diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/src/utilities/package-metadata.ts b/packages/angular/cli/src/utilities/package-metadata.ts
index 58369ad07ec9..fd31000f989a 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/src/utilities/package-metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/src/utilities/package-metadata.ts
@@ -226,77 +226,6 @@ function normalizeOptions(
   return options;
 }
 
-export async function fetchPackageMetadata(
-  name: string,
-  logger: logging.LoggerApi,
-  options?: {
-    registry?: string;
-    usingYarn?: boolean;
-    verbose?: boolean;
-  },
-): Promise<PackageMetadata> {
-  const { usingYarn, verbose, registry } = {
-    registry: undefined,
-    usingYarn: false,
-    verbose: false,
-    ...options,
-  };
-
-  ensureNpmrc(logger, usingYarn, verbose);
-  const { packument } = await import('pacote');
-  const response = await packument(name, {
-    fullMetadata: true,
-    ...npmrc,
-    ...(registry ? { registry } : {}),
-  });
-
-  if (!response.versions) {
-    // While pacote type declares that versions cannot be undefined this is not the case.
-    response.versions = {};
-  }
-
-  // Normalize the response
-  const metadata: PackageMetadata = {
-    ...response,
-    tags: {},
-  };
-
-  if (response['dist-tags']) {
-    for (const [tag, version] of Object.entries(response['dist-tags'])) {
-      const manifest = metadata.versions[version];
-      if (manifest) {
-        metadata.tags[tag] = manifest;
-      } else if (verbose) {
-        logger.warn(`Package ${metadata.name} has invalid version metadata for '${tag}'.`);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return metadata;
-}
-
-export async function fetchPackageManifest(
-  name: string,
-  logger: logging.LoggerApi,
-  options: {
-    registry?: string;
-    usingYarn?: boolean;
-    verbose?: boolean;
-  } = {},
-): Promise<PackageManifest> {
-  const { usingYarn = false, verbose = false, registry } = options;
-  ensureNpmrc(logger, usingYarn, verbose);
-  const { manifest } = await import('pacote');
-
-  const response = await manifest(name, {
-    fullMetadata: true,
-    ...npmrc,
-    ...(registry ? { registry } : {}),
-  });
-
-  return response;
-}
-
 export async function getNpmPackageJson(
   packageName: string,
   logger: logging.LoggerApi,