diff --git a/pkg/googleurl/parser.go b/pkg/googleurl/parser.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c9b48e4..00000000
--- a/pkg/googleurl/parser.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2022 The kpt and Nephio Authors
-//
-// 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.
-
-package googleurl
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net/url"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-// Link holds the results of parsing a google selfLink URL.
-type Link struct {
-	// Service is the service name e.g. container.googleapis.com
-	Service string
-	// Version is the version in the link
-	Version string
-
-	// Project is the GCP project ID in the link
-	Project string
-
-	// Zone is the GCP zone found in the link
-	Zone string
-
-	// Location is the GCP location (region or zone) found in the link
-	Location string
-
-	// Extra holds any additional named fields found in the link
-	Extra map[string]string
-}
-
-// Parse parses the selfLink into fields in a Link object.
-// A selfLink is expected to have a version as the first path token, otherwise use ParseUnversioned.
-func Parse(selfLink string) (*Link, error) {
-	u, err := url.Parse(selfLink)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("selfLink %q was not a valid URL", selfLink)
-	}
-
-	link := &Link{
-		Service: u.Host,
-	}
-
-	tokens := strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(u.Path, "/"), "/")
-
-	link.Version = tokens[0]
-	tokens = tokens[1:]
-
-	if len(tokens)%2 != 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected url %q (unexpected tokens)", selfLink)
-	}
-
-	return parseTokens(link, tokens)
-}
-
-func parseTokens(link *Link, tokens []string) (*Link, error) {
-	for i := 0; i < len(tokens); i += 2 {
-		switch tokens[i] {
-		case "projects":
-			link.Project = tokens[i+1]
-		case "zones":
-			link.Zone = tokens[i+1]
-		case "locations":
-			link.Location = tokens[i+1]
-		default:
-			if link.Extra == nil {
-				link.Extra = make(map[string]string)
-			}
-			link.Extra[tokens[i]] = tokens[i+1]
-		}
-	}
-	return link, nil
-}
-
-// ParseUnversioned parses the unversioned selfLink into fields in a Link object.
-// An unversioned reference differs from a normal selfLink in that it doesn't have a version,
-// for example "//container.googleapis.com/projects/example-project/locations/us-central1/clusters/example-cluster"
-func ParseUnversioned(selfLink string) (*Link, error) {
-	u, err := url.Parse(selfLink)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("selfLink %q was not a valid URL", selfLink)
-	}
-
-	link := &Link{
-		Service: u.Host,
-	}
-
-	tokens := strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(u.Path, "/"), "/")
-
-	if len(tokens)%2 != 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected url %q (unexpected tokens)", selfLink)
-	}
-
-	return parseTokens(link, tokens)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/googleurl/parser_test.go b/pkg/googleurl/parser_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 130d5bf5..00000000
--- a/pkg/googleurl/parser_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2022 The kpt and Nephio Authors
-//
-// 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.
-
-package googleurl
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-)
-
-func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
-	grid := []struct {
-		SelfLink string
-		Want     Link
-	}{
-		{
-			SelfLink: "https://container.googleapis.com/v1/projects/justinsb-acp-dev/locations/us-central1/clusters/auto-gke/nodePools/default-pool",
-			Want: Link{
-				Service:  "container.googleapis.com",
-				Version:  "v1",
-				Project:  "justinsb-acp-dev",
-				Location: "us-central1",
-				Extra: map[string]string{
-					"clusters":  "auto-gke",
-					"nodePools": "default-pool",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			SelfLink: "//gkehub.googleapis.com/v1/projects/justinsb-acp-dev/locations/global/memberships/example-cluster-1",
-			Want: Link{
-				Service:  "gkehub.googleapis.com",
-				Version:  "v1",
-				Project:  "justinsb-acp-dev",
-				Location: "global",
-				Extra: map[string]string{
-					"memberships": "example-cluster-1",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, g := range grid {
-		t.Run(g.SelfLink, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := Parse(g.SelfLink)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
-			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(g.Want, *got); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf("unexpected diff (+got,-want): %s", diff)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParseUnversioned(t *testing.T) {
-	grid := []struct {
-		SelfLink string
-		Want     Link
-	}{
-		{
-			SelfLink: "//container.googleapis.com/projects/example-project/locations/us-central1/clusters/example-cluster",
-			Want: Link{
-				Service:  "container.googleapis.com",
-				Project:  "example-project",
-				Location: "us-central1",
-				Extra: map[string]string{
-					"clusters": "example-cluster",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, g := range grid {
-		t.Run(g.SelfLink, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := ParseUnversioned(g.SelfLink)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
-			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(g.Want, *got); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf("unexpected diff (+got,-want): %s", diff)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}