diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 320e52d8e7e3..5d56c386cb7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-- Nothing yet!
+### Fixed
+
+- Cleanup unused `variantOrder` ([#9829](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9829))
 
 ## [3.2.4] - 2022-11-11
 
diff --git a/src/util/resolveConfig.js b/src/util/resolveConfig.js
index 7e9deebe843c..cfeda6ec4128 100644
--- a/src/util/resolveConfig.js
+++ b/src/util/resolveConfig.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import negateValue from './negateValue'
 import corePluginList from '../corePluginList'
 import configurePlugins from './configurePlugins'
-import defaultConfig from '../../stubs/defaultConfig.stub'
 import colors from '../public/colors'
 import { defaults } from './defaults'
 import { toPath } from './toPath'
@@ -260,7 +259,6 @@ export default function resolveConfig(configs) {
       prefix: '',
       important: false,
       separator: ':',
-      variantOrder: defaultConfig.variantOrder,
     },
   ]
 
diff --git a/stubs/defaultConfig.stub.js b/stubs/defaultConfig.stub.js
index d8e55eb4eab3..8a29e2d430a1 100644
--- a/stubs/defaultConfig.stub.js
+++ b/stubs/defaultConfig.stub.js
@@ -949,23 +949,5 @@ module.exports = {
       50: '50',
     },
   },
-  variantOrder: [
-    'first',
-    'last',
-    'odd',
-    'even',
-    'visited',
-    'checked',
-    'empty',
-    'read-only',
-    'group-hover',
-    'group-focus',
-    'focus-within',
-    'hover',
-    'focus',
-    'focus-visible',
-    'active',
-    'disabled',
-  ],
   plugins: [],
 }