diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1ceb65a5e..423b95549 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: teal.data
 Title: Data Model for 'teal' Applications
-Version: 0.3.0.9032
-Date: 2024-01-05
+Version: 0.3.0.9033
+Date: 2024-01-11
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Dawid", "Kaledkowski", , "dawid.kaledkowski@roche.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Pawel", "Rucki", , "pawel.rucki@roche.com", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6352a24d4..fc1f8b936 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# teal.data 0.3.0.9032
+# teal.data 0.3.0.9033
 
 ### Enhancements
 
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
deleted file mode 100644
index efcc9e415..000000000
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#' Whether the variable name is good to use within Show R Code
-#'
-#' Spaces are problematic because the variables must be escaped
-#' with backticks.
-#' Also, they should not start with a number as R may silently make
-#' it valid by changing it.
-#' Therefore, we only allow alphanumeric characters with underscores.
-#' The first character of the `name` must be an alphabetic character
-#' and can be followed by alphanumeric characters.
-#'
-#' @md
-#'
-#' @param name `character, single or vector` name to check
-#' @keywords internal
-check_simple_name <- function(name) {
-  checkmate::assert_character(name, min.len = 1, any.missing = FALSE)
-  if (!grepl("^[[:alpha:]][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$", name, perl = TRUE)) {
-    checkmate::makeAssertion(
-      name,
-      paste0(
-        "'",
-        name,
-        "' ",
-        "must only contain alphanumeric characters (with underscores)",
-        " and the first character must be an alphabetic character"
-      ),
-      var.name = "name",
-      NULL
-    )
-  }
-}
diff --git a/man/check_simple_name.Rd b/man/check_simple_name.Rd
deleted file mode 100644
index 72310bdc5..000000000
--- a/man/check_simple_name.Rd
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/utils.R
-\name{check_simple_name}
-\alias{check_simple_name}
-\title{Whether the variable name is good to use within Show R Code}
-\usage{
-check_simple_name(name)
-}
-\arguments{
-\item{name}{\verb{character, single or vector} name to check}
-}
-\description{
-Spaces are problematic because the variables must be escaped
-with backticks.
-Also, they should not start with a number as R may silently make
-it valid by changing it.
-Therefore, we only allow alphanumeric characters with underscores.
-The first character of the \code{name} must be an alphabetic character
-and can be followed by alphanumeric characters.
-}
-\keyword{internal}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-check_simple_name.R b/tests/testthat/test-check_simple_name.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 693c37139..000000000
--- a/tests/testthat/test-check_simple_name.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-test_that("check_simple_name behaves as expected", {
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("aas2df"))
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("ADSL"))
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("ADSLmodified"))
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("a1"))
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("ADSL_modified"))
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("ADSL_filtered"))
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("FILTERED_ADSL"))
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("FILTERED"))
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("ADSLFILTERED"))
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("a_1_2_b_"))
-  expect_silent(check_simple_name("ADSL_FILTERED"))
-
-  expect_error(check_simple_name("1a"))
-  expect_error(check_simple_name("ADSL.modified"))
-  expect_error(check_simple_name("a1..."))
-  expect_error(check_simple_name("a a"))
-  expect_error(check_simple_name("_A_b"))
-})