diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c001279f9a..0000000000
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-package version
-
-import (
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-// Version provides utility methods for comparing versions.
-type Version string
-
-func (v Version) compareTo(other Version) int {
-	var (
-		currTab  = strings.Split(string(v), ".")
-		otherTab = strings.Split(string(other), ".")
-	)
-
-	max := len(currTab)
-	if len(otherTab) > max {
-		max = len(otherTab)
-	}
-	for i := 0; i < max; i++ {
-		var currInt, otherInt int
-
-		if len(currTab) > i {
-			currInt, _ = strconv.Atoi(currTab[i])
-		}
-		if len(otherTab) > i {
-			otherInt, _ = strconv.Atoi(otherTab[i])
-		}
-		if currInt > otherInt {
-			return 1
-		}
-		if otherInt > currInt {
-			return -1
-		}
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
-// String returns the version string
-func (v Version) String() string {
-	return string(v)
-}
-
-// LessThan checks if a version is less than another
-func (v Version) LessThan(other Version) bool {
-	return v.compareTo(other) == -1
-}
-
-// LessThanOrEqualTo checks if a version is less than or equal to another
-func (v Version) LessThanOrEqualTo(other Version) bool {
-	return v.compareTo(other) <= 0
-}
-
-// GreaterThan checks if a version is greater than another
-func (v Version) GreaterThan(other Version) bool {
-	return v.compareTo(other) == 1
-}
-
-// GreaterThanOrEqualTo checks if a version is greater than or equal to another
-func (v Version) GreaterThanOrEqualTo(other Version) bool {
-	return v.compareTo(other) >= 0
-}
-
-// Equal checks if a version is equal to another
-func (v Version) Equal(other Version) bool {
-	return v.compareTo(other) == 0
-}
diff --git a/pkg/version/version_test.go b/pkg/version/version_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c02ec40fcb..0000000000
--- a/pkg/version/version_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package version
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func assertVersion(t *testing.T, a, b string, result int) {
-	if r := Version(a).compareTo(Version(b)); r != result {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected version comparison result. Found %d, expected %d", r, result)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCompareVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	assertVersion(t, "1.12", "1.12", 0)
-	assertVersion(t, "1.0.0", "1", 0)
-	assertVersion(t, "1", "1.0.0", 0)
-	assertVersion(t, "1.05.00.0156", "1.0.221.9289", 1)
-	assertVersion(t, "1", "1.0.1", -1)
-	assertVersion(t, "1.0.1", "1", 1)
-	assertVersion(t, "1.0.1", "1.0.2", -1)
-	assertVersion(t, "1.0.2", "1.0.3", -1)
-	assertVersion(t, "1.0.3", "1.1", -1)
-	assertVersion(t, "1.1", "1.1.1", -1)
-	assertVersion(t, "1.1.1", "1.1.2", -1)
-	assertVersion(t, "1.1.2", "1.2", -1)
-
-}