diff --git a/phpstan.neon.dist b/phpstan.neon.dist
index c67aa93fcb04..929ac4409664 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon.dist
+++ b/phpstan.neon.dist
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-services:
-	-
-		class: Utils\PHPStan\CheckUseStatementsAfterLicenseRule
-		tags:
-			- phpstan.rules.rule
-
 includes:
 	- phpstan-baseline.php
 
@@ -18,7 +12,6 @@ parameters:
 		- app
 		- system
 		- tests
-		- utils/src/PHPStan
 	excludePaths:
 		- app/Views/errors/cli/*
 		- app/Views/errors/html/*
diff --git a/utils/src/PHPStan/CheckUseStatementsAfterLicenseRule.php b/utils/src/PHPStan/CheckUseStatementsAfterLicenseRule.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b23d3204ca1..000000000000
--- a/utils/src/PHPStan/CheckUseStatementsAfterLicenseRule.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-/**
- * This file is part of CodeIgniter 4 framework.
- *
- * (c) CodeIgniter Foundation <admin@codeigniter.com>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view
- * the LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Utils\PHPStan;
-
-use PhpParser\Comment\Doc;
-use PhpParser\Node;
-use PhpParser\Node\Stmt;
-use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Use_;
-use PHPStan\Analyser\Scope;
-use PHPStan\Rules\IdentifierRuleError;
-use PHPStan\Rules\Rule;
-use PHPStan\Rules\RuleErrorBuilder;
-
-/**
- * @implements Rule<Node\Stmt>
- */
-final class CheckUseStatementsAfterLicenseRule implements Rule
-{
-    private const ERROR_MESSAGE   = 'Use statement must be located after license docblock';
-    private const COPYRIGHT_REGEX = '/\* \(c\) CodeIgniter Foundation <admin@codeigniter\.com>/m';
-
-    public function getNodeType(): string
-    {
-        return Stmt::class;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param Stmt $node
-     *
-     * @return list<IdentifierRuleError>
-     */
-    public function processNode(Node $node, Scope $scope): array
-    {
-        $comments = $node->getComments();
-
-        if ($comments === []) {
-            return [];
-        }
-
-        foreach ($comments as $comment) {
-            if (! $comment instanceof Doc) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (! preg_match(self::COPYRIGHT_REGEX, $comment->getText())) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            $previous = $node->getAttribute('previous');
-
-            while ($previous) {
-                if ($previous instanceof Use_) {
-                    return [
-                        RuleErrorBuilder::message(self::ERROR_MESSAGE)
-                            ->identifier('codeigniter.useStmtAfterLicense')
-                            ->build(),
-                    ];
-                }
-
-                $previous = $previous->getAttribute('previous');
-            }
-        }
-
-        return [];
-    }
-}