diff --git a/crates/harp/src/lib.rs b/crates/harp/src/lib.rs
index 18f12db46..00099ab0d 100644
--- a/crates/harp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/harp/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ pub mod parse;
 pub mod parser;
 pub mod polled_events;
 pub mod protect;
-pub mod r_version;
 pub mod raii;
 pub mod routines;
 pub mod session;
diff --git a/crates/harp/src/r_version.rs b/crates/harp/src/r_version.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index acdc126d5..000000000
--- a/crates/harp/src/r_version.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-//
-// r_version.rs
-//
-// Copyright (C) 2023 Posit Software, PBC. All rights reserved.
-//
-//
-
-use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
-use std::sync::Once;
-
-use semver::Version;
-use stdext::unwrap;
-
-use crate::exec::RFunction;
-use crate::exec::RFunctionExt;
-
-/// Determine the running R version
-///
-/// Determining the running R version from within ark
-/// is complicated by the fact that there is no C function
-/// in the R API that returns the version dynamically. To determine the
-/// running R version, we call out to R once and store the result.
-pub unsafe fn r_version() -> &'static Version {
-    static INIT_R_VERSION: Once = Once::new();
-    static mut R_VERSION: MaybeUninit<Version> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
-
-    INIT_R_VERSION.call_once(|| {
-        R_VERSION.write(unsafe { r_version_impl() });
-    });
-
-    unsafe { R_VERSION.assume_init_ref() }
-}
-
-unsafe fn r_version_impl() -> Version {
-    let result = unwrap!(RFunction::new("base", "getRversion").call(), Err(error) => {
-        log::error!("Failed in `getRversion()` due to: {error:?}.");
-        return r_version_fallback();
-    });
-
-    let result = unwrap!(RFunction::new("base", "as.character").add(result).call(), Err(error) => {
-        log::error!("Failed in `as.character()` due to: {error:?}.");
-        return r_version_fallback();
-    });
-
-    let result = unwrap!(result.to::<String>(), Err(error) => {
-        log::error!("Failed to convert version to string due to: {error:?}.");
-        return r_version_fallback();
-    });
-
-    let version = unwrap!(semver::Version::parse(&result), Err(error) => {
-        log::error!("Failed to parse version due to: {error:?}.");
-        return r_version_fallback();
-    });
-
-    version
-}
-
-unsafe fn r_version_fallback() -> Version {
-    semver::Version::new(0, 0, 0)
-}