diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/agent_event_handlers/utils.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/agent_event_handlers/utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f7a32fa8a..000000000
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/agent_event_handlers/utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-from ipaddress import IPv4Address, IPv4Interface
-
-from monkey_island.cc.models import Machine
-from monkey_island.cc.repository import IMachineRepository, UnknownRecordError
-
-
-def get_or_create_target_machine(repository: IMachineRepository, target: IPv4Address):
-    try:
-        target_machines = repository.get_machines_by_ip(target)
-        return target_machines[0]
-    except UnknownRecordError:
-        machine = Machine(
-            id=repository.get_new_id(),
-            network_interfaces=[IPv4Interface(target)],
-        )
-        repository.upsert_machine(machine)
-        return machine
diff --git a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/monkey_island/cc/agent_event_handlers/test_utils.py b/monkey/tests/unit_tests/monkey_island/cc/agent_event_handlers/test_utils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index fa7a128b0..000000000
--- a/monkey/tests/unit_tests/monkey_island/cc/agent_event_handlers/test_utils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-from ipaddress import IPv4Address, IPv4Interface
-from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-
-import pytest
-
-from monkey_island.cc.agent_event_handlers.utils import get_or_create_target_machine
-from monkey_island.cc.models import Machine
-from monkey_island.cc.repository import IMachineRepository, UnknownRecordError
-
-SEED_ID = 99
-IP_ADDRESS = IPv4Address("10.10.10.99")
-
-EXISTING_MACHINE = Machine(
-    id=1,
-    hardware_id=5,
-    network_interfaces=[IPv4Interface(IP_ADDRESS)],
-)
-
-EXPECTED_CREATED_MACHINE = Machine(
-    id=SEED_ID,
-    network_interfaces=[IPv4Interface(IP_ADDRESS)],
-)
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def machine_repository() -> IMachineRepository:
-    machine_repository = MagicMock(spec=IMachineRepository)
-    machine_repository.get_new_id = MagicMock(return_value=SEED_ID)
-    return machine_repository
-
-
-def test_return_existing_machine(machine_repository):
-    machine_repository.get_machines_by_ip = MagicMock(return_value=[EXISTING_MACHINE])
-
-    target_machine = get_or_create_target_machine(machine_repository, IP_ADDRESS)
-
-    assert target_machine == EXISTING_MACHINE
-
-
-def test_create_new_machine(machine_repository):
-    machine_repository.get_machines_by_ip = MagicMock(side_effect=UnknownRecordError)
-
-    target_machine = get_or_create_target_machine(machine_repository, IP_ADDRESS)
-
-    assert target_machine == EXPECTED_CREATED_MACHINE
-    assert machine_repository.upsert_machine.called_once_with(target_machine)