diff --git a/lib/manager/nuget/index.js b/lib/manager/nuget/index.js
index 0e9687649368740ebb4e90c97681b1802ed13fc9..75e547b3e95e82ee0a49b0aeeb8c5d9d47c8b332 100644
--- a/lib/manager/nuget/index.js
+++ b/lib/manager/nuget/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 const { extractDependencies } = require('./extract');
-const { getPackageUpdates } = require('./package');
 const { updateDependency } = require('./update');
 
 module.exports = {
   extractDependencies,
-  getPackageUpdates,
   updateDependency,
 };
diff --git a/lib/manager/nuget/package.js b/lib/manager/nuget/package.js
deleted file mode 100644
index efce265e6ab525a5948143ec05785bec11a7fe2f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lib/manager/nuget/package.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-const nugetApi = require('../../datasource/nuget');
-const {
-  semverSort,
-  isStable,
-  isGreaterThan,
-  getMajor,
-  getMinor,
-  isValid,
-} = require('../../versioning/semver');
-
-module.exports = {
-  getPackageUpdates,
-};
-
-async function getPackageUpdates(config) {
-  const { currentVersion, depName, lineNumber, ignoreUnstable } = config;
-  const upgrades = [];
-
-  logger.debug('nuget.getPackageUpdates()');
-  logger.trace({ config });
-
-  const versions = await nugetApi.getVersions(depName);
-  if (versions === undefined) {
-    logger.warn('No versions retrieved from nuget');
-    return upgrades;
-  }
-  const applicableVersions = ignoreUnstable
-    ? versions.filter(v => isStable(v))
-    : versions;
-  const newVersion = applicableVersions.sort(semverSort).pop();
-
-  if (!isValid(currentVersion)) {
-    logger.debug({ newVersion }, 'Skipping non-semver current version.');
-  } else if (!isValid(newVersion)) {
-    logger.debug({ newVersion }, 'Skipping non-semver newVersion version.');
-  } else if (
-    newVersion !== undefined &&
-    isGreaterThan(newVersion, currentVersion)
-  ) {
-    const upgrade = {};
-
-    upgrade.newVersion = newVersion;
-    upgrade.newVersionMajor = getMajor(newVersion);
-    upgrade.newVersionMinor = getMinor(newVersion);
-    upgrade.type =
-      getMajor(newVersion) > getMajor(currentVersion) ? 'major' : 'minor';
-    upgrade.lineNumber = lineNumber;
-    upgrade.changeLogFromVersion = currentVersion;
-    upgrade.changeLogToVersion = newVersion;
-
-    upgrades.push(upgrade);
-  }
-
-  return upgrades;
-}
diff --git a/test/manager/nuget/__snapshots__/package.spec.js.snap b/test/manager/nuget/__snapshots__/package.spec.js.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index 938ba62890654d39e951991f541408ea15ac46e1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/manager/nuget/__snapshots__/package.spec.js.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
-
-exports[`lib/manager/nuget/package getPackageUpdates() returns higher version if available 1`] = `
-Array [
-  Object {
-    "changeLogFromVersion": "2.3.0",
-    "changeLogToVersion": "2.4.0",
-    "lineNumber": 1337,
-    "newVersion": "2.4.0",
-    "newVersionMajor": 2,
-    "newVersionMinor": 4,
-    "type": "minor",
-  },
-]
-`;
diff --git a/test/manager/nuget/package.spec.js b/test/manager/nuget/package.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a43042697996627801eff753dc870bafbb4046a5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test/manager/nuget/package.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-const { getPackageUpdates } = require('../../../lib/manager/nuget/package');
-const nugetApi = require('../../../lib/datasource/nuget');
-const defaultConfig = require('../../../lib/config/defaults').getConfig();
-
-nugetApi.getNuspec = jest.fn();
-nugetApi.getVersions = jest.fn();
-
-describe('lib/manager/nuget/package', () => {
-  describe('getPackageUpdates()', () => {
-    let config;
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      config = {
-        ...defaultConfig,
-        depName: 'some-dep',
-        currentVersion: '2.3.0',
-        lineNumber: 1337,
-        ignoreUnstable: true,
-      };
-    });
-    it('returns empty if no versions are found', async () => {
-      expect(await getPackageUpdates(config)).toEqual([]);
-    });
-    it('returns empty if current version is not semver', async () => {
-      config.currentVersion = undefined;
-      nugetApi.getVersions.mockReturnValueOnce(['1.0.0']);
-      expect(await getPackageUpdates(config)).toEqual([]);
-    });
-    it('returns empty if latest version is not semver', async () => {
-      nugetApi.getVersions.mockReturnValueOnce(['5.0.0.0']);
-      expect(await getPackageUpdates(config)).toEqual([]);
-    });
-    it('returns empty if highest version is current version', async () => {
-      nugetApi.getVersions.mockReturnValueOnce([
-        '1.0.0',
-        config.currentVersion,
-      ]);
-      expect(await getPackageUpdates(config)).toEqual([]);
-    });
-    it('returns higher version if available', async () => {
-      nugetApi.getVersions.mockReturnValueOnce(['1.0.0', '2.3.1', '2.4.0']);
-      expect(await getPackageUpdates(config)).toMatchSnapshot();
-    });
-    it('ignores unstable version if specified', async () => {
-      nugetApi.getVersions.mockReturnValueOnce(['3.0.0-alpha1']);
-      expect(await getPackageUpdates(config)).toEqual([]);
-    });
-  });
-});