diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint.go b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2265058a5..000000000
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2017 The Kubernetes 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 strategies
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/api"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/evictions"
-	podutil "sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/descheduler/pod"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/descheduler/pkg/utils"
-
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-)
-
-func validateRemovePodsViolatingNodeTaintsParams(params *api.StrategyParameters) error {
-	if params == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// At most one of include/exclude can be set
-	if params.Namespaces != nil && len(params.Namespaces.Include) > 0 && len(params.Namespaces.Exclude) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of Include/Exclude namespaces can be set")
-	}
-	if params.ThresholdPriority != nil && params.ThresholdPriorityClassName != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("only one of thresholdPriority and thresholdPriorityClassName can be set")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints evicts pods on the node which violate NoSchedule Taints on nodes
-func RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.DeschedulerStrategy, nodes []*v1.Node, podEvictor *evictions.PodEvictor, evictorFilter *evictions.EvictorFilter, getPodsAssignedToNode podutil.GetPodsAssignedToNodeFunc) {
-	if err := validateRemovePodsViolatingNodeTaintsParams(strategy.Params); err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Invalid RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints parameters")
-		return
-	}
-
-	var includedNamespaces, excludedNamespaces, excludedTaints sets.String
-	var labelSelector *metav1.LabelSelector
-	if strategy.Params != nil {
-		if strategy.Params.Namespaces != nil {
-			includedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Include...)
-			excludedNamespaces = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.Namespaces.Exclude...)
-		}
-		if strategy.Params.ExcludedTaints != nil {
-			excludedTaints = sets.NewString(strategy.Params.ExcludedTaints...)
-		}
-		labelSelector = strategy.Params.LabelSelector
-	}
-
-	podFilter, err := podutil.NewOptions().
-		WithFilter(evictorFilter.Filter).
-		WithNamespaces(includedNamespaces).
-		WithoutNamespaces(excludedNamespaces).
-		WithLabelSelector(labelSelector).
-		BuildFilterFunc()
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error initializing pod filter function")
-		return
-	}
-
-	excludeTaint := func(taint *v1.Taint) bool {
-		// Exclude taints by key *or* key=value
-		return excludedTaints.Has(taint.Key) || (taint.Value != "" && excludedTaints.Has(fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", taint.Key, taint.Value)))
-	}
-
-	taintFilterFnc := func(taint *v1.Taint) bool { return (taint.Effect == v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule) && !excludeTaint(taint) }
-	if strategy.Params != nil && strategy.Params.IncludePreferNoSchedule {
-		taintFilterFnc = func(taint *v1.Taint) bool {
-			return (taint.Effect == v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule || taint.Effect == v1.TaintEffectPreferNoSchedule) && !excludeTaint(taint)
-		}
-	}
-
-loop:
-	for _, node := range nodes {
-		klog.V(1).InfoS("Processing node", "node", klog.KObj(node))
-		pods, err := podutil.ListAllPodsOnANode(node.Name, getPodsAssignedToNode, podFilter)
-		if err != nil {
-			//no pods evicted as error encountered retrieving evictable Pods
-			return
-		}
-		totalPods := len(pods)
-		for i := 0; i < totalPods; i++ {
-			if !utils.TolerationsTolerateTaintsWithFilter(
-				pods[i].Spec.Tolerations,
-				node.Spec.Taints,
-				taintFilterFnc,
-			) {
-				klog.V(2).InfoS("Not all taints with NoSchedule effect are tolerated after update for pod on node", "pod", klog.KObj(pods[i]), "node", klog.KObj(node))
-				podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pods[i], evictions.EvictOptions{})
-				if podEvictor.NodeLimitExceeded(node) {
-					continue loop
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}