diff --git a/IPython/utils/shimmodule.py b/IPython/utils/shimmodule.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8af44ca..0000000
--- a/IPython/utils/shimmodule.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-"""A shim module for deprecated imports
-"""
-# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
-# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
-
-import importlib.abc
-import importlib.util
-import sys
-import types
-from importlib import import_module
-
-from .importstring import import_item
-
-
-class ShimWarning(Warning):
-    """A warning to show when a module has moved, and a shim is in its place."""
-
-
-class ShimImporter(importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder):
-    """Import hook for a shim.
-
-    This ensures that submodule imports return the real target module,
-    not a clone that will confuse `is` and `isinstance` checks.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, src, mirror):
-        self.src = src
-        self.mirror = mirror
-
-    def _mirror_name(self, fullname):
-        """get the name of the mirrored module"""
-
-        return self.mirror + fullname[len(self.src) :]
-
-    def find_spec(self, fullname, path, target=None):
-        if fullname.startswith(self.src + "."):
-            mirror_name = self._mirror_name(fullname)
-            return importlib.util.find_spec(mirror_name)
-
-
-class ShimModule(types.ModuleType):
-
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self._mirror = kwargs.pop("mirror")
-        src = kwargs.pop("src", None)
-        if src:
-            kwargs['name'] = src.rsplit('.', 1)[-1]
-        super(ShimModule, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        # add import hook for descendent modules
-        if src:
-            sys.meta_path.append(
-                ShimImporter(src=src, mirror=self._mirror)
-            )
-    
-    @property
-    def __path__(self):
-        return []
-    
-    @property
-    def __spec__(self):
-        """Don't produce __spec__ until requested"""
-        return import_module(self._mirror).__spec__
-    
-    def __dir__(self):
-        return dir(import_module(self._mirror))
-    
-    @property
-    def __all__(self):
-        """Ensure __all__ is always defined"""
-        mod = import_module(self._mirror)
-        try:
-            return mod.__all__
-        except AttributeError:
-            return [name for name in dir(mod) if not name.startswith('_')]
-
-    def __getattr__(self, key):
-        # Use the equivalent of import_item(name), see below
-        name = "%s.%s" % (self._mirror, key)
-        try:
-            return import_item(name)
-        except ImportError as e:
-            raise AttributeError(key) from e
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        # repr on a module can be called during error handling; make sure
-        # it does not fail, even if the import fails
-        try:
-            return self.__getattr__("__repr__")()
-        except AttributeError:
-            return f"<ShimModule for {self._mirror!r}>"
diff --git a/IPython/utils/tests/test_shimmodule.py b/IPython/utils/tests/test_shimmodule.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ea2629..0000000
--- a/IPython/utils/tests/test_shimmodule.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from IPython.utils.shimmodule import ShimModule
-import IPython
-
-
-def test_shimmodule_repr_does_not_fail_on_import_error():
-    shim_module = ShimModule("shim_module", mirror="mirrored_module_does_not_exist")
-    repr(shim_module)
-
-
-def test_shimmodule_repr_forwards_to_module():
-    shim_module = ShimModule("shim_module", mirror="IPython")
-    assert repr(shim_module) == repr(IPython)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ff5e743..1bef3f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ module = [
     "IPython.utils.process",
     "IPython.utils.py3compat",
     "IPython.utils.sentinel",
-    "IPython.utils.shimmodule",
     "IPython.utils.strdispatch",
     "IPython.utils.sysinfo",
     "IPython.utils.syspathcontext",