diff --git a/acme/util.py b/acme/util.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bea9091a..000000000
--- a/acme/util.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-"""ACME utilities."""
-import json
-import pkg_resources
-
-
-def load_schema(name):
-    """Load JSON schema from distribution."""
-    return json.load(open(pkg_resources.resource_filename(
-        __name__, "schemata/%s.json" % name)))