diff --git a/mdagent/utils/__init__.py b/mdagent/utils/__init__.py
index ad59b1e4..ef0fa47b 100644
--- a/mdagent/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/mdagent/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-from .general_utils import find_file_path
 from .makellm import _make_llm
 from .path_registry import FileType, PathRegistry
 
-__all__ = ["_make_llm", "PathRegistry", "FileType", "find_file_path"]
+__all__ = ["_make_llm", "PathRegistry", "FileType"]
diff --git a/mdagent/utils/general_utils.py b/mdagent/utils/general_utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a1a6652..00000000
--- a/mdagent/utils/general_utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import os
-
-
-def find_file_path(file_name: str, exact_match: bool = True):
-    """get the path of a file, if it exists in repo"""
-    setup_dir = None
-    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk("."):
-        if "setup.py" in filenames:
-            setup_dir = dirpath
-            break
-
-    if setup_dir is None:
-        raise FileNotFoundError("Unable to find root directory.")
-
-    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(setup_dir):
-        for filename in filenames:
-            if (exact_match and filename == file_name) or (
-                not exact_match and file_name in filename
-            ):
-                path_full = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
-                # make sure its absolute
-                return os.path.abspath(path_full)
-
-    return None