diff --git a/airflow/utils/dag_processing.py b/airflow/utils/dag_processing.py
index 4a4b24087dc05..df2df47bec1ea 100644
--- a/airflow/utils/dag_processing.py
+++ b/airflow/utils/dag_processing.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.settings import Stats
 from airflow.models import errors
-from airflow.settings import STORE_DAG_CODE, STORE_SERIALIZED_DAGS
 from airflow.utils import timezone
 from airflow.utils.helpers import reap_process_group
 from airflow.utils.db import provide_session
@@ -948,16 +947,6 @@ def _refresh_dag_dir(self):
             except Exception:
                 self.log.exception("Error removing old import errors")
 
-            if STORE_SERIALIZED_DAGS:
-                from airflow.models.serialized_dag import SerializedDagModel
-                from airflow.models.dag import DagModel
-                SerializedDagModel.remove_deleted_dags(self._file_paths)
-                DagModel.deactivate_deleted_dags(self._file_paths)
-
-            if STORE_DAG_CODE:
-                from airflow.models.dagcode import DagCode
-                DagCode.remove_deleted_code(self._file_paths)
-
     def _print_stat(self):
         """
         Occasionally print out stats about how fast the files are getting processed