diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/BUILD b/tensorflow/core/kernels/BUILD
index 42bb6d42986..27e43826376 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/kernels/BUILD
+++ b/tensorflow/core/kernels/BUILD
@@ -2189,16 +2189,6 @@ tf_kernel_library(
     deps = LOOKUP_DEPS,
 )
 
-cc_library(
-    name = "string_view_variant_wrapper",
-    hdrs = ["string_view_variant_wrapper.h"],
-    deps = [
-        "//tensorflow/core:framework",
-        "//tensorflow/core:protos_all_cc",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
-    ],
-)
-
 cc_library(
     name = "checkpoint_ops",
     deps = [
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_view_variant_wrapper.cc b/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_view_variant_wrapper.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index b576eb4a3e6..00000000000
--- a/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_view_variant_wrapper.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2019 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
-
-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 "tensorflow/core/kernels/string_view_variant_wrapper.h"
-
-namespace tensorflow {
-
-constexpr const char StringViewVariantWrapper::kTypeName[];
-
-}  // namespace tensorflow
diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_view_variant_wrapper.h b/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_view_variant_wrapper.h
deleted file mode 100644
index dc4a8e95348..00000000000
--- a/tensorflow/core/kernels/string_view_variant_wrapper.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2019 The TensorFlow Authors. All Rights Reserved.
-
-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.
-==============================================================================*/
-
-#ifndef TENSORFLOW_CORE_KERNELS_STRING_VIEW_VARIANT_WRAPPER_H_
-#define TENSORFLOW_CORE_KERNELS_STRING_VIEW_VARIANT_WRAPPER_H_
-
-#include <string>
-
-#include "absl/strings/string_view.h"
-#include "tensorflow/core/framework/variant_tensor_data.h"
-
-namespace tensorflow {
-
-// A wrapper class for storing an `absl::string_view` instance in a DT_VARIANT
-// tensor.
-class StringViewVariantWrapper {
- public:
-  static constexpr const char kTypeName[] =
-      "tensorflow::StringViewVariantWrapper";
-
-  using value_type = absl::string_view;
-
-  StringViewVariantWrapper() = default;
-
-  explicit StringViewVariantWrapper(absl::string_view str_view)
-      : str_view_(str_view) {}
-
-  StringViewVariantWrapper(const StringViewVariantWrapper& other)
-      : str_view_(other.str_view_) {}
-
-  const absl::string_view* get() const { return &str_view_; }
-
-  static string TypeName() { return kTypeName; }
-
-  string DebugString() const { return string(str_view_); }
-
-  void Encode(VariantTensorData* data) const {
-    data->add_tensor(string(str_view_));
-  }
-
-  // Decode assumes that the source VariantTensorData will have a longer
-  // lifetime than this StringViewVariantWrapper.
-  bool Decode(const VariantTensorData& data) {
-    if (data.tensors_size() != 1 || data.tensors(0).dtype() != DT_STRING) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    str_view_ = data.tensors(0).scalar<string>()();
-    return true;
-  }
-
- private:
-  absl::string_view str_view_;
-};
-
-}  // namespace tensorflow
-
-#endif  // TENSORFLOW_CORE_KERNELS_STRING_VIEW_VARIANT_WRAPPER_H_