diff --git a/include/xeus-cpp/xutils.hpp b/include/xeus-cpp/xutils.hpp
index a80bab8a..fb79cb72 100644
--- a/include/xeus-cpp/xutils.hpp
+++ b/include/xeus-cpp/xutils.hpp
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ namespace xcpp
     XEUS_CPP_API
     void stop_handler(int sig);
 
-    XEUS_CPP_API
-    interpreter_ptr build_interpreter(int argc, char** argv);
-
     XEUS_CPP_API
     std::string retrieve_tagconf_dir();
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6eeb5a0c..00d52d28 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     signal(SIGINT, xcpp::stop_handler);
 
     std::string file_name = xeus::extract_filename(argc, argv);
-    interpreter_ptr interpreter = xcpp::build_interpreter(argc, argv);
+    auto interpreter = std::make_unique<xcpp::interpreter>(argc, argv);
     std::unique_ptr<xeus::xcontext> context = xeus::make_zmq_context();
 
     if (!file_name.empty())
diff --git a/src/xutils.cpp b/src/xutils.cpp
index fef82bac..2ab4adb1 100644
--- a/src/xutils.cpp
+++ b/src/xutils.cpp
@@ -50,21 +50,6 @@ namespace xcpp
         exit(0);
     }
 
-    interpreter_ptr build_interpreter(int argc, char** argv)
-    {
-        std::vector<const char*> interpreter_argv(argc);
-        interpreter_argv[0] = "xeus-cpp";
-
-        // Copy all arguments in the new vector excepting the process name.
-        for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-        {
-            interpreter_argv[i] = argv[i];
-        }
-
-        interpreter_ptr interp_ptr = std::make_unique<interpreter>(argc, interpreter_argv.data());
-        return interp_ptr;
-    }
-
     std::string retrieve_tagconf_dir()
     {
         const char* tagconf_dir_env = std::getenv("XCPP_TAGCONFS_DIR");
diff --git a/test/test_interpreter.cpp b/test/test_interpreter.cpp
index 3ffdb5e3..61d5f5d7 100644
--- a/test/test_interpreter.cpp
+++ b/test/test_interpreter.cpp
@@ -344,24 +344,6 @@ TEST_SUITE("trim"){
 
 }
 
-TEST_SUITE("build_interpreter")
-{
-    // This test case checks if the function `build_interpreter` returns a non-null pointer
-    // when valid arguments are passed. It sets up a scenario with valid command line arguments
-    // and checks if the function returns a non-null pointer.
-    TEST_CASE("build_interpreter_pointer_not_null")
-    {
-        char arg1[] = "program_name";
-        char arg2[] = "-option1";
-        char* argv[] = {arg1, arg2};
-        int argc = 2;
-
-        interpreter_ptr interp_ptr = xcpp::build_interpreter(argc, argv);
-
-        REQUIRE(interp_ptr != nullptr);
-    }
-}
-
 TEST_SUITE("is_match_magics_manager")
 {
     // This test case checks if the function `is_match` correctly identifies strings that match