diff --git a/packages/git/src/index.ts b/packages/git/src/index.ts
index 06641b399..3c240a359 100644
--- a/packages/git/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/git/src/index.ts
@@ -268,11 +268,3 @@ export async function getChangedPackagesSinceRef({
       .filter((pkg, idx, packages) => packages.indexOf(pkg) === idx)
   );
 }
-async function tagExists(tagStr: string) {
-  const gitCmd = await spawn("git", ["tag", "-l", tagStr]);
-  const output = gitCmd.stdout.toString().trim();
-  const tagExists = !!output;
-  return tagExists;
-}
-
-  tagExists,