diff --git a/xla/mlir_hlo/BUILD b/xla/mlir_hlo/BUILD
index 8de9f293aeb25..1886e90150b17 100644
--- a/xla/mlir_hlo/BUILD
+++ b/xla/mlir_hlo/BUILD
@@ -1130,7 +1130,6 @@ cc_library(
     srcs = [
         "stablehlo_ext/transforms/chlo_recompose_ops.cpp",
         "stablehlo_ext/transforms/stablehlo_canonicalize_dynamism.cpp",
-        "stablehlo_ext/transforms/stablehlo_create_compatibility_expander.cpp",
         "stablehlo_ext/transforms/stablehlo_refine_shapes.cpp",
     ],
     hdrs = [
diff --git a/xla/mlir_hlo/stablehlo_ext/transforms/passes.h b/xla/mlir_hlo/stablehlo_ext/transforms/passes.h
index c72a92f112b23..e2b77594141f0 100644
--- a/xla/mlir_hlo/stablehlo_ext/transforms/passes.h
+++ b/xla/mlir_hlo/stablehlo_ext/transforms/passes.h
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ namespace stablehlo_ext {
 
 void createChloLegalizeToStablehloPipeline(OpPassManager &pm);
 
-// Expand backward compatibility with the given StableHLO version by decomposing
-// newer StableHLO operations into equivalent operations supported by that older
-// version.
-std::unique_ptr<Pass> createStablehloCreateCompatibilityExpanderPass(
-    std::string targetVersionOption);
-
 }  // namespace stablehlo_ext
 }  // namespace mlir
 
diff --git a/xla/mlir_hlo/stablehlo_ext/transforms/stablehlo_create_compatibility_expander.cpp b/xla/mlir_hlo/stablehlo_ext/transforms/stablehlo_create_compatibility_expander.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0db5fd4780b67..0000000000000
--- a/xla/mlir_hlo/stablehlo_ext/transforms/stablehlo_create_compatibility_expander.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2024 The StableHLO Authors.
-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.
-==============================================================================*/
-
-#include <memory>
-#include <string>
-#include <utility>
-
-#include "mlir/Pass/Pass.h"
-#include "stablehlo/transforms/Passes.h"
-#include "stablehlo_ext/transforms/passes.h"
-
-namespace mlir {
-namespace stablehlo_ext {
-
-// TODO(b/369406385): remove this method (and file) once issue is resolved.
-
-std::unique_ptr<::mlir::Pass> createStablehloCreateCompatibilityExpanderPass(
-    std::string targetVersionOption) {
-  return mlir::stablehlo::createStablehloCreateCompatibilityExpanderPass(
-      {std::move(targetVersionOption)});
-}
-
-}  // namespace stablehlo_ext
-}  // namespace mlir