diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package_manifest/flat_file.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package_manifest/flat_file.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 96e033be8..000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package_manifest/flat_file.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-
-require 'set'
-
-
-Puppet::Type.type(:package_manifest).provide(:flat_file) do
-
-  desc "Write package manifest to a flat file"
-
-  def exists?
-    # exists? is always run before create, so we can create package list here
-    @packages = resource.catalog.resources.collect { |r|
-        r.name if r.type == :package
-    }.compact.sort
-
-    exists = File.exist?(resource[:path])
-    if exists
-      new_content = Set.new @packages
-      old_content = Set.new(
-        File.open(resource[:path], 'r').each_line.collect{ |pkg| pkg.strip() }
-      )
-      exists = new_content == old_content
-    end
-    exists
-  end
-
-  def create
-    FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(resource[:path]))
-    File.open(resource[:path], 'w') do |f|
-      @packages.each do |pkg_name|
-        f.puts(pkg_name)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def destroy
-    File.delete(resource[:path])
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/package_manifest.rb b/lib/puppet/type/package_manifest.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ee3270f1..000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/type/package_manifest.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Puppet::Type.newtype(:package_manifest) do
-
-  ensurable
-  newparam(:path, :namevar => true) do
-    newvalues(/\S+\/\S+/)
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/spec/unit/type/package_manifest_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/package_manifest_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 096564c30..000000000
--- a/spec/unit/type/package_manifest_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-
-require 'puppet'
-require 'puppet/type/package_manifest'
-
-describe 'Puppet::Type.type(:package_manifest)' do
-  before :each do
-    @manifest = Puppet::Type.type(:package_manifest).new(
-        :path => '/tmp/test_package_manifest.txt', :ensure => 'present'
-    )
-  end
-
-  it 'should require a path' do
-    expect {
-      Puppet::Type.type(:package_manifest).new({})
-  }.to raise_error Puppet::Error
-  end
-
-  it 'should not require a value when ensure is absent' do
-    Puppet::Type.type(:package_manifest).new(
-        :path => '/tmp/test_package_manifest.txt', :ensure => :absent
-    )
-  end
-
-  it 'should accept valid ensure values' do
-    @manifest[:ensure] = :present
-    expect(@manifest[:ensure]).to eq(:present)
-    @manifest[:ensure] = :absent
-    expect(@manifest[:ensure]).to eq(:absent)
-  end
-
-  it 'should not accept invalid ensure values' do
-    expect {
-      @manifest[:ensure] = :latest
-    }.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Invalid value/)
-  end
-
-end