diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptions.java
index c33bbd227630d6..f990245c9946fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptions.java
@@ -518,17 +518,6 @@ public FragmentOptions getExec() {
     return exec;
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public AppleCommandLineOptions getNormalized() {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions result = (AppleCommandLineOptions) clone();
-    result.catalystCpus = dedupAndSort(result.catalystCpus);
-    result.iosMultiCpus = dedupAndSort(result.iosMultiCpus);
-    result.macosCpus = dedupAndSort(result.macosCpus);
-    result.tvosCpus = dedupAndSort(result.tvosCpus);
-    result.watchosCpus = dedupAndSort(result.watchosCpus);
-    return result;
-  }
-
   void serialize(SerializationContext context, CodedOutputStream out)
       throws IOException, SerializationException {
     context.serialize(this, out);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptionsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptionsTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cfd9aa28c6e42..00000000000000
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/apple/AppleCommandLineOptionsTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.apple;
-
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.util.OptionsTestCase;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
-
-@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
-public final class AppleCommandLineOptionsTest extends OptionsTestCase<AppleCommandLineOptions> {
-
-  private static final String IOS_CPUS_PREFIX = "--ios_multi_cpus=";
-  private static final String WATCHOS_CPUS_PREFIX = "--watchos_cpus=";
-  private static final String MACOS_CPUS_PREFIX = "--macos_cpus=";
-  private static final String TVOS_CPUS_PREFIX = "--tvos_cpus=";
-  private static final String CATALYST_CPUS_PREFIX = "--catalyst_cpus=";
-
-  @Override
-  protected Class<AppleCommandLineOptions> getOptionsClass() {
-    return AppleCommandLineOptions.class;
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testIosCpus_ordering() throws Exception {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(IOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "bar");
-    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(IOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "bar", "foo");
-    assertSame(one, two);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testIosCpus_duplicates() throws Exception {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(IOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "foo");
-    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(IOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo");
-    assertSame(one, two);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testWatchosCpus_ordering() throws Exception {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(WATCHOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "bar");
-    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(WATCHOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "bar", "foo");
-    assertSame(one, two);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testWatchosCpus_duplicates() throws Exception {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(WATCHOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "foo");
-    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(WATCHOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo");
-    assertSame(one, two);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testMacosCpus_ordering() throws Exception {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(MACOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "bar");
-    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(MACOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "bar", "foo");
-    assertSame(one, two);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testMacosCpus_duplicates() throws Exception {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(MACOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "foo");
-    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(MACOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo");
-    assertSame(one, two);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testTvosCpus_ordering() throws Exception {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(TVOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "bar");
-    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(TVOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "bar", "foo");
-    assertSame(one, two);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testTvosCpus_duplicates() throws Exception {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(TVOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "foo");
-    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(TVOS_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo");
-    assertSame(one, two);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testCatalystCpus_ordering() throws Exception {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(CATALYST_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "bar");
-    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(CATALYST_CPUS_PREFIX, "bar", "foo");
-    assertSame(one, two);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testCatalystCpus_duplicates() throws Exception {
-    AppleCommandLineOptions one = createWithPrefix(CATALYST_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo", "foo");
-    AppleCommandLineOptions two = createWithPrefix(CATALYST_CPUS_PREFIX, "foo");
-    assertSame(one, two);
-  }
-}