diff --git a/.changeset/lovely-eagles-wonder.md b/.changeset/lovely-eagles-wonder.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3676b5c79ec
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@graphql-codegen/cli': patch
+---
+
+Remove unused `tryToBuildSchema` function
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/try-to-build-schema.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/try-to-build-schema.ts
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index 4070535dfbe..00000000000
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/utils/try-to-build-schema.ts
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@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { DocumentNode, GraphQLSchema, buildASTSchema } from 'graphql';
-import { debugLog } from './debugging';
-
-export function tryToBuildSchema(schema: DocumentNode): GraphQLSchema {
-  try {
-    return buildASTSchema(schema);
-  } catch (e) {
-    debugLog(`Unable to build AST schema from DocumentNode, will try again later...`, e);
-
-    return null;
-  }
-}