diff --git a/lib/puppet/resource_api/glue.rb b/lib/puppet/resource_api/glue.rb
index 7fdf7a3d..4258a6bb 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/resource_api/glue.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/resource_api/glue.rb
@@ -2,29 +2,6 @@
 
 module Puppet; end # rubocop:disable Style/Documentation
 module Puppet::ResourceApi
-  # A trivial class to provide the functionality required to push data through the existing type/provider parts of puppet
-  class TypeShim
-    attr_reader :values, :typename, :namevars, :attr_def
-
-    def initialize(resource_hash, typename, namevars, attr_def)
-      # internalize and protect - needs to go deeper
-      @values = resource_hash.dup.freeze
-
-      @typename = typename
-      @namevars = namevars
-      @attr_def = attr_def
-      @resource = ResourceShim.new(@values, @typename, @namevars, @attr_def)
-    end
-
-    def to_resource
-      @resource
-    end
-
-    def name
-      @resource.title
-    end
-  end
-
   # A trivial class to provide the functionality required to push data through the existing type/provider parts of puppet
   class ResourceShim
     attr_reader :values, :typename, :namevars, :attr_def
diff --git a/spec/puppet/resource_api/glue_spec.rb b/spec/puppet/resource_api/glue_spec.rb
index c674fbd2..b58a1e7d 100644
--- a/spec/puppet/resource_api/glue_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/puppet/resource_api/glue_spec.rb
@@ -5,43 +5,6 @@
 # `puppet resource` read/write cycle to ensure that there is nothing
 # funky happening with new puppet versions.
 RSpec.describe 'the dirty bits' do
-  describe Puppet::ResourceApi::TypeShim do
-    subject(:instance) do
-      described_class.new({ attr: 'value', attr_ro: 'fixed' }, 'typename', [:namevarname],
-                          namevarname: { type: 'String', behaviour: :namevar, desc: 'the title' },
-                          attr: { type: 'String', desc: 'a string parameter' },
-                          attr_ro: { type: 'String', desc: 'a string readonly', behaviour: :read_only })
-    end
-
-    describe '.values' do
-      it { expect(instance.values).to eq(attr: 'value', attr_ro: 'fixed') }
-    end
-
-    describe '.typename' do
-      it { expect(instance.typename).to eq 'typename' }
-    end
-
-    describe '.namevars' do
-      it { expect(instance.namevars).to eq [:namevarname] }
-    end
-
-    describe '.to_resource' do
-      it { expect(instance.to_resource).to be_a Puppet::ResourceApi::ResourceShim }
-
-      describe '.values' do
-        it { expect(instance.to_resource.values).to eq(attr: 'value', attr_ro: 'fixed') }
-      end
-
-      describe '.typename' do
-        it { expect(instance.to_resource.typename).to eq 'typename' }
-      end
-
-      describe '.namevars' do
-        it { expect(instance.to_resource.namevars).to eq [:namevarname] }
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   describe Puppet::ResourceApi::ResourceShim do
     subject(:instance) do
       described_class.new({ namevarname: title, attr: 'value', attr_ro: 'fixed' }, 'typename', [:namevarname],