diff --git a/pandas-stubs/compat/__init__.pyi b/pandas-stubs/compat/__init__.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index c64399464..000000000
--- a/pandas-stubs/compat/__init__.pyi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-PY37 = ...
-PY38 = ...
-PYPY = ...
-
-def set_function_name(f, name, cls): ...
-def is_platform_little_endian() -> bool: ...
-def is_platform_windows() -> bool: ...
-def is_platform_linux() -> bool: ...
-def is_platform_mac() -> bool: ...
-def is_platform_32bit() -> bool: ...
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/compat/_optional.pyi b/pandas-stubs/compat/_optional.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index 7faae6c46..000000000
--- a/pandas-stubs/compat/_optional.pyi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-VERSIONS = ...
-
-def import_optional_dependency(
-    name: str, extra: str = ..., raise_on_missing: bool = ..., on_version: str = ...
-): ...
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/compat/numpy/__init__.pyi b/pandas-stubs/compat/numpy/__init__.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a365200b..000000000
--- a/pandas-stubs/compat/numpy/__init__.pyi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import numpy as np
-
-_np_version: str = ...
-_np_version_under1p16: bool = ...
-_np_version_under1p17: bool = ...
-_is_numpy_dev: bool = ...
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/compat/pickle_compat.pyi b/pandas-stubs/compat/pickle_compat.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index 095721078..000000000
--- a/pandas-stubs/compat/pickle_compat.pyi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import pickle as pkl
-
-def load_reduce(self) -> None: ...
-def load_newobj(self) -> None: ...
-def load_newobj_ex(self) -> None: ...
-def load(fh, encoding: str | None = ..., is_verbose: bool = ...): ...
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/arrays/sparse/accessor.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/arrays/sparse/accessor.pyi
index 6eb27cf7c..a0c30e2c9 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/arrays/sparse/accessor.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/arrays/sparse/accessor.pyi
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ from pandas.core.accessor import (
 from pandas.core.arrays.sparse.array import SparseArray as SparseArray
 from pandas.core.arrays.sparse.dtype import SparseDtype as SparseDtype
 
-from pandas.compat._optional import (
-    import_optional_dependency as import_optional_dependency,
-)
-
 from pandas.core.dtypes.cast import find_common_type as find_common_type
 
 class BaseAccessor:
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/util/__init__.pyi b/pandas-stubs/util/__init__.pyi
index 5e30f6a28..137c9a73c 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/util/__init__.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/util/__init__.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from pandas import compat as compat
 from pandas.core.util.hashing import (
     hash_array as hash_array,
     hash_pandas_object as hash_pandas_object,
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/util/_print_versions.pyi b/pandas-stubs/util/_print_versions.pyi
index 649b34bcd..f38a3554c 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/util/_print_versions.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/util/_print_versions.pyi
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# from pandas.compat._optional import VERSIONS as VERSIONS, import_optional_dependency as import_optional_dependency
-
 def get_sys_info() -> list[tuple[str, str | int | None]]: ...
 def show_versions(as_json: bool = ...) -> None: ...
 def main() -> int: ...