diff --git a/packages/cli/config/jestEsmTransform.js b/packages/cli/config/jestEsmTransform.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c1eec7d9f8..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/config/jestEsmTransform.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2021 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-throw new Error(
-  'The ./jestEsmTransform.js transform has been removed, switch to using ./jestSucraseTransform.js instead',
-);