diff --git a/client/src/entrypoints/admin/workflow-status.js b/client/src/entrypoints/admin/workflow-status.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 389510c31b25..000000000000
--- a/client/src/entrypoints/admin/workflow-status.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import $ from 'jquery';
-
-$(() => {
-  /* Interface to view the workflow status from the explorer / editor */
-  // eslint-disable-next-line func-names
-  $('button[data-action-workflow-status]').on('click', function () {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-    ModalWorkflow({
-      url: this.getAttribute('data-url'),
-    });
-    return false;
-  });
-});
diff --git a/client/webpack.config.js b/client/webpack.config.js
index 446212518024..4f405d1f5ded 100644
--- a/client/webpack.config.js
+++ b/client/webpack.config.js
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ module.exports = function exports(env, argv) {
       'userbar',
       'wagtailadmin',
       'workflow-action',
-      'workflow-status',
       'bulk-actions',
     ],
     'images': [
diff --git a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/_editor_js.html b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/_editor_js.html
index a0f2a33b559b..4e7123388805 100644
--- a/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/_editor_js.html
+++ b/wagtail/admin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/_editor_js.html
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@
 <script src="{% versioned_static 'wagtailadmin/js/vendor/xregexp.min.js' %}"></script>
 <script src="{% versioned_static 'wagtailadmin/js/vendor/urlify.js' %}"></script>
 <script src="{% versioned_static 'wagtailadmin/js/workflow-action.js' %}"></script>
-<script src="{% versioned_static 'wagtailadmin/js/workflow-status.js' %}"></script>
 {% hook_output 'insert_editor_js' %}