diff --git a/aws/awserr.go b/aws/awserr.go
index efe0553b72c..6df07f7bec1 100644
--- a/aws/awserr.go
+++ b/aws/awserr.go
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package aws
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/aws-sdk-go-base/tfawserr"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws/aws/internal/tfresource"
@@ -38,31 +36,3 @@ func retryOnAwsCode(code string, f func() (interface{}, error)) (interface{}, er
 
 	return resp, err
 }
-
-// RetryOnAwsCodes retries AWS error codes for one minute
-// Note: This function will be moved out of the aws package in the future.
-func RetryOnAwsCodes(codes []string, f func() (interface{}, error)) (interface{}, error) {
-	var resp interface{}
-	err := resource.Retry(1*time.Minute, func() *resource.RetryError {
-		var err error
-		resp, err = f()
-		if err != nil {
-			var awsErr awserr.Error
-			if errors.As(err, &awsErr) {
-				for _, code := range codes {
-					if awsErr.Code() == code {
-						return resource.RetryableError(err)
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			return resource.NonRetryableError(err)
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	if tfresource.TimedOut(err) {
-		resp, err = f()
-	}
-
-	return resp, err
-}