diff --git a/config/cmake/wait_H5Tinit.cmake b/config/cmake/wait_H5Tinit.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index a8781fe8deb..00000000000
--- a/config/cmake/wait_H5Tinit.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.18)
-
-message(STATUS "Check for existence of ${HDF5_GENERATED_SOURCE_DIR}/H5Tinit.c")
-execute_process(COMMAND ls ${HDF5_GENERATED_SOURCE_DIR}/H5Tinit.c RESULT_VARIABLE H5TI_result OUTPUT_QUIET ERROR_QUIET)
-while(H5TI_result)
-  ctest_sleep(30)
-  message(STATUS "Checking again for existence of ${HDF5_GENERATED_SOURCE_DIR}/H5Tinit.c")
-  execute_process(COMMAND ls ${HDF5_GENERATED_SOURCE_DIR}/H5Tinit.c RESULT_VARIABLE H5TI_result OUTPUT_QUIET ERROR_QUIET)
-endwhile(H5TI_result)
-file (TOUCH "${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/H5Tinit_created")
-message(STATUS "Found ${HDF5_GENERATED_SOURCE_DIR}/H5Tinit.c")