diff --git a/xla/stream_executor/rocm/BUILD b/xla/stream_executor/rocm/BUILD
index 33115bfe603ab..15d801b90273d 100644
--- a/xla/stream_executor/rocm/BUILD
+++ b/xla/stream_executor/rocm/BUILD
@@ -124,21 +124,6 @@ cc_library(
     ]),
 )
 
-cc_library(
-    name = "rocm_activation",
-    srcs = [],
-    hdrs = if_rocm_is_configured(["rocm_activation.h"]),
-    deps = if_rocm_is_configured([
-        # keep sorted
-        ":rocm_driver",
-        "//xla/stream_executor",
-        "//xla/stream_executor:stream_executor_h",
-        "//xla/stream_executor/gpu:gpu_activation",
-        "//xla/stream_executor/platform",
-        "@local_config_rocm//rocm:rocm_headers",
-    ]),
-)
-
 cc_library(
     name = "rocm_event",
     srcs = if_rocm_is_configured(["rocm_event.cc"]),
diff --git a/xla/stream_executor/rocm/rocm_activation.h b/xla/stream_executor/rocm/rocm_activation.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 31a19ae00e116..0000000000000
--- a/xla/stream_executor/rocm/rocm_activation.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2015 The OpenXLA 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.
-==============================================================================*/
-
-// This file contains APIs that assume a StreamExecutor is backed by ROCM.
-// It reaches into the ROCM implementation to activate an underlying ROCM
-// context.
-//
-// Having this file separate from rocm/rocm_executor.h means that dependent
-// code does not also have to depend on rocm.h.
-
-#ifndef XLA_STREAM_EXECUTOR_ROCM_ROCM_ACTIVATION_H_
-#define XLA_STREAM_EXECUTOR_ROCM_ROCM_ACTIVATION_H_
-
-#include "xla/stream_executor/gpu/gpu_activation.h"
-
-namespace stream_executor {
-
-class StreamExecutor;
-
-namespace rocm {
-
-using ScopedActivateExecutorContext = gpu::ScopedActivateExecutorContext;
-
-}  // namespace rocm
-}  // namespace stream_executor
-
-#endif  // XLA_STREAM_EXECUTOR_ROCM_ROCM_ACTIVATION_H_