diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetFiles.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetFiles.cs
index d4212fb6a..3a5accdfb 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetFiles.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetFiles.cs
@@ -25,16 +25,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
         {
             get { return s_versionFileObject.Value; }
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Reads the version file and adds runtime specific information
-        /// </summary>
-        public static string ReadAndInterpretVersionFile()
-        {
-            var content = File.ReadAllText(DotnetFiles.VersionFile);
-            content += Environment.NewLine;
-            content += RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier();
-            return content;
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetRuntimeIdentifiers.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetRuntimeIdentifiers.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 747fa8901..000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/DotnetRuntimeIdentifiers.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
-
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-
-namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
-{
-    internal static class DotnetRuntimeIdentifiers
-    {
-        public static IEnumerable<string> InferCurrentRuntimeIdentifiers(DotnetVersionFile versionFile)
-        {
-            IEnumerable<string> fallbackIdentifiers = null;
-
-            // If the machine's RID isn't supported by the shared framework (i.e. the CLI
-            // is being used on a newer version of an OS), add the RID that the CLI was built 
-            // with as a fallback.  The RID the CLI was built with will have the correct 
-            // runtime.* NuGet packages available.
-            // For example, when a user is using osx.10.12, but we only support osx.10.10 and 
-            // osx.10.11, the project.json "runtimes" section cannot contain osx.10.12, since
-            // that RID isn't contained in the runtime graph - users will get a restore error.
-            FrameworkDependencyFile fxDepsFile = new FrameworkDependencyFile();
-            if (!fxDepsFile.SupportsCurrentRuntime())
-            {
-                string buildRid = versionFile.BuildRid;
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(buildRid))
-                {
-                    fallbackIdentifiers = new string[] { buildRid };
-                }
-            }
-
-            return RuntimeEnvironmentRidExtensions.GetAllCandidateRuntimeIdentifiers(fallbackIdentifiers);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/RuntimeEnvironmentRidExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/RuntimeEnvironmentRidExtensions.cs
index 1d695a5de..b758f047e 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/RuntimeEnvironmentRidExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/RuntimeEnvironmentRidExtensions.cs
@@ -29,59 +29,5 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
                 return "win7-" + arch;
             }
         }
-
-        public static IEnumerable<string> GetAllCandidateRuntimeIdentifiers()
-        {
-            return GetAllCandidateRuntimeIdentifiers(null);
-        }
-
-        public static IEnumerable<string> GetAllCandidateRuntimeIdentifiers(IEnumerable<string> fallbackIdentifiers = null)
-        {
-            List<string> result = new List<string>();
-
-            if (RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystemPlatform != Platform.Windows)
-            {
-                result.Add(RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier());
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                var arch = RuntimeEnvironment.RuntimeArchitecture.ToLowerInvariant();
-                if (RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystemVersion.StartsWith("6.1", StringComparison.Ordinal))
-                {
-                    result.Add("win7-" + arch);
-                }
-                else if (RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystemVersion.StartsWith("6.2", StringComparison.Ordinal))
-                {
-                    result.Add("win8-" + arch);
-                    result.Add("win7-" + arch);
-                }
-                else if (RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystemVersion.StartsWith("6.3", StringComparison.Ordinal))
-                {
-                    result.Add("win81-" + arch);
-                    result.Add("win8-" + arch);
-                    result.Add("win7-" + arch);
-                }
-                else if (RuntimeEnvironment.OperatingSystemVersion.StartsWith("10.0", StringComparison.Ordinal))
-                {
-                    result.Add("win10-" + arch);
-                    result.Add("win81-" + arch);
-                    result.Add("win8-" + arch);
-                    result.Add("win7-" + arch);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (fallbackIdentifiers != null)
-            {
-                foreach (string fallbackIdentifier in fallbackIdentifiers)
-                {
-                    if (!result.Contains(fallbackIdentifier))
-                    {
-                        result.Add(fallbackIdentifier);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            return result;
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/StreamForwarderTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/StreamForwarderTests.cs
index 0ec85046c..b0b825e43 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/StreamForwarderTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils.Tests/StreamForwarderTests.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ namespace StreamForwarderTests
 {
     public class StreamForwarderTests : TestBase
     {
-        private static readonly string s_rid = DotnetLegacyRuntimeIdentifiers.InferLegacyRestoreRuntimeIdentifier();
-
         public static IEnumerable<object[]> ForwardingTheoryVariations
         {
             get