diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-hotels-check.md b/.changeset/lazy-hotels-check.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..969a36d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-hotels-check.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@effect-app/core": patch
+---
+
+cleanup
diff --git a/packages/core/_src/_ext/ord.ext.ts b/packages/core/_src/_ext/ord.ext.ts
index 4ab74382f..b931ee6db 100644
--- a/packages/core/_src/_ext/ord.ext.ts
+++ b/packages/core/_src/_ext/ord.ext.ts
@@ -81,15 +81,6 @@ export function elem<A>(E: Equivalence<A>, value: A) {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * @tsplus pipeable ReadonlyArray sortWithNonEmpty
- */
-export function sortWithNonEmpty<A>(
-  ...ords: NonEmptyArguments<Order<A>>
-): (a: NonEmptyReadonlyArray<A>) => NonEmptyArray<A> {
-  return (a) => a.sortByNonEmpty(...ords)
-}
-
 /**
  * @tsplus pipeable effect/data/Chunk partition
  */