diff --git a/changelog/rm-pkg-ready.yaml b/changelog/rm-pkg-ready.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f98bedb5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/rm-pkg-ready.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# entries is a list of entries to include in
+# release notes and/or the migration guide
+entries:
+  - description: >
+      Removed `pkg/ready` and its helper utils `Ready`, `Set()`, `Unset()`.
+
+    kind: "removal"
+
+    breaking: true
+
+    migration:
+      header: Removed `pkg/ready`
+      body: >
+        TBD
diff --git a/pkg/ready/ready.go b/pkg/ready/ready.go
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index 8cd04707600..00000000000
--- a/pkg/ready/ready.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Operator-SDK Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package ready
-
-import (
-	"os"
-)
-
-// FileName represent the full path to the file for determining ready status
-const FileName = "/tmp/operator-sdk-ready"
-
-// Ready holds state about whether the operator is ready and communicates that
-// to a Kubernetes readiness probe.
-type Ready interface {
-	// Set ensures that future readiness probes will indicate that the operator
-	// is ready.
-	Set() error
-
-	// Unset ensures that future readiness probes will indicate that the
-	// operator is not ready.
-	Unset() error
-}
-
-// NewFileReady returns a Ready that uses the presence of a file on disk to
-// communicate whether the operator is ready. The operator's Pod definition
-// should include a readinessProbe of "exec" type that calls
-// "stat /tmp/operator-sdk-ready".
-func NewFileReady() Ready {
-	return fileReady{}
-}
-
-type fileReady struct{}
-
-// Set creates a file on disk whose presence can be used by a readiness probe
-// to determine that the operator is ready.
-func (r fileReady) Set() error {
-	f, err := os.Create(FileName)
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsExist(err) {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-	return f.Close()
-}
-
-// Unset removes the file on disk that was created by Set().
-func (r fileReady) Unset() error {
-	if _, err := os.Stat(FileName); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return os.Remove(FileName)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/ready/ready_test.go b/pkg/ready/ready_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 77a4904a187..00000000000
--- a/pkg/ready/ready_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Operator-SDK Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package ready
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestFileReady(t *testing.T) {
-	r := NewFileReady()
-	err := r.Set()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Could not set ready file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = os.Stat(FileName)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Did not find expected file at %s: %v", FileName, err)
-	}
-
-	// Should be safe to set multiple times
-	err = r.Set()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Failed to set ready file when it already exists: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	err = r.Unset()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Could not unset ready file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err = os.Stat(FileName)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("File still exists at %s", FileName)
-	}
-	if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		t.Errorf("Error determining if file still exists at %s: %v", FileName, err)
-	}
-
-	err = r.Unset()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Could not unset ready file when already removed: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestAlreadyExistsNoError(t *testing.T) {
-	f, err := os.Create(FileName)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Could not create test ready file: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	r := NewFileReady()
-	err = r.Set()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Could not set ready file: %v", err)
-	}
-}