diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/DelayedElectLeader.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/DelayedElectLeader.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 73c2de76a55e6..0000000000000
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/DelayedElectLeader.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-/**
-  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-  * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-  * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-  * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 kafka.server
-
-import kafka.utils.Logging
-import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition
-import org.apache.kafka.common.protocol.Errors
-import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.ApiError
-import org.apache.kafka.server.purgatory.DelayedOperation
-
-import scala.collection.{Map, mutable}
-
-/** A delayed elect leader operation that can be created by the replica manager and watched
-  * in the elect leader purgatory
-  */
-class DelayedElectLeader(
-  delayMs: Long,
-  expectedLeaders: Map[TopicPartition, Int],
-  results: Map[TopicPartition, ApiError],
-  replicaManager: ReplicaManager,
-  responseCallback: Map[TopicPartition, ApiError] => Unit
-) extends DelayedOperation(delayMs) with Logging {
-
-  private val waitingPartitions = mutable.Map() ++= expectedLeaders
-  private val fullResults = mutable.Map() ++= results
-
-
-  /**
-    * Call-back to execute when a delayed operation gets expired and hence forced to complete.
-    */
-  override def onExpiration(): Unit = {}
-
-  /**
-    * Process for completing an operation; This function needs to be defined
-    * in subclasses and will be called exactly once in forceComplete()
-    */
-  override def onComplete(): Unit = {
-    // This could be called to force complete, so I need the full list of partitions, so I can time them all out.
-    updateWaiting()
-    val timedOut = waitingPartitions.map {
-      case (tp, _) => tp -> new ApiError(Errors.REQUEST_TIMED_OUT, null)
-    }
-    responseCallback(timedOut ++ fullResults)
-  }
-
-  /**
-    * Try to complete the delayed operation by first checking if the operation
-    * can be completed by now. If yes execute the completion logic by calling
-    * forceComplete() and return true iff forceComplete returns true; otherwise return false
-    *
-    * This function needs to be defined in subclasses
-    */
-  override def tryComplete(): Boolean = {
-    updateWaiting()
-    debug(s"tryComplete() waitingPartitions: $waitingPartitions")
-    waitingPartitions.isEmpty && forceComplete()
-  }
-
-  private def updateWaiting(): Unit = {
-    val metadataCache = replicaManager.metadataCache
-    val completedPartitions = waitingPartitions.collect {
-      case (tp, leader) if metadataCache.getLeaderAndIsr(tp.topic, tp.partition).filter(_.leader == leader).isPresent() => tp
-    }
-    completedPartitions.foreach  { tp =>
-      waitingPartitions -= tp
-      fullResults += tp -> ApiError.NONE
-    }
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/coordinator/AbstractCoordinatorConcurrencyTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/coordinator/AbstractCoordinatorConcurrencyTest.scala
index 9149fec2eda04..2eb0d7479e80f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/coordinator/AbstractCoordinatorConcurrencyTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/coordinator/AbstractCoordinatorConcurrencyTest.scala
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ object AbstractCoordinatorConcurrencyTest {
                            val producePurgatory: DelayedOperationPurgatory[DelayedProduce],
                            val delayedFetchPurgatoryParam: DelayedOperationPurgatory[DelayedFetch],
                            val delayedDeleteRecordsPurgatoryParam: DelayedOperationPurgatory[DelayedDeleteRecords],
-                           val delayedElectLeaderPurgatoryParam: DelayedOperationPurgatory[DelayedElectLeader],
                            val delayedRemoteFetchPurgatoryParam: DelayedOperationPurgatory[DelayedRemoteFetch],
                            val delayedRemoteListOffsetsPurgatoryParam: DelayedOperationPurgatory[DelayedRemoteListOffsets])
     extends ReplicaManager(
@@ -290,10 +289,8 @@ object AbstractCoordinatorConcurrencyTest {
         "Fetch", timer, 0, 1000, false, true)
       val mockDeleteRecordsPurgatory = new DelayedOperationPurgatory[DelayedDeleteRecords](
         "DeleteRecords", timer, 0, 1000, false, true)
-      val mockElectLeaderPurgatory = new DelayedOperationPurgatory[DelayedElectLeader](
-        "ElectLeader", timer, 0, 1000, false, true)
       new TestReplicaManager(config, time, scheduler, logManager, quotaManagers, watchKeys, producePurgatory,
-        mockFetchPurgatory, mockDeleteRecordsPurgatory, mockElectLeaderPurgatory, mockRemoteFetchPurgatory,
+        mockFetchPurgatory, mockDeleteRecordsPurgatory, mockRemoteFetchPurgatory,
         mockRemoteListOffsetsPurgatory)
     }
   }