diff --git a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/IndexUtils.hs b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/IndexUtils.hs
index 736498877247c0217dc5fc2dbcf11246de30093d..35154d1b499564186a0622c62344a9e14a2e9f26 100644
--- a/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/IndexUtils.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/Distribution/Client/IndexUtils.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ module Distribution.Client.IndexUtils (
   getSourcePackagesStrict,
   convert,
 
-  --readPackageIndexFile,
   parsePackageIndex,
   readRepoIndex,
   updateRepoIndexCache,