diff --git a/redbot/core/__init__.py b/redbot/core/__init__.py
index ddebbea15..a755816f7 100644
--- a/redbot/core/__init__.py
+++ b/redbot/core/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import discord as _discord
 
 from .. import __version__, version_info, VersionInfo
 from .config import Config
-from .utils.safety import warn_unsafe as _warn_unsafe
 
 __all__ = ["Config", "__version__", "version_info", "VersionInfo"]
 
diff --git a/redbot/core/utils/caching.py b/redbot/core/utils/caching.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1057e3759..000000000
--- a/redbot/core/utils/caching.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-import collections
-
-
-class LRUDict:
-    """
-    dict with LRU-eviction and max-size
-
-    This is intended for caching, it may not behave how you want otherwise
-
-    This uses collections.OrderedDict under the hood, but does not directly expose
-    all of it's methods (intentional)
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, *keyval_pairs, size):
-        self.size = size
-        self._dict = collections.OrderedDict(*keyval_pairs)
-
-    def __contains__(self, key):
-        if key in self._dict:
-            self._dict.move_to_end(key, last=True)
-            return True
-        return False
-
-    def __getitem__(self, key):
-        ret = self._dict.__getitem__(key)
-        self._dict.move_to_end(key, last=True)
-        return ret
-
-    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
-        if key in self._dict:
-            self._dict.move_to_end(key, last=True)
-        self._dict[key] = value
-        if len(self._dict) > self.size:
-            self._dict.popitem(last=False)
-
-    def __delitem__(self, key):
-        return self._dict.__delitem__(key)
-
-    def clear(self):
-        return self._dict.clear()
-
-    def pop(self, key):
-        return self._dict.pop(key)
-
-    # all of the below access all of the items, and therefore shouldn't modify the ordering for eviction
-    def keys(self):
-        return self._dict.keys()
-
-    def items(self):
-        return self._dict.items()
-
-    def values(self):
-        return self._dict.values()
diff --git a/redbot/core/utils/safety.py b/redbot/core/utils/safety.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ceaf894b..000000000
--- a/redbot/core/utils/safety.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import warnings
-import functools
-
-
-def unsafe(f, message=None):
-    """
-    Decorator form for marking a function as unsafe.
-
-    This form may not get used much, but there are a few cases
-    we may want to add something unsafe generally, but safe in specific uses.
-
-    The warning can be suppressed in the safe context with warnings.catch_warnings
-    This should be used sparingly at most.
-    """
-
-    def wrapper(func):
-        @functools.wraps(func)
-        def get_wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
-            actual_message = message or f"{func.__name__} is unsafe for use"
-            warnings.warn(actual_message, stacklevel=3, category=RuntimeWarning)
-            return func(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        return get_wrapped
-
-    return wrapper
-
-
-def warn_unsafe(f, message=None):
-    """
-    Function to mark function from dependencies as unsafe for use.
-
-    Warning: There is no check that a function has already been modified.
-    This form should only be used in init, if you want to mark an internal function
-    as unsafe, use the decorator form above.
-
-    The warning can be suppressed in safe contexts with warnings.catch_warnings
-    This should be used sparingly at most.
-    """
-
-    def wrapper(func):
-        @functools.wraps(func)
-        def get_wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
-            actual_message = message or f"{func.__name__} is unsafe for use"
-            warnings.warn(actual_message, stacklevel=3, category=RuntimeWarning)
-            return func(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        return get_wrapped
-
-    return wrapper(f)