diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/utils/__init__.py b/src/compressed_tensors/utils/__init__.py
index 8763e6ee..cb2cb491 100644
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/compressed_tensors/utils/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from .match import *
 from .offload import *
 from .permutations_24 import *
-from .permute import *
 from .safetensors_load import *
 from .semi_structured_conversions import *
 from .type import *
diff --git a/src/compressed_tensors/utils/permute.py b/src/compressed_tensors/utils/permute.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 86a0ee80..00000000
--- a/src/compressed_tensors/utils/permute.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021 - present / Neuralmagic, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# 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.
-
-import torch
-from compressed_tensors.utils.helpers import deprecated
-
-
-__all__ = ["safe_permute"]
-
-
-@deprecated("Tensor.index_select")
-def safe_permute(value: torch.Tensor, perm: torch.Tensor, dim: int = 0) -> torch.Tensor:
-    """
-    Perform out-of-place permutation without using torch.Tensor.index_put_,
-    whose implementation is missing for datatypes such as `torch.float8_e4m3fn`
-
-    :param value: tensor to permute
-    :param perm: permutation map
-    :param dim: dimension along which to apply permutation
-    :return: permuted value
-    """
-    return value.index_select(dim, perm)
diff --git a/tests/test_quantization/lifecycle/test_helpers.py b/tests/test_quantization/lifecycle/test_helpers.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 20fd39da..00000000
--- a/tests/test_quantization/lifecycle/test_helpers.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021 - present / Neuralmagic, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
-#
-# 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.
-
-
-import pytest
-import torch
-from compressed_tensors.utils.permute import safe_permute
-from tests.testing_utils import requires_gpu
-
-
-@requires_gpu
-@pytest.mark.unit
-@pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::DeprecationWarning")
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "dtype",
-    [
-        torch.int8,
-        torch.int16,
-        torch.int32,
-        torch.int64,
-        torch.bfloat16,
-        torch.float16,
-        torch.float32,
-        torch.float64,
-        torch.float8_e4m3fn,
-    ],
-)
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "device", [torch.device("cpu"), torch.device("cuda"), torch.device("meta")]
-)
-def test_safe_permute(dtype: torch.dtype, device: torch.device):
-    value = torch.tensor([[0, 1, 2, 3]], dtype=dtype, device=device)
-    perm = torch.tensor([3, 1, 0, 2], device=device)
-
-    result = safe_permute(value, perm, dim=-1)
-
-    if device.type != "meta":
-        assert torch.equal(result.squeeze(0), perm.to(result.dtype))