diff --git a/source/blender/editors/asset/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blender/editors/asset/CMakeLists.txt
index 978237550ee..c4da04fe24d 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/asset/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blender/editors/asset/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ set(INC_SYS
 set(SRC
   intern/asset_catalog.cc
   intern/asset_filter.cc
-  intern/asset_handle.cc
   intern/asset_import.cc
   intern/asset_indexer.cc
   intern/asset_library_reference_enum.cc
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ set(SRC
 
   ED_asset_catalog.hh
   ED_asset_filter.hh
-  ED_asset_handle.hh
   ED_asset_import.hh
   ED_asset_indexer.hh
   ED_asset_library.hh
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/asset/ED_asset_handle.hh b/source/blender/editors/asset/ED_asset_handle.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index e81f62252ac..00000000000
--- a/source/blender/editors/asset/ED_asset_handle.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Blender Authors
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
-
-/** \file
- * \ingroup edasset
- *
- * Asset-handle is a temporary design, not part of the core asset system design.
- *
- * Currently asset-list items are just file directory items (#FileDirEntry). So an asset-handle
- * just wraps a pointer to this. We try to abstract away the fact that it's just a file entry,
- * although that doesn't always work (see #rna_def_asset_handle()).
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-struct AssetHandle;
-namespace blender::asset_system {
-class AssetRepresentation;
-}
-
-namespace blender::ed::asset {
-
-asset_system::AssetRepresentation *handle_get_representation(const AssetHandle *asset);
-
-}  // namespace blender::ed::asset
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/asset/ED_asset_list.hh b/source/blender/editors/asset/ED_asset_list.hh
index 6dba96787e7..fe7716c8470 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/asset/ED_asset_list.hh
+++ b/source/blender/editors/asset/ED_asset_list.hh
@@ -105,11 +105,6 @@ void storage_id_remap(ID *id_old, ID *id_new);
  */
 void storage_exit();
 
-AssetHandle asset_handle_get_by_index(const AssetLibraryReference *library_reference,
-                                      int asset_index);
-asset_system::AssetRepresentation *asset_get_by_index(
-    const AssetLibraryReference &library_reference, int asset_index);
-
 /**
  * \return True if the region needs a UI redraw.
  */
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_handle.cc b/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_handle.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 2510bfbb5aa..00000000000
--- a/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_handle.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Blender Authors
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
-
-/** \file
- * \ingroup edasset
- */
-
-#include "AS_asset_representation.hh"
-
-#include "DNA_space_types.h"
-
-#include "ED_fileselect.hh"
-
-#include "ED_asset_handle.hh"
-
-namespace blender::ed::asset {
-
-asset_system::AssetRepresentation *handle_get_representation(const AssetHandle *asset)
-{
-  return asset->file_data->asset;
-}
-
-}  // namespace blender::ed::asset
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_list.cc b/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_list.cc
index 9d15d95b3c9..515a8773522 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_list.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/asset/intern/asset_list.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "../space_file/file_indexer.hh"
 #include "../space_file/filelist.hh"
 
-#include "ED_asset_handle.hh"
 #include "ED_asset_indexer.hh"
 #include "ED_asset_list.hh"
 #include "ED_fileselect.hh"
@@ -98,8 +97,6 @@ class AssetList : NonCopyable {
   void clear(wmWindowManager *wm);
   void clear_current_file_assets(wmWindowManager *wm);
 
-  AssetHandle asset_get_by_index(int index) const;
-
   bool needs_refetch() const;
   bool is_loaded() const;
   asset_system::AssetLibrary *asset_library() const;
@@ -238,11 +235,6 @@ void AssetList::clear_current_file_assets(wmWindowManager *wm)
   WM_main_add_notifier(NC_ASSET | ND_ASSET_LIST, nullptr);
 }
 
-AssetHandle AssetList::asset_get_by_index(int index) const
-{
-  return {filelist_file(filelist_, index)};
-}
-
 /**
  * \return True if the asset-list needs a UI redraw.
  */
@@ -552,20 +544,6 @@ asset_system::AssetLibrary *library_get_once_available(
   return list->asset_library();
 }
 
-AssetHandle asset_handle_get_by_index(const AssetLibraryReference *library_reference,
-                                      int asset_index)
-{
-  const AssetList *list = lookup_list(*library_reference);
-  return list->asset_get_by_index(asset_index);
-}
-
-asset_system::AssetRepresentation *asset_get_by_index(
-    const AssetLibraryReference &library_reference, int asset_index)
-{
-  AssetHandle asset_handle = asset_handle_get_by_index(&library_reference, asset_index);
-  return reinterpret_cast<asset_system::AssetRepresentation *>(asset_handle.file_data->asset);
-}
-
 bool listen(const wmNotifier *notifier)
 {
   return AssetList::listen(*notifier);
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_asset.hh b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_asset.hh
index d6182b5c13c..06ffc8d48a3 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_asset.hh
+++ b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_asset.hh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  * dedicated headers. */
 
 #include "../asset/ED_asset_catalog.hh"           // IWYU pragma: export
-#include "../asset/ED_asset_handle.hh"            // IWYU pragma: export
 #include "../asset/ED_asset_library.hh"           // IWYU pragma: export
 #include "../asset/ED_asset_list.hh"              // IWYU pragma: export
 #include "../asset/ED_asset_mark_clear.hh"        // IWYU pragma: export
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/brush_asset_ops.cc b/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/brush_asset_ops.cc
index 7aaf2300be6..7086a6a34d1 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/brush_asset_ops.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/sculpt_paint/brush_asset_ops.cc
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "RNA_define.hh"
 
 #include "ED_asset.hh"
-#include "ED_asset_handle.hh"
 #include "ED_asset_library.hh"
 #include "ED_asset_list.hh"
 #include "ED_asset_mark_clear.hh"