diff --git a/frontend/pages/software/components/EmptySoftware.tsx b/frontend/pages/software/components/EmptySoftware.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cd6b3dafe..0000000000
--- a/frontend/pages/software/components/EmptySoftware.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-// This component is used on ManageSoftwarePage.tsx and DashboardPage.tsx > Software.tsx card
-
-import React from "react";
-
-import CustomLink from "components/CustomLink";
-
-const baseClass = "manage-software-page";
-
-type IEmptySoftwareProps = {
-  message: "disabled" | "collecting" | "default" | "";
-  noSandboxHosts?: boolean;
-};
-
-const EmptySoftware = ({
-  message,
-  noSandboxHosts,
-}: IEmptySoftwareProps): JSX.Element => {
-  switch (message) {
-    case "disabled": {
-      return (
-        <div className={`${baseClass}__empty-software`}>
-          <div className="empty-software__inner">
-            <h1>Software inventory is disabled.</h1>
-            <p>
-              Check out the Fleet documentation on{" "}
-              <CustomLink
-                url="https://fleetdm.com/docs/using-fleet/vulnerability-processing#configuration"
-                text="how to configure software inventory"
-                newTab
-              />
-            </p>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      );
-    }
-    case "collecting": {
-      return (
-        <div className={`${baseClass}__empty-software`}>
-          <div className="empty-software__inner">
-            <h1>
-              {noSandboxHosts
-                ? "Fleet begins collecting software inventory after a host is enrolled"
-                : "Fleet is collecting software inventory"}
-            </h1>
-            <p>
-              Try again in about{" "}
-              {noSandboxHosts
-                ? "15 minutes after host enrollment."
-                : "1 hour as the system catches up."}
-            </p>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      );
-    }
-    default: {
-      return (
-        <div className={`${baseClass}__empty-software`}>
-          <div className="empty-software__inner">
-            <h1>No software matches the current search criteria.</h1>
-            <p>Try again in about 1 hour as the system catches up.</p>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      );
-    }
-  }
-};
-
-export default EmptySoftware;