diff --git a/helper/resource/stop.go b/helper/resource/stop.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b3bfa776c..000000000
--- a/helper/resource/stop.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-package resource
-
-import (
-	"time"
-)
-
-// StopCh is used to construct a channel that is closed when the provider
-// stopCh is closed, or a timeout is reached.
-//
-// The first return value is the channel that is closed when the operation
-// should stop. The second return value should be closed when the operation
-// completes so that the stop channel is never closed and to cleanup the
-// goroutine watching the channels.
-func StopCh(stopCh <-chan struct{}, max time.Duration) (<-chan struct{}, chan<- struct{}) {
-	ch := make(chan struct{})
-	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
-
-	// If we have a max of 0 then it is unlimited. A nil channel blocks on
-	// receive forever so this ensures that behavior.
-	var timeCh <-chan time.Time
-	if max > 0 {
-		timeCh = time.After(max)
-	}
-
-	// Start a goroutine to watch the various cases of cancellation
-	go func() {
-		select {
-		case <-doneCh:
-			// If we are done, don't trigger the cancel
-			return
-		case <-timeCh:
-		case <-stopCh:
-		}
-
-		// Trigger the cancel
-		close(ch)
-	}()
-
-	return ch, doneCh
-}
diff --git a/helper/resource/stop_test.go b/helper/resource/stop_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 839f4af9a..000000000
--- a/helper/resource/stop_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-package resource
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func TestStopCh_stop(t *testing.T) {
-	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
-	ch, _ := StopCh(stopCh, 0)
-
-	// ch should block
-	select {
-	case <-ch:
-		t.Fatal("ch should block")
-	case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
-	}
-
-	// Close the stop channel
-	close(stopCh)
-
-	// ch should return
-	select {
-	case <-ch:
-	case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
-		t.Fatal("ch should not block")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestStopCh_done(t *testing.T) {
-	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
-	ch, doneCh := StopCh(stopCh, 0)
-
-	// ch should block
-	select {
-	case <-ch:
-		t.Fatal("ch should block")
-	case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
-	}
-
-	// Close the done channel
-	close(doneCh)
-
-	// ch should block
-	select {
-	case <-ch:
-		t.Fatal("ch should block")
-	case <-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond):
-	}
-}
-
-func TestStopCh_timeout(t *testing.T) {
-	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
-	ch, _ := StopCh(stopCh, 10*time.Millisecond)
-
-	// ch should return
-	select {
-	case <-ch:
-	case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
-		t.Fatal("ch should not block")
-	}
-}