diff --git a/shared/unique_identifier.py b/shared/unique_identifier.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c4508a0..00000000
--- a/shared/unique_identifier.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import uuid
-from typing import Callable, TypeVar
-
-from pydantic import UUID4, BaseModel
-
-NT = TypeVar("NT", bound=str)
-type NewTypeGenerator[NT] = Callable[[str], NT]
-
-
-class _UuidValidator(BaseModel):
-    id: UUID4
-
-
-def _generate_uuid() -> str:
-    """Return a freshly generated RFC-4122 UUID version 4 in canonical string form."""
-    return str(uuid.uuid4())
-
-
-def generate_uuid(type_wrapper: NewTypeGenerator[NT]) -> NT:
-    return type_wrapper(_generate_uuid())
-
-
-def validate_uuid(data: str, type_wrapper: NewTypeGenerator[NT]) -> NT:
-    validated_model = _UuidValidator.model_validate({"id": data})
-    return type_wrapper(str(validated_model.id))