diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 7d46e9c123f0c4bbd3cf08a16e9610f086049691..ca9a34436397f1730c0ad40bf89844d2cd43bf08 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -278,9 +278,6 @@ gem 'charlock_holmes', '~> 0.7.7'
 # Detect mime content type from content
 gem 'ruby-magic', '~> 0.4'
 
-# Fake version of the gem to trick bundler
-gem 'mimemagic', '0.3.7', path: 'vendor/shims/mimemagic', require: false
-
 # Faster blank
 gem 'fast_blank'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 3ec19d681ed475c4931ed2c6e27de0c3d39efbc5..4ad1c2420a0f11952a1ff8d970df8ea7784ed5bc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ PATH
       connection_pool (~> 2.0)
       mail (~> 2.7)
 
-PATH
-  remote: vendor/shims/mimemagic
-  specs:
-    mimemagic (0.3.7)
-
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
@@ -1497,7 +1492,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   marginalia (~> 1.10.0)
   memory_profiler (~> 0.9)
   method_source (~> 1.0)
-  mimemagic (= 0.3.7)!
   mini_magick (~> 4.10.1)
   minitest (~> 5.11.0)
   multi_json (~> 1.14.1)
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Gemfile b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Gemfile
deleted file mode 100644
index ef48903d334444c2406286b404e071f31781b3da..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Gemfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-source "https://rubygems.org"
-
-# Specify your gem's dependencies in mimemagic.gemspec
-gemspec
-
-gem "rake", "~> 12.0"
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Gemfile.lock b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Gemfile.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 93ff7db39718a108fb11b4ee9650e506a3ce1c9b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Gemfile.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-PATH
-  remote: .
-  specs:
-    mimemagic (0.3.7)
-
-GEM
-  remote: https://rubygems.org/
-  specs:
-    rake (12.3.3)
-
-PLATFORMS
-  ruby
-
-DEPENDENCIES
-  mimemagic!
-  rake (~> 12.0)
-
-BUNDLED WITH
-   2.1.4
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/LICENSE.txt b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/LICENSE.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 568df6132bc97bcd35cce56d082980f29c97d8a0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-The MIT License (MIT)
-
-Copyright (c) 2021 GitLab B.V.
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/README.md b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 57ef8dc41e1e17c74aed8dd2e2adcf271fe98231..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This is a fake gem to prevent mimemagic from being included into GitLab.
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Rakefile b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Rakefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 43022f711e20ed55baf2470278eb8e428a04856f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/Rakefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-require "bundler/gem_tasks"
-task :default => :spec
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic.rb b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1deab5d90a7b96c656b88a3d1cb2635979595cd6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-require "mimemagic/version"
-
-module MimeMagic
-  class Error < StandardError; end
-  raise Error, 'This gem should never be required'
-end
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic/version.rb b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic/version.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index eab707147e797d2fd91655e3390adfb5f9b6e7f6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/lib/mimemagic/version.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-module MimeMagic
-  VERSION = "0.3.7"
-end
diff --git a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/mimemagic.gemspec b/vendor/shims/mimemagic/mimemagic.gemspec
deleted file mode 100644
index 86f7f8249237ebe794cf404bf6b8bf3c2519dbe2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vendor/shims/mimemagic/mimemagic.gemspec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-require_relative 'lib/mimemagic/version'
-
-Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
-  spec.name          = "mimemagic"
-  spec.version       = MimeMagic::VERSION
-  spec.authors       = ["Marc Shaw"]
-  spec.email         = ["mshaw@gitlab.com"]
-
-  spec.summary       = %q{MimeMagic shim}
-  spec.description   = %q{A shim for mimemagic}
-  spec.homepage      = "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/tree/master/vendor/shims/mimemagic"
-  spec.license       = "MIT"
-  spec.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 2.3.0")
-
-  spec.files = %w[lib/mimemagic.rb lib/mimemagic/version.rb]
-
-  spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
-end