diff --git a/src/material/core/tokens/BUILD.bazel b/src/material/core/tokens/BUILD.bazel
index 2a5ba76e40be..a669dcabbc84 100644
--- a/src/material/core/tokens/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/material/core/tokens/BUILD.bazel
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "sass_library")
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
-sass_library(
-    name = "format_tokens",
-    srcs = ["_format-tokens.scss"],
-)
-
 sass_library(
     name = "m3_utils",
     srcs = ["_m3-utils.scss"],
@@ -47,7 +42,6 @@ sass_library(
     name = "m3_tokens",
     srcs = ["_m3-tokens.scss"],
     deps = [
-        ":format_tokens",
         "//src/material/autocomplete:m3",
         "//src/material/badge:m3",
         "//src/material/bottom-sheet:m3",
diff --git a/src/material/core/tokens/_format-tokens.scss b/src/material/core/tokens/_format-tokens.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index f395f654eef1..000000000000
--- a/src/material/core/tokens/_format-tokens.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// DO NOT REMOVE
-// This function is used internally.
-@function private-format-tokens($systems) {
-  @return $systems;
-}