utils/phone.ts
@@ -10,37 +10,8 @@ type CountryCode = typeof COUNTRY_CODES[number];
 /** Check whether a given value is a country code. */
 const isCountryCode = (value: any): value is CountryCode => COUNTRY_CODES.includes(value);
 
-function removeFormattingFromNumber(number = '') {
-  if (number) {
-    return number.toString().replace(/\D/g, '');
-  }
-
-  return number;
-}
-
-function formatPhoneNumber(countryCode: CountryCode, phoneNumber = '') {
-  let formattedPhoneNumber = '';
-  const strippedPhone = removeFormattingFromNumber(phoneNumber);
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < strippedPhone.length && i < 10; i++) {
-    const character = strippedPhone.charAt(i);
-    if (i === 0) {
-      const prefix = `+${countryCode} (`;
-      formattedPhoneNumber += prefix + character;
-    } else if (i === 3) {
-      formattedPhoneNumber += `) ${character}`;
-    } else if (i === 6) {
-      formattedPhoneNumber += `-${character}`;
-    } else {
-      formattedPhoneNumber += character;
-    }
-  }
-  return formattedPhoneNumber;
-}
-
 export {
   COUNTRY_CODES,
   CountryCode,
   isCountryCode,
-  formatPhoneNumber,
 };