diff --git a/pkg/sysinfo/numcpu.go b/pkg/sysinfo/numcpu.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 660f323b11..0000000000
--- a/pkg/sysinfo/numcpu.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-package sysinfo // import "github.com/docker/docker/pkg/sysinfo"
-
-import (
-	"runtime"
-)
-
-// NumCPU returns the number of CPUs. It's the equivalent of [runtime.NumCPU].
-//
-// Deprecated: Use [runtime.NumCPU] instead. It will be removed in the next release.
-func NumCPU() int {
-	return runtime.NumCPU()
-}