diff --git a/packages/components/src/utils/index.js b/packages/components/src/utils/index.js
index b903874d95f32a..94d8a67cc04607 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/utils/index.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/utils/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 export * from './hooks';
 export * from './style-mixins';
-export * from './use-update-effect';
diff --git a/packages/components/src/utils/use-update-effect.js b/packages/components/src/utils/use-update-effect.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c7dfab9452daef..00000000000000
--- a/packages/components/src/utils/use-update-effect.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * WordPress dependencies
- */
-import { useRef, useEffect } from '@wordpress/element';
-
-/*
- * A `React.useEffect` that will not run on the first render.
- * Source:
- * https://github.com/reakit/reakit/blob/master/packages/reakit-utils/src/useUpdateEffect.ts
- */
-export function useUpdateEffect( effect, deps ) {
-	const mounted = useRef( false );
-
-	useEffect( () => {
-		if ( mounted.current ) {
-			return effect();
-		}
-		mounted.current = true;
-		return undefined;
-	}, deps );
-}