diff --git a/make/all.mk b/make/all.mk
index 0ac3ceac7..3c12fefd4 100644
--- a/make/all.mk
+++ b/make/all.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)go.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)goreleaser.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)docker.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)tag.mk
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)upx.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)addons.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)kind.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)clusterctl.mk
diff --git a/make/upx.mk b/make/upx.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index f94c434cf..000000000
--- a/make/upx.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2023 D2iQ, Inc. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-SKIP_UPX := true
-
-.PHONY: upx
-upx: UPX_REAL_TARGET := $(addsuffix $(if $(filter $(GOOS),windows),.exe),$(basename $(UPX_TARGET)))
-ifneq ($(SKIP_UPX),true)
-ifeq ($(GOOS)/$(GOARCH),windows/arm64)
-upx: ; $(info $(M) skipping packing $(UPX_REAL_TARGET) - $(GOOS)/$(GOARCH) is not yet supported by upx)
-else ifeq ($(GOOS),darwin)
-upx: ; $(info $(M) skipping packing $(UPX_REAL_TARGET) - $(GOOS)/$(GOARCH) has a bug in packing on Ventura - https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/628)
-else
-upx: ## Pack executable using upx
-upx: ; $(info $(M) packing $(UPX_REAL_TARGET))
-	(upx -l $(UPX_REAL_TARGET) &>/dev/null && echo $(UPX_REAL_TARGET) is already packed) || upx -9 --lzma $(UPX_REAL_TARGET)
-# Double check file is successfully compressed - seen errors with macos binaries
-	upx -t $(UPX_REAL_TARGET) &>/dev/null || (echo $(UPX_REAL_TARGET) is broken after upx compression && exit 1)
-endif
-endif