diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
index 983a19470ad0..cd17e29c0356 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
@@ -4144,8 +4144,8 @@ void GDScriptAnalyzer::reduce_preload(GDScriptParser::PreloadNode *p_preload) {
 		} else {
 			// TODO: Don't load if validating: use completion cache.
 
-			// Must load GDScript and PackedScenes separately to permit cyclic references
-			// as ResourceLoader::load() detect and reject those.
+			// Must load GDScript separately to permit cyclic references
+			// as ResourceLoader::load() detects and rejects those.
 			if (ResourceLoader::get_resource_type(p_preload->resolved_path) == "GDScript") {
 				Error err = OK;
 				Ref<GDScript> res = GDScriptCache::get_shallow_script(p_preload->resolved_path, err, parser->script_path);
@@ -4153,13 +4153,6 @@ void GDScriptAnalyzer::reduce_preload(GDScriptParser::PreloadNode *p_preload) {
 				if (err != OK) {
 					push_error(vformat(R"(Could not preload resource script "%s".)", p_preload->resolved_path), p_preload->path);
 				}
-			} else if (ResourceLoader::get_resource_type(p_preload->resolved_path) == "PackedScene") {
-				Error err = OK;
-				Ref<PackedScene> res = GDScriptCache::get_packed_scene(p_preload->resolved_path, err, parser->script_path);
-				p_preload->resource = res;
-				if (err != OK) {
-					push_error(vformat(R"(Could not preload resource scene "%s".)", p_preload->resolved_path), p_preload->path);
-				}
 			} else {
 				p_preload->resource = ResourceLoader::load(p_preload->resolved_path);
 				if (p_preload->resource.is_null()) {
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_cache.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_cache.cpp
index 76f4e69ab9fc..51dfd4f8d609 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_cache.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_cache.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
 #include "core/io/file_access.h"
 #include "core/templates/vector.h"
-#include "scene/resources/packed_scene.h"
 
 bool GDScriptParserRef::is_valid() const {
 	return parser != nullptr;
@@ -139,13 +138,6 @@ void GDScriptCache::move_script(const String &p_from, const String &p_to) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	for (KeyValue<String, HashSet<String>> &E : singleton->packed_scene_dependencies) {
-		if (E.value.has(p_from)) {
-			E.value.insert(p_to);
-			E.value.erase(p_from);
-		}
-	}
-
 	if (singleton->parser_map.has(p_from) && !p_from.is_empty()) {
 		singleton->parser_map[p_to] = singleton->parser_map[p_from];
 	}
@@ -173,15 +165,6 @@ void GDScriptCache::remove_script(const String &p_path) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	for (KeyValue<String, HashSet<String>> &E : singleton->packed_scene_dependencies) {
-		if (!E.value.has(p_path)) {
-			continue;
-		}
-		E.value.erase(p_path);
-	}
-
-	GDScriptCache::clear_unreferenced_packed_scenes();
-
 	if (singleton->parser_map.has(p_path)) {
 		singleton->parser_map[p_path]->clear();
 		singleton->parser_map.erase(p_path);
@@ -361,62 +344,6 @@ void GDScriptCache::remove_static_script(const String &p_fqcn) {
 	singleton->static_gdscript_cache.erase(p_fqcn);
 }
 
-Ref<PackedScene> GDScriptCache::get_packed_scene(const String &p_path, Error &r_error, const String &p_owner) {
-	MutexLock lock(singleton->mutex);
-
-	String path = p_path;
-	if (path.begins_with("uid://")) {
-		path = ResourceUID::get_singleton()->get_id_path(ResourceUID::get_singleton()->text_to_id(path));
-	}
-
-	if (singleton->packed_scene_cache.has(path)) {
-		singleton->packed_scene_dependencies[path].insert(p_owner);
-		return singleton->packed_scene_cache[path];
-	}
-
-	Ref<PackedScene> scene = ResourceCache::get_ref(path);
-	if (scene.is_valid()) {
-		singleton->packed_scene_cache[path] = scene;
-		singleton->packed_scene_dependencies[path].insert(p_owner);
-		return scene;
-	}
-	scene.instantiate();
-
-	r_error = OK;
-	if (path.is_empty()) {
-		r_error = ERR_FILE_BAD_PATH;
-		return scene;
-	}
-
-	scene->set_path(path);
-	singleton->packed_scene_cache[path] = scene;
-	singleton->packed_scene_dependencies[path].insert(p_owner);
-
-	scene->reload_from_file();
-	return scene;
-}
-
-void GDScriptCache::clear_unreferenced_packed_scenes() {
-	if (singleton == nullptr) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	MutexLock lock(singleton->mutex);
-
-	if (singleton->cleared) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	for (KeyValue<String, HashSet<String>> &E : singleton->packed_scene_dependencies) {
-		if (E.value.size() > 0 || !ResourceLoader::is_imported(E.key)) {
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		singleton->packed_scene_dependencies.erase(E.key);
-		singleton->packed_scene_cache.erase(E.key);
-	}
-}
-
 void GDScriptCache::clear() {
 	if (singleton == nullptr) {
 		return;
@@ -439,16 +366,10 @@ void GDScriptCache::clear() {
 			E->clear();
 	}
 
-	singleton->packed_scene_dependencies.clear();
-	singleton->packed_scene_cache.clear();
-
 	parser_map_refs.clear();
 	singleton->parser_map.clear();
 	singleton->shallow_gdscript_cache.clear();
 	singleton->full_gdscript_cache.clear();
-
-	singleton->packed_scene_cache.clear();
-	singleton->packed_scene_dependencies.clear();
 }
 
 GDScriptCache::GDScriptCache() {
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_cache.h b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_cache.h
index 0a0f403e44bb..c4286a62e467 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_cache.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_cache.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "core/os/mutex.h"
 #include "core/templates/hash_map.h"
 #include "core/templates/hash_set.h"
-#include "scene/resources/packed_scene.h"
 
 class GDScriptAnalyzer;
 class GDScriptParser;
@@ -81,8 +80,6 @@ class GDScriptCache {
 	HashMap<String, Ref<GDScript>> full_gdscript_cache;
 	HashMap<String, Ref<GDScript>> static_gdscript_cache;
 	HashMap<String, HashSet<String>> dependencies;
-	HashMap<String, Ref<PackedScene>> packed_scene_cache;
-	HashMap<String, HashSet<String>> packed_scene_dependencies;
 
 	friend class GDScript;
 	friend class GDScriptParserRef;
@@ -106,9 +103,6 @@ class GDScriptCache {
 	static void add_static_script(Ref<GDScript> p_script);
 	static void remove_static_script(const String &p_fqcn);
 
-	static Ref<PackedScene> get_packed_scene(const String &p_path, Error &r_error, const String &p_owner = "");
-	static void clear_unreferenced_packed_scenes();
-
 	static void clear();
 
 	GDScriptCache();